News Coverage Archive 2006

December 22, 2006. Science Daily.
"Expedition observes little known beaked whales"
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/12/061223092845.htm [1]

December 10 2006. The Observer, UK.
"End of the line"
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/magazine/story/0,,1966545,00.html [2]

December 11, 2006. Slashdot, News for Nerds.
"Many new species found under Antarctica"
http://science.slashdot.org/science/06/12/11/2336230.shtml [3]

December 11, 2006. New Scientist.
Marine census reveals 'Jurassic shrimp' and more
http://environment.newscientist.com/article/dn10756-marine-
census-reveals-jurassic-shrimp-and-more.html [4]

December 12, 2006. Turkish Daily News.
"Scientists seek to unlock mysteries of the deep seas"
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=61472 [5]

December 11, 2006. CBC News, Canada.
"Scientists discover new species in ocean depths"
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2006/12/11/tech-oceans.html [6]

December 11, 2006. Washington Post.
"Scientists Marvel at Sea Life Miles Deep"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/
2006/12/11/AR2006121100490.html [7]

December 11, 2006. People's Chinese Daily.
"Life thrives at searing sea vents, under ice"
http://english.people.com.cn/200612/12/eng20061212_331398.html [8]

October 31, 2006. Honolulu Advertiser.
"Trove of new species at French Frigate Shoals"
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/
article?AID=/20061031/NEWS01/610310343 [9]

October 31, 2006. KHNO TV 2, Honolulu.
"New creatures in Northwest Hawaiian Isles"
http://www.khon2.com/news/local/4523401.html [10]

October 25, 2006. Christian Science Monitor.
"Hopes brighten for curb on damaging ocean fishing"
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1025/p02s01-uspo.html [11]

October 30, 2006. Star-Bulletin, Hawaii.
"Hawaii atoll trip IDs 100 new species"
http://starbulletin.com/2006/10/31/news/story03.html [12]

October 30, 2006. United Press International.
"New species abound in NW Hawaiian Islands"
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20061030-032928-4071r [13]

October 30, 2006. Monsters and Critics, UK.
"New species abound in NW Hawaiian Islands"
http://science.monstersandcritics.com/news/
article_1216345.php/New_species_abound_in_NW_Hawaiian_Islands [14]

October 30, 2006. Mongabay.
"100 species discovered in Hawaii"
http://news.mongabay.com/2006/1030-coml.html [15]

August 28, 2006. Malaysia Star.
"Global warming scourge"
http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=
/2006/8/29/lifefocus/15202570&sec=lifefocus [16]

August 1, 2006. The Independent, UK.
"Oceans teeming with 10 million kinds of microbe"
http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article1207608.ece [17]

August 1, 2006. TechNews World.
"Ocean microbe census reveals diverse world of rare bacteria"
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/8mED0jsBnuhIHw/
Ocean-Microbe-Census-Reveals-Diverse-World-of-Rare-Bacteria.xhtml [18]

August 1, 2006. CBC News.
"Thousands of bacterial species discovered in oceans"
http://www.cbc.ca/story/science/national/2006/
07/31/ocean-microbes.html [19]

August 1, 2006. Reuters.
"Oceans teem with bacteria, many unknown-study"
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=scienceNews
&storyID=2006-07-31T210409Z_01_L31504243_RTRUKOC_0_US-
ENVIRONMENT-MICROBES.xml&WTmodLoc=Home-C5-scienceNews-3 [20]

August 8, 2006. The Telegraph.
"Around the world in 200 days: sea bird's amazing 40,000-mile trip"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?
xml=/news/2006/08/08/nbird08.xml [21]

August 11, 2006. Monsters and Critics.
"Sooty Shearwaters Set Migration Record"
http://science.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1188294.php/
Sooty_shearwaters_set_a_migration_record [22]

August 8, 2006. New York Times.
"SIDE EFFECTS; Travel the World (Virtually) on the Wings of a Bird"
http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=
F10E11FB355B0C7B8CDDA10894DE404482 [23]

August 8, 2006. The Independent.
"Bird-brained behaviour: The ultimate migration"
http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article1217820.ece [24]

August 1, 2006. United Press International.
"Scientists view of ocean may be all wrong"
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?
StoryID=20060801-113347-3411r [25]

August 1, 2006. Lenta.Ru.
"Russian news story about ocean microbes (in Russian)"
http://lenta.ru/news/2006/08/01/ocean/ [26]

August 1, 2006. Mongabay.com, Madagascar.
"Pictures of rare marine bacteria discovered in ocean"
Photo spread in Madagascar:
http://news.mongabay.com/2006/0801-coml.html [27]

