Ecosystems
Story - April 22, 2013
The unique marine ecosystem of today’s Antarctic seas first developed when large ice sheets formed on Antarctica around 34 million years ago, according to new research involving a scientist based at the National Oceanography Centre,...
Story - February 1, 2013
Coral reefs are predicted to decline under the pressure of global warming. However, a number of coral species can survive at seawater temperatures even higher than predicted for the tropics during the next century. How they survive, while most...
Story - January 2, 2013
Scientists have cast doubt on the widely held perception that there has been a global increase in jellyfish.
Blooms, or proliferations, of jellyfish can show a substantial, visible impact on coastal populations – clogged nets for fishermen,...
Story - December 11, 2012
Research into a process that is threatening to wipe out coral reefs, by a scientist at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, has been recognised with a prestigious award worth 1.29 million euros.
Dr Jörg Wiedenmann, head of the centre...
