Marine sediment

New tool for tracking sea-floor sediment movements

harminka — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:31:43 -0500

As the world looks for more energy, the oil industry will need more refined tools for discoveries in places where searches have never before taken place, geologists say.

Bright colors and knockout punch for germs

harminka — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:17:27 -0500

A strain of marine bacteria produces large amounts of bright red pigments that can be used as a natural dye for wool, nylon, silk and other fabrics, scientists in California are reporting.

Bottom trawling impacts, clearly visible from space

harminka — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:09:10 -0600

Bottom trawling, an industrial fishing method that drags large, heavy nets across the seafloor stirs up huge, billowing plumes of sediment on shallow seafloors that can be seen from space.

Bacteria with a specific mode of nutrition

harminka — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 10:05:36 -0500

A German-American research team of biologists and geochemists has discovered hitherto unknown anaerobic bacteria in marine sediments which need only propane or butane for growth, as reported by the scientific journal "Nature" in its current online issue.

Marine sediment microbial fuel cells get nutritional boost

harminka — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 03:31:43 -0500

Discarded crab and lobster shells may be the key to prolonging the life of microbial fuel cells that power sensors beneath the sea, according to a team of Penn State researchers.