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Conference hears update on new Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
Work is about to start to agree the institutional arrangements and work programme of a new mechanism through which scientific experts in the field of biodiversity and ecosystems services will inform the decisions of governments and organisations worldwide.
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Experts look to a positive future for oceans as major marine conference closes
The World Marine Biodiversity Conference 2011 closed on Friday 30 September in a mood of optimism in tackling the challenges scientists are now identifying in the sustainability of our ocean ecosystems.
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Discovery of all species on Earth achievable this century
There are far fewer species on Earth – just 2 million – than widely believed and it is possible to discover them all this century, according to Associate Professor Mark Costello from The University of Auckland’s Leigh Marine Laboratory.
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Jellyfish on the increase in the Mediterranean
One of Europe’s favourite holiday destinations - the Mediterranean - could be facing even more jellyfish outbreaks, according to a scientist who helped set up a citizen database to monitor the problem.
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Art installation demonstrates problem of marine plastic
North-east schoolchildren showcased their environmental message to more than 1000 scientists this week at the World Conference on Marine Biodiversity in Aberdeen with an art installation demonstrating the problem of marine plastic.
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New research warns Hector’s dolphins still headed for extinction
An international marine conference will tomorrow (September 29) hear that measures to protect the world’s most endangered marine dolphins against fisheries bycatch are inadequate to prevent their extinction.
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Climate change affects marine animals on Antarctica’s seabed
A rapid increase in the frequency of icebergs pounding the shallow seafloor around the West Antarctic Peninsula – as a result of shrinking winter sea ice – has caused the life expectancy of a tiny marine creature (bryozoans) to halve over the last 12 years.
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Offshore platforms could be hot spot of fish abundance
Oil and gas platforms could be serving as beneficial habitats for commercially important fish populations such as cod and haddock, a marine ecologist will report today (Tuesday, September 27) at a major conference in Aberdeen.
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Everything you ever wanted to know about arthritis
Arthritis Research UK is holding a public meeting this evening (27 September 2011), hosted by the University of Aberdeen, to raise awareness of the issues and ongoing research surrounding arthritis.
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Sharks’ sight has evolved for survival in differing depths
It’s Earth’s largest habitat and is the least explored frontier on our planet today – the deep sea has much that scientists have yet to uncover.
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