Smithsonian Gets &#36;10M for Ocean Studies
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The Smithsonian Institution said Monday it has received a &#36;10 million donation to establish a new Center for Marine Science at the National Museum of Natural History.
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The University of Rhode Island has designed a voyage to the bottom of the sea for students in an emerging field of scientific exploration &#151; archaeological oceanography.
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Scientists are studying endangered right whales this summer to learn more about their behavior and assess the risks posed by lobster gear.
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His hand on a toggle switch and his eyes on a computer screen, Oregon State University graduate student Anthony Kirincich uses an array of scientific instruments to probe the vibrant waters of the Pacific. He is searching for the absence of life.
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Smithsonian scientists have discovered a biodiversity bounty in the Eastern Pacific -- approximately 50 percent of the organisms found in some groups are new to science. The research team spent 11 days in the Eastern Pacific, a unique, understudied region off the coast of Panama.
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A research team has been awarded a &#36;3.5 million federal grant to use a molecular detective technique to study and potentially improve the military's anthrax vaccine.
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Scientists are embarking on a project which will explore how global warming is devastating one of the world's most diverse ecosystems, coral reefs.
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WASHINGTON - The National Science Foundation has awarded the University of Maine $239,020 for environmental research, according to U.S. Sens. Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins.
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A survey of the world's oceans is turning up more than two new species of fish a week and revealing huge trans-ocean migration routes by creatures from turtles to tuna, scientists say.
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In the wake of the deadly Indian Ocean tsunamis last week, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration chief Conrad Lautenbacher has renewed his call for a Global Ocean Observing System that could patch together many governmentsâ stovepiped sensors.
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An ambitious project to catalog life in the ocean shows that so far we've just scratched the surface. By Stephen Leahy.
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About &#36;92 million of the &#36;350 million that the Bush administration pledged for tsunami relief assistance has been spent so far, a U.S. government official said Friday.
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An ambitious two-year effort aims to understand the vital, shifting dynamics of ice, oceans and life at the ends of the earth.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio  - An earth sciences professor at Ohio State University was named Tuesday to receive a National Medal of Science from the White House, the university announced.Lonnie Thompson, a glaciologist, received the medal for his work providing evidence of global climate change.
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NASA scientists are teaming with researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to monitor Lake Erie's harmful algae blooms, a move that could lead to early warnings for beachgoers and water departments.
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Armed with tagging devices and satellite tracking, marine scientists follow hundreds of sea animals around the Pacific Ocean, monitoring everything from location and depth to speed and water temperature. By Randy Dotinga.
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WASHINGTON -- The United States made modest progress on protecting its oceans last year, but still needs to boost funding for desperately needed reforms, a commission on ocean policy said Tuesday.Overall, the U.S.