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The seas are changing. By now, even the most reclusive mountain hermit has probably heard of global warming, melting polar ice caps, and overfishing. And he probably knows that human activity has definitely had a hand in things, and that disasters such a... 
The seas are changing. By now, even the most reclusive mountain hermit has probably heard of global warming, melting polar ice caps, and overfishing. And he probably knows that human activity has definitely had a hand in things, and that disasters such as Hurricane Katrina could become more frequent this century. How are the ocean's inhabitants––the fishes, whales, jellies, corals, and so on––coping with these seemingly sudden changes to their habitats? And how might these changes affect human life?
If you consider yourself slightly less oblivious than a landlocked hermit, a bit less in-the-know than your average marine biologist, and less indifferent than, say, Vice President Cheney, the following Top 10 should keep you up to speed with the latest news relating to marine life and oceanography.
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Five years without fishing around the UK's Lundy Island have led to revival of its lobsters and other sea life.
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Explosions of magma about 93 million years ago sapped the oceans of oxygen, causing a mass extinction of marine life, a new study found.
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NOAA's National Sea Grant College Program has designated Penn State University's Behrend College campus in Erie, Pa., as the Institutional Sea Grant Program for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Through this designation, Pennsylvania Sea Grant becomes the hub for marine and coastal sciences for the state and is responsible...
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Campaigners say ministers have a "once in a lifetime opportunity" to protect the marine environment with a new bill.
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NOAA scientists reported in the current issue of the journal Environmental Health Perspectives that an algal toxin commonly inhaled in sea spray, attacks and damages DNA in the lungs of laboratory rats. The findings document how the body’s way of disposing the toxin inadvertently converts it to a molecule that damages DNA....
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(Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres) The ice cover in the Arctic Ocean at the end of summer 2008 will lie, with almost 100 per cent probability, below that of the year 2005 -- the year with the second lowest sea ice extent ever measured. Chances of an equally low value as in 2007 lie around eight per cent....
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The "world's most active volcano" put on a spectacular fireworks show for the 4th of July, spewing a plume 150 feet (46 meters) high and sending lava into the sea.
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