A shorter list of articles this week. Enjoy!
Marine life needs protection from noise pollution
Conservationists call for international regulations to limit noise from shipping and seismic surveys.
Emma Brown. Nature (11 September 2015)
Omega-3s are vital for a healthy ocean
National Oceanography Centre. Science Daily (17 September 2015)
Researchers find major gaps in understanding risks, benefits of eating fish
Dartmouth College. Science Daily (14 September 2015)
South African scientists trial humane shark deterrents
Orca-patterned wetsuits and shark-friendly nets among proliferation of research trials.
Linda Nordling. Nature (11 September 2015)
Southern Ocean sucks up more carbon dioxide than was thought
Remote ocean has doubled its intake of the greenhouse gas since 2000, reversing an earlier decline.
Emma Brown. Nature (11 September 2015)
U.S. Navy to limit sonar testing to protect whales
Virginia Morell. Science (16 September)
To spice things up a little this week, Nature have even posted a short quiz to find out how interdisciplinary you are:
How interdisciplinary are you? (Quiz)
Many scientists claim to be interdisciplinary — but are they really?
Nature (16 September 2015)
And the usual rundown of non-marine science related articles are below.
Giraffes spend their evenings humming to each other
Karl Gruber. New Scientist (17 September 2015)
If at first you don’t succeed, tweet it
Tales of scientific blunders and some unusual species names dominated social media this week.
Chris Woolston. Nature (11 September 2015)
Online dating for birds: Zebra finches prefer behavioral compatibility to looks
Emily DeMarco. Science (14 September 2015)
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