

NOAA's
Undersea Research Program teamed up with other research organizations
to study how predators affect herring abundance in Alaska. Understanding
how predation affects a commercially and ecologically important species
in coastal communities throughout Alaska is critical for developing ecosystem-based
management approaches for herring populations. (more
info)
In
an effort to better understand gas hydrates and their makeup, scientists
and engineers from the Center for Hydrate Research at the Colorado School
of Mines and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) have
for the first time obtained data from a Raman spectrometer deployed in
the deep sea. With support from NOAA's Underseas Research Program and
MBARI, scientists are exploring the composition and fate of gas hydrates
in their natural environment using a modified bench-top Raman spectrometer
at Hydrate Ridge (off the Oregon coast) and at Barkley Canyon (off Vancouver
Island, British Columbia). This research has provided new insights into
the stability, structure, composition and heterogeneity of these energy-rich,
and potentially unstable methane hydrate deposits found in the deep sea.
(more info)
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