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Newswise: A Green Chemistry Breakthrough:Sustainable Collagen Extraction from Sardine Bones Using Banana Peel Water Extracts
Released: 14-Sep-2024 12:05 AM EDT
A Green Chemistry Breakthrough:Sustainable Collagen Extraction from Sardine Bones Using Banana Peel Water Extracts
Chinese Academy of Sciences

A research team has developed an innovative and sustainable method to extract collagen from sardine bones using water extracts from banana peels, a common agricultural waste in Malaysia.

Newswise: Microbe Dietary Preferences Influence the Effectiveness of Carbon Sequestration in the Deep Ocean
Released: 13-Sep-2024 8:00 AM EDT
Microbe Dietary Preferences Influence the Effectiveness of Carbon Sequestration in the Deep Ocean
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

A series of seemingly small processes helps carry carbon dioxide from the ocean’s surface to the deep sea, where it can be stored away for decades.

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Newswise: Swimming crustacean eats unlikely food source in the deep ocean
Released: 11-Sep-2024 8:00 AM EDT
Swimming crustacean eats unlikely food source in the deep ocean
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Increased capabilities in the human-occupied submersible Alvin open a window on a rarely seen behavior

Newswise: Thanks to humans, Salish Sea waters are too noisy for resident orcas to hunt successfully
Released: 10-Sep-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Thanks to humans, Salish Sea waters are too noisy for resident orcas to hunt successfully
University of Washington

Scientists report that underwater noise pollution — from both large and small vessels — forces northern and southern resident orcas to expend more time and energy hunting for fish. The din also lowers the overall success of their hunting efforts. Noise from ships likely has an outsized impact on southern resident orca pods, which spend more time in areas with high ship traffic.

Newswise: UC San Diego Receives $10 Million for Center on Neurobiology in Changing Environments
9-Sep-2024 3:05 PM EDT
UC San Diego Receives $10 Million for Center on Neurobiology in Changing Environments
University of California San Diego

The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group has selected UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography to receive a four-year, $10 million grant funded by the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation to establish the Allen Discovery Center for Neurobiology in Changing Environments. The center will take a multidisciplinary approach to investigating how climate change may impact the nervous systems and behavior of marine animals.

Newswise: FAMU-FSU College of Engineering researchers examine how drought and water volume affect nutrients in Apalachicola River
Released: 5-Sep-2024 6:05 PM EDT
FAMU-FSU College of Engineering researchers examine how drought and water volume affect nutrients in Apalachicola River
Florida State University

New research led by FAMU-FSU College of Engineering Assistant Professor Ebrahim Ahmadisharaf examined how drought and water volume in the Lower Apalachicola River watershed affect nitrogen and phosphorous, crucial nutrients for a healthy aquatic ecosystem.

Released: 5-Sep-2024 5:30 PM EDT
Research Vessel Resilience Charts Course to the Future of Marine Research
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

SEQUIM, Wash.—Officials gathered at the Sequim campus of the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory today to dedicate DOE’s first hybrid-electric research vessel, RV Resilience.The event marks the start of a new era of marine energy research at PNNL-Sequim, part of DOE’s Office of Science national laboratory system and Resilience’s new home port.

Released: 5-Sep-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Aquatic invasive species are more widespread in Wisconsin than previously thought 
University of Wisconsin–Madison

A report on more than 40 years of research on Wisconsin lakes is highlighting some of the lessons scientists have learned about aquatic invasive species, including that far more ecosystems are playing host to non-native species than previously thought.  However, the researchers note, those species aren’t necessarily detrimental to their new habitat and, in some cases, the negative “impacts of invasive species control may be greater than the impacts of the invasive species” themselves.

Newswise: SMU Researcher Helps Develop New Technique to Explore Oceanic Microbes
Released: 4-Sep-2024 2:05 PM EDT
SMU Researcher Helps Develop New Technique to Explore Oceanic Microbes
Southern Methodist University

Alexander Chase and colleagues collect samples from Earth’s oceans using SMIRC, which could be the first step in uncovering compounds that lead to next-generation antibiotics.

