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Whale bones

Oily whale bones fuel unique ecosystems

The skeletons of fallen whales on the ocean floor attract specialised animals that live on the oil in their bones.

But some bones have more oil than others, and this affects how quickly they decay and which creatures they attract.

1 September 2010

Melting ice

Marine animals suggest recent ice shelf collapse

Tiny marine creatures suggest two far-apart seas were once joined.

31 August 2010

Swarm of locusts

Hunger and cannibalism make locusts swarm

Locusts move faster when hungry and surrounded by other locusts.

27 August 2010

Red crabs

Hormone behind crab's epic migration

Hormone changes red crabs from couch potatoes into ultra athletes.

26 August 2010

Sea and sky

From the sea to the sky

27 August 2010

It is a truth universally acknowledged in environmental science that it is much easier to propose an exciting new hypothesis than it is to prove it. Scientists set out to test the 23-year old CLAW hypothesis - and came up with some surprising results.

Phytoplankton bloom off the UK coast

Marine Biological Association - 125 years on

Marine Biological Association's 125th anniversary.

20 August 2010

Scanning the horizon

Scanning the horizon

What are the big threats and opportunities in conservation?

13 August 2010

Silver spotted skipper

Butterflies, buoys and the English Channel

How butterflies and buoys can tell us about climate change.

31 August 2010

Checkered Periwinkle

Rockpools and ocean acidification

A seaside special with a few pan scourers thrown in.

16 August 2010

Deploying the lander

Beyond the Abyss: South America

What will the HADEEP team find in the Peru-Chile trench?

Updated: 31 August 2010

Publications

Planet Earth - Summer 2010

Planet Earth
Summer 2010

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Science Impacts Database

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