Some news on marine, aquatic  science and conservation:
News on marine protected areas:
maritimeprofessional.com/Blogs/Maritime-Musings/January-2010/Marine-protected-areas.aspx
 
New Marine Science Strategy Unveiled:
The National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (NOCS) has welcomed the 15-year UK strategy to deliver world-class marine science, jointly published in early February 2010 by the UK Government, the Scottish Government, the Northern Ireland Executive and the Welsh Assembly Government. The UK Marine Science Strategy covers three key areas: understanding how marine ecosystems function; responding to climate change and its interaction with the marine environment; and sustaining and increasing ecosystem benefits. It will inform future decisions on sustainable management of the oceans, food and energy security, and understanding the role the oceans play in climate change.
More detail see at:
http://www.seadiscovery.com/mt/mtStories.aspx?ShowStrory=1035122055
 
 
Some other innovations in environmental and aquatic science:
 
blog.researchgate.net/masterblog/466_The_Threat_of_Shampoo_to_the_Biosphere;
 
blog.researchgate.net/masterblog/389_Stopping_Pollution_Eutrophication_and_Algal_Blooms;
 
blog.researchgate.net/masterblog/379_Underwater_Secrets_of_Global_Change;
 
blog.researchgate.net/masterblog/358_Three_New_Key_Hazards_to_the_Functioning_of_the_Biosphere;
 
blog.researchgate.net/masterblog/347_Biodiversity_and_stability_of_ecosystems;
 
blog.researchgate.net/masterblog/299_Inhibitory_Analysis_A_new_method_for_analyzing_interactions_between_organisms_in_ecosystems;
 
blog.researchgate.net/masterblog/276_New_threat_to_water_quality_discovery_of_the_new_important_type_of_hazards_from_pollution_Synecological_summation_of_effects_on_different_trophic_levels;
 
blog.researchgate.net/masterblog/255_Criteria_of_ecological_hazards_due_to_anthropogenic_effects_on_the_biota_Searching_for_a_system;
 
blog.researchgate.net/masterblog/262_The_Concept_of_Aquatic_Biota_as_a_Labile_and_Vulnerable_Component_of_the_Water_Self-Purification_System;
 
blog.researchgate.net/masterblog/241_innovative_concept_of_ecosystem_as_a_multifunctional_bioreactor_one_of_its_functions_is_upgrading_water_quality_ecosystem_service;
 
blog.researchgate.net/masterblog/180_A_new_type_of_effect_of_potentially_hazardous_substances;