July 29, 2006. Globe and Mail.
"We don't know what's in the ocean"
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/
RTGAM.20060728.wfish29/BNStory/Science/home [28]

July 16, 2006. ABC News.
"Scientists seek to spy on world's fish"
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=2120163 [29]

July 28, 2006. Radio Canada International.
"Interview with Census Senior Scientist Ron O'Dor about the Ocean Tracking Network"
http://www.rcinet.ca/scitechfile [30]

June 30, 2006. Earth Watch Diary of a Planet.
"Census Ocean Tracking Network"
http://www.earthweek.com/arc/063006.pdf [31]

June 27, 2006. Telegraph, UK.
"Tag project will track ocean life"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/06/27/
wtag27.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/06/27/ixnews.html [32]

June 27, 2006. Cadena Global, Venezuela.
"Peces con chips recorrerán los océanos"
http://www.cadenaglobal.com/Default.asp?pgm=Detail&Not=111743&Sec=%202 [33]

June 27, 2006. El Mundo, Spain.
"Miles de peces con 'chips' surcarán los mares para controlar los movimientos migratorios"
http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2006/06/27/ciencia/1151393473.html [34]

June 27, 2006. Reuters, Portuguese.
"Cientistas preparam sistema para 'espionar' peixes no mundo"
http://br.news.yahoo.com/060626/5/167cv.html [35]

June 27, 2006. L'internaute, France.
"Vers un système de surveillance mondial pour suivre les migrations marines"
http://www.linternaute.com/actualite/depeche/20/185110/vers_un_systeme
_de_surveillance_mondial_pour_suivre_les_migrations_marines.shtml [36]

June 13, 2006. Science Poles.
"Climate change impacts differ for little-known Arctic and Antarctic sea-floor life"
http://www.sciencepoles.org/index.php?s=2&rs=home&uid=659&lg=en [37]

May 25, 2006. Physics Today.
"Acoustic-Waveguide Sonar Finds Enormous Fish Shoals"
http://www.aip.org/pt/vol-59/iss-4/p20.html [38]

May 5, 2006. New Scientist, UK.
"Zooplankton survey plumbs the depths"
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn9108-
zooplankton-survey-plumbs-the-depths.html [39]

May 5, 2006. BBC News, UK.
"Deep ocean trawl nets 'new bugs'"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4973240.stm [40]

May 5, 2006. Pravda, Russia.
"Scientists discover smallest animals in the sea- Zooplankton"
http://english.pravda.ru/news/science/
06-05-2006/79983-zooplankton-0 [41]

May 5, 2006. Times of London, UK.
"New sea bug species found"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2165813.html [42]

May 5, 2006. Reuters, South Africa.
"New species of fish found in Atlantic"
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=
1&click_id=24&art_id=qw1146747603666B251 [43]

April 12, 2006. United Press International.
"North European sea fishing origins studied"
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060412-013243-7879r [44]

February 13, 2006. Der Spiegel, Germany.
"Volkszahlung im Meer"
http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/0,1518,400358,00.html [45]

February 22, 2006. Veja, Brazil.
"O inventário do mar"
http://veja.abril.com.br/idade/exclusivo/220206/p_056.html [46]

February 24, 2006. Santa Cruz Sentinel, USA.
"Ocean researchers praise data that arrives from animal tags"
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2006/
February/24/local/stories/01local.htm [47]

February 24, 2006. Publico, Lisbon Portugal.
"Encontradas seis novas espécies depeixes no Atlantico"
http://jornal.publico.clix.pt/Default.asp? [48]

March 7, 2006.New York Times.
"Scared of Sharks? Just Dive 10,000 Feet"
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/07/science/07obox.html?pagewanted=print [49]

February 23, 2006. People's Daily Online, Beijing, China.
"Preference for shallow water puts sharks at risk"
http://english.people.com.cn/200602/23/eng20060223_245211.html [50]

February 23, 2006. CNET News.
"Oceans are 70 percent shark free, says new research"
http://news.com.com/2061-11204_3-6042247.html [51]

February 23, 2006. Monsters & Critics.
"Study: Oceans are 70 percent shark-free"
http://science.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1132073.php/
Study_Oceans_70_percent_shark-free [52]

February 23, 2006. MSNBC News.
"Sharks may be absent from ocean depths"
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11499966/ [53]

February 23, 2006. BBC, UK.
"Study warns of threat to sharks"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4736380.stm [54]

February 23, 2006. The Scotsman, UK.
"Sharks' future in doubt as they shun ocean depths"
http://news.scotsman.com/scitech.cfm?id=272982006 [55]

February 23, 2006. The Sun, UK.
"Sharks in the shallows"
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006080571,00.html [56]