Newswise: How a salt giant radically reshaped Mediterranean marine biodiversity
27-Aug-2024 6:00 AM EDT
How a salt giant radically reshaped Mediterranean marine biodiversity
University of Vienna

A new study paves the way to understanding biotic recovery after an ecological crisis in the Mediterranean Sea about 5.5 million years ago.

Newswise: Marine engineering group to award ORNL researchers for innovative welding software
Released: 28-Aug-2024 3:20 PM EDT
Marine engineering group to award ORNL researchers for innovative welding software
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Zhili Feng, a distinguished R&D staff member, and Jian Chen, a senior R&D staff member, in Materials Science and Technology Division at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, will receive the Elmer L. Hann Award at the Society of Naval Architects and Maritime Engineers, or SNAME, Convention on Oct.

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Released: 28-Aug-2024 8:30 AM EDT
Rain or Shine? How Rainfall Impacts Size of Sea Turtle Hatchlings
Florida Atlantic University

An internationally collaborative study delves into how fluctuating rainfall impacts the development of sea turtle hatchlings, revealing that it has a more profound effect than changes in air temperature. Regional weather influences incubation and hatchling development and the impact of rainfall varies between species. For loggerhead turtles, heavier rainfall results in hatchlings with smaller carapaces (shell) but greater weight, while green turtle hatchlings grow smaller carapaces without a change in body mass.

Released: 23-Aug-2024 3:05 PM EDT
MSU, DNR partner to protect lake sturgeons from extinction
Michigan State University

Five hundred juvenile sturgeons were released into the Saginaw River system last week as part of an ongoing effort to bring the giant fish back from the brink of extinction.

Newswise: Revealing the Secrets of Carbon from Ocean Waters: How Molecules Control Organic Matter Persistence from Surface Waters to the Depths
Released: 22-Aug-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Revealing the Secrets of Carbon from Ocean Waters: How Molecules Control Organic Matter Persistence from Surface Waters to the Depths
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory - EMSL

A study led by the University of Minnesota and the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory sheds light on the origins and ultimate fate of organic carbon by resolving distinct components that cycle at different rates.

Newswise: CeO2 nanoparticles: a double-edged sword for aquatic algal life
Released: 22-Aug-2024 6:05 AM EDT
CeO2 nanoparticles: a double-edged sword for aquatic algal life
Chinese Academy of Sciences

A crucial study reveals significant alterations in growth, photosynthetic activity, and gene expression of freshwater algae due to cerium oxide nanoparticles. This research highlights the complex interactions between these microscopic pollutants and key aquatic producers, providing essential insights into the ecological impacts of nanomaterial pollution.

Newswise: Fishing for missing environmental data in coastal oceans
Released: 21-Aug-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Fishing for missing environmental data in coastal oceans
University of Delaware

A new University of Delaware study addresses the lack of data on how much human-generated carbon dioxide is present in coastal oceans – the saltwater ecosystems that link the land and sea. Capturing this data is crucial to calculating how much emissions must be cut in the future.

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Released: 21-Aug-2024 12:05 PM EDT
NJIT Biologist Awarded $680,000 Federal Grant to Save North-Atlantic Right Whale
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)

Brooke Flammang, a biologist at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), has been awarded nearly $680,000 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as part of a growing nationwide effort to save the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis).

Newswise: FAU Engineering to Lead $1.3M Collaborative Conservation Project
Released: 21-Aug-2024 8:30 AM EDT
FAU Engineering to Lead $1.3M Collaborative Conservation Project
Florida Atlantic University

Tracking marine animals at both individual and group levels is crucial for wildlife conservation. Researchers will develop and employ generative AI to identify, track, and analyze behavior of marine animals (with a focus on manatees), and address traditional tracking cost-precision trade-offs.

Released: 20-Aug-2024 10:05 AM EDT
“Worrisome” research findings of a common industrial chemical’s harmful effects
Bates College

Story details how research at Bates College examined how TPhP, a known developmental toxicant, impacts zebrafish at much lower levels than previously studied. This research began as an undergraduate thesis project and blossomed into a multi year (and student) project. It is ongoing and further study will be conducted.



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