Report: Ocean Needs Help
476706
By Kevin Wadlow, Florida Keys Keynoter, Marathon  Sep. 13--A coalition of marine-conservation groups issued a reminder Tuesday to Florida's candidates for governor: Don't forget the ocean.
659231
The climatic phenomenon El Nino should gather weak to moderate intensity, leading to a warming of the Pacific Ocean, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
2058
Governments and individuals across the world were digging into their pockets on Thursday to help the millions of victims of the killer waves that struck southern Asia, as the UN said well over one billion dollars would be needed.
229507
By Celia Hall, Medical Editor and Roger Highfield, Science Editor. Disease could kill as many along south Asia&#39;s stricken coasts as have been killed in the disaster unless clean water and medical help reaches
168821
A decade of satellite surveys of the oceans has revealed that warmer years cause a decline in phytoplankton, the vast clouds of tiny drifting plants that are a fundamental component of marine life.
463504
Is a sea change about to occur? Don't count on it.
511331
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.
84149
A simple sea creature could help to address the problem of global warming, a scientist claims.
633870
By Lisa Fleisher, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.  Mar. 6--An alliance of coastal communities along the Grand Strand could band together to request around $120 million in federal funding to address the problem of stormwater runoff.
128551
Marine experts are suggesting that 20 percent to 30 percent of the seas should be "no take" -- off-limits to fishing, drilling and other habitat-disturbing activities -- but less than half a percent are fully protected.
67844
By Steve Connor  Marine biologists have called on the fishing nations of the world to end government subsidies of fishing fleets that are plundering the deep seas and permanently stripping the ocean floor of its unique lifeforms.
667771
Environmental researchers said climate change is changing the way scientists view the future of ocean resources off the U.S. West Coast.
673427
Melting glaciers, ice sheets and snow cover could speed the rate at which the planet heats up, causing rising sea levels, flooding and water shortages that impact as many as 40 percent of the world's population, a U.N. report said Monday.
651212
By Wallace, G K  We must get to the root of eco-problems.  It took threatening to sue, but the Center for Biological Diversity finally prodded the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to add elkhorn and staghorn corals to the federal list of threatened species in June.
52315
The critical base of the ocean food web is shrinking as the world's seas warm, new NASA satellite data show. The discovery has scientists worried about how much food will grow in the future for the world's marine life.
340863
To help create warning systems to detect catastrophic events such as the tsunamis in south Asia, scientific research needs adequate support.
525414
Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop pristine, might be the lament of today's Ancient Mariner. Oceans cover more than 70 percent of the planet, and every single spot has been affected by people in some way.