February 23, 2006. 999 Today, TV.
"Oceans are 70 per cent shark-free, study finds"
http://www.999today.com/environment/news/story/2785.html [57]

February 23, 2006. Playfuls.com, Romania.
"A New Study Reveals That Oceans Are 70 Percent Shark Free"
http://www.playfuls.com/news_00293_A_New_Study_Reveals_That_
Oceans_Are_70_Percent_Shark_Free.html [58]

February 23, 2006. Web India.
"Study: Oceans 70 percent shark-free"
http://news.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=
258298&n_date=20060223&cat=Science [59]

February 23, 2006. United Press International.
"Study: Oceans 70 percent shark-free"
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060222-011850-2937r [60]

February 9, 2006. India Express.
"An Eye on Fish"
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=87717 [61]

February 3, 2006. ZDNet.
"Better Tool for Counting Fish"
http://blogs.zdnet.com/emergingtech/index.php?p=151 [62]

February 6, 2006. Washington Post.
"Huge Masses of Fish Tracked"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/
2006/02/05/AR2006020500905.html [63]

February 7, 2006. New York Times.
"Finding Fish (and Protecting Them)"
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/07/science/
07obox.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1139511027-Y/
rZsPzdoQXhGDfhxDsRIw [64]

February 3, 2006. USA Today, USA.
"MIT scientists tracking fish with sonar"
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/discoveries/
2006-02-05-fish-sonar_x.htm?POE=TECISVA [65]

February 3, 2006. CBS News, USA.
"MIT Scientists Tracking Fish With Sonar"
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/02/03/
ap/tech/mainD8FHL2HG2.shtml [66]

February 3, 2006. Boston Globe, USA.
"MIT scientists come up with better way to track fish populations"
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/
2006/02/03/mit_scientists_come_up_with_better_way_
to_track_fish_populations_1138976903/ [67]

February 3, 2006. WCSH TV News, Portland ME, USA.
"MIT scientists claim to have better way to track fish populations"
http://www.wcsh6.com/home/article.asp?id=31269 [68]

February 3, 2006. Portsmouth Herald, Portsmouth, NH, USA.
"A better way to track fish"
http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/02042006/
south_of/86239.htm [69]

February 3, 2006. Leading the Charge Australia.
"MIT Scientists Tracking Fish With Sonar"
http://www.leadingthecharge.com/stories/news-00136087.html [70]

February 3, 2006. Innovations Report, Germany.
"One fish, two fish: New MIT sensor improves fish counts"
http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/
environment_sciences/report-54770.html [71]

February 3, 2006. The Guardian, UK.
"Sonar system sheds light on fish numbers"
http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/news/story/0,,1701027,00.html [72]

January 25, 2006. Saipan Tribune, Micronesia.
"Marine scientists going down to do census on reefs"
http://www.saipantribune.com/newsstory.aspx?cat=1&newsID=54282 [73]

January 25, 2006. Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Asia-Pacific News.
"Australian scientists join census on coral reefs"
http://abcasiapacific.com/news/stories/asiapacific_stories_1554635.htm [74]

January 25, 2006. Pacific Magazine, Hawaii.
"REGION: International Scientists To Study Coral Reefs"
http://www.pacificislands.cc/pina/pinadefault2.php?urlpinaid=19822 [75]

January 25, 2006. The Age, Australia.
"Scientists undertake reef count"
http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Scientists-undertake-
reef-headcount/2006/01/25/1138066818174.html [76]

January 25, 2006. North County Times, California.
"Scripps to conduct coral reefs census"
http://www.yubanet.com/artman/publish/article_30897.shtml [77]

January 25, 2006. Washington File, Washington, D.C.
"International scientists to study coral reefs worldwide"
http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-
english&y=2006&m=January&x=20060124120634lcnirellep0.
5273096&t=livefeeds/wf-latest.html [78]

January 25, 2006. The Australian, Australia.
"A million new species and counting"
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/
story_page/0,5744,17930183%255E30417,00.html [79]

January 25, 2006. ABC News Online, Australia.
"Australian scientists join worldwide reef census project"
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200601/s1554576.htm [80]

January 25, 2006. The Age, Australia.
"Scientists undertake reef headcount"
http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Scientists-undertake-
reef-headcount/2006/01/25/1138066818174.html [76]

January 25, 2006. Washington File, USA.
"International Scientists To Study Coral Reefs Worldwide"
http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-
english&y=2006&m=January&x=20060124120634lcnirellep
0.5273096&t=livefeeds/wf-latest.html [78]

January 25, 2006. Sydney Morning Herald, Australia.
"Scientists undertake reef headcount"
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Scientists-undertake-
reef-headcount/2006/01/25/1138066818174.html [81]