Monday, May 14, 2012
Changing Seas, an Emmy award-winning WPBT2 original production, returns to television and the Internet Wednesday, June, 6, 7:30 pm on WPBT2. In the premiere episode, “Tracking Tigers,” the Changing Seas crew works with scientists from Nova Southeastern University’s Guy Harvey Research Institute. Experts use satellite tags and DNA forensic tools to better understand migrations of the magnificent tiger shark and also investigate the impacts of the world’s shark fin trade. ..
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Friday, December 16, 2011
For anglers and boaters who regularly travel the coasts of Florida the great barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda) is a common sight. Surprisingly, however, very little is known about the early life stage of this ecologically and socio-economically important coastal fish. In the journal Marine Biology, lead author Dr. Evan D’Alessandro and University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science colleagues Drs. Su Sponaugle, Joel Llopiz and Robert Cowen shed light on the larval stage of this ocean predator, as well as several other closely related species. ..
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Thursday, June 30, 2011
A Nova Southeastern University (Nova) researcher has invented software
that helps predict invasion patterns of non-native species including the
lionfish, a predatory species that has invaded Florida’s coastal waters as well as the Loxahatchee River. ..
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Monday, June 20, 2011
Changing Seas, an original production of Miami’s public television station WPBT2, will host a live online preview event of After The Spill, the series’ latest episode focusing on last year’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill. ..
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Monday, June 06, 2011
A new study by scientists at the University of Miami and elsewhere
concludes that ocean acidification, along with increased ocean
temperatures, will likely severely reduce the diversity and resilience
of coral reef ecosystems within this century. ..
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011
The BP oil spill and the dispersants used to clean it up may be
contributing to the unusually high number of dolphins dying in the Gulf
of Mexico, according to a University of Central Florida scientist. ..
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Monday, April 18, 2011
Fish lice, which are actually crustaceans, use their mouths to attach
to fish and feed on blood and bodily fluids, causing tissue damage,
anemia and sometimes fatal wounds. ..
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Thursday, April 07, 2011
Climate change is already widely recognized to be negatively affecting
coral reef ecosystems around the world, yet the long-term effects are
difficult to predict. University of Miami (UM) scientists are using the
geologic record of Caribbean corals to understand how reef ecosystems
might respond to climate change expected for this century. The findings
are published in the current issue of the journal Geology. ..
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Tuesday, April 05, 2011
The
Marine Mammal Research and Conservation Program (MMRC) at Florida
Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute in Fort
Pierce is working in collaboration with Associated Scientists at Woods
Hole in Woods Hole, Massachusetts (ASWH), and the Marine Resources
Council in Palm Bay, to enhance ongoing research, conservation and
education efforts involving North Atlantic right whales during their
annual migration to their wintering and calving grounds in northern
Florida. ..
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Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Marine biologists have solved a conundrum that has stumped them for
years—how to count reef fish. It may sound simple, but the task is
actually complex and critical in helping to evaluate the state of our
oceans, coral reefs, and the marine life that populate them. ..
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