Wilkins Ice Shelf Bridge Breaks

(CNN) -- A large ice shelf is "imminently" close to breaking away from part of the Antarctic Peninsula, scientists said Friday 3rd April 2009.

Protecting the Gulf of Mannar

The Gulf of Mannar is a shallow stretch of water separating India from Sri Lanka. Despite its important ecological and cultural significance as one of South Asia's largest biosphere reserves, the Indian Government is planning to build a shipping channel through the gulf - the Sethusamudram Ship Channel. FIELD lawyers attended the first International meeting of the campaign to protect the Gulf of Mannar.

House & Senate Leaders Support US $250M for Ocean Energy

Leadership in both the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate are calling on the Department of Energy (DOE) to allocate US $250 million of the $2.5 billion in stimulus funding for renewable energy research and development to the emerging marine renewable energy industry. The funding would help develop wave, current and tidal energy technologies....

SeaWeb

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GOCE Launch - Mapping Earth's Gravity Like Never Before

Article from redOrbit

Arctic Sea Ice Decline Video

Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI)

A new Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI), centered around high-level political commitments and proactive implementation by governments of the Coral Triangle area, and supported and carried forward by private sector, international agency and civil society (NGO) partners, could provide a major contribution toward safeguarding the region’s marine and coastal biological resources for the sustainable growth and prosperity of current and future generations.

Coral Triangle Map

WWF - Coral Triangle

Wilkins Ice Shelf Observations

With the possible breakaway from the Antarctic Peninsula of the Wilkins Ice Shelf, ESA's ENVISAT is keeping a close look at developements.
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Sea Sick - The Global Ocean in Crisis

Review by Richard Ellis on the above titled book by Alanna Mitchell.

Amazon Link

New Antarctic Fish Species Discovered

A Spanish researcher has discovered a newfound species of fish in an area of the Antarctic Ocean that has not been studied since 1904.

Other Links:-
Un investigador español descubre una nueva especie de pez antártico

ORCA's Eye-in-the-Sea

Look around on land, and you can see life everywhere. But it’s a different story down in the deep ocean. There are still plenty of animals around, but deeper than about 200 m (660 feet) there’s no light left to see them. Instead, light comes from the sea creatures themselves. More than 90 percent of them give off faint bluish flashes and glows, called bioluminescence, that seem unearthly to visitors from dry land.

A short animation shows how Eye-in-the-Sea will arrive and start work at MARS [2 Mb Quicktime file courtesy Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution]

Invasion of the the Red Lionfish (Pterois volitans)

Interesting article about the Red Lionfish incursion onto new areas of reefs. Ref: Laws of Necessity Blog

More from "Animal Diversity Web"

6 Different Ways the Waves & Tides Can Generate Electricity

This link takes you to a slide show of various graphics showing way of power generation through the use of oceans.
Links to TreeHugger

The Catlin Arctic Ice Thickness Survey

The Catlin 3 person team started their epic 1000km treck across the Arctic to the North Pole to measure the thickness of the sea ice along the route.
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The Official Blog here...

The State of the Reef

On this page, you can see some possible outcomes for parts of the Great Barrier Reef of different climate change scenarios resulting from an increase in sea surface temperature, taking into account the possible adaptability of coral.

USS 'Port Royal' runs aground on Reef

Honolulu.
A guided misile cruiser, the USS 'Port Royal', ran aground off Honolulu and was finally floated off after three and half days stuck on the reef.
Considerable damage to both reef and ship.

The World's hottest water

The hottest known water on Earth has been discovered issuing from black smokers deep in the Atlantic Ocean (Footage courtesy of MARUM/Andrea Koschinsky)

Cold Water Coral

We often hear tropical corals are the rainforests of the oceans. But there are more coral species in deep, cold waters than shallow warm waters. Murray Roberts describes plans to explore these little-known habitats.

The US Coral Reef Task Force

The United States Coral Reef Task Force (USCRTF) was established in 1998 by Presidential Executive Order to lead U.S. efforts to preserve and protect coral reef ecosystems. The USCRTF includes leaders of 12 Federal agencies, seven U.S. States, Territories, Commonwealths, and three Freely Associated States. The USCRTF helps build partnerships, strategies, and support for on-the-ground action to conserve coral reefs. (more....)