Save
Email
Print
Share
RSS
Deconstructing a Mystery: What Caused Snowmaggedon?
Scientists are using
computer models to help
unravel the mystery of a
record-setting snowfall in
the Washington, DC area in
early 2010. ... > full story
Ocean Microbe Communities Changing, but Long-Term Environmental Impact Is Unclear
As oceans warm due to
climate change, water layers
will mix less and affect the
microbes and plankton that
pump carbon out of the
... > full story
Ocean Warming Causes Elephant Seals to Dive Deeper
Global warming is having an
effect on the dive behavior
and search for food of
southern elephant seals.
Researchers have discovered
that the seals dive deeper
... > full story
Global Sea Level Rise: NASA Mission Takes Stock of Earth's Melting Land Ice
In the first comprehensive
satellite study of its kind,
researchers have used NASA
data to calculate how much
Earth's melting land ice is
... > full story
Stay up to date!
Get all of ScienceDaily's Oceanography headlines automatically delivered to you every day by subscribing for free via:
Browse News Stories
1 to 10 of 2,858 stories (394 over past year)
view headlines only
-
Ancient Seagrass Holds Secrets of the Oldest Living Organism on Earth
February 7, 2012 — It's big, it's old and it lives under the sea -- and now an international research collaboration has confirmed that an ancient seagrass holds the secrets of the oldest living organism on Earth. ... > full story -
Satellite Tracking Reveals Sea Turtle Feeding Hotspots
February 6, 2012 — Satellite tracking of threatened loggerhead sea turtles has revealed two previously unknown feeding "hotspots" in the Gulf of Mexico that are providing important habitat for at least three separate ... > full story -
Global Extinction: Gradual Doom Is Just as Bad as Abrupt
February 3, 2012 — Around 250 million years ago, most life on Earth was wiped out in an extinction known as the "Great Dying." Geologists have learned that the end came slowly from thousands of centuries of volcanic ... > full story -
Scientists Coax Shy Microorganisms to Stand out in a Crowd
February 2, 2012 — Scientists have advanced a method that allowed them to single out a marine microorganism and map its genome even though the organism made up less than 10 percent of a water sample teeming with many ... > full story -
Google Earth Ocean Terrain Receives Major Update: Data Sharpen Resolution of Seafloor Maps, Correct 'Discovery' of Atlantis
February 2, 2012 — Internet information giant Google updated ocean data in its Google Earth application this week, reflecting new bathymetry data assembled by researchers from around the world. The newest version of ... > full story -
Heat and Cold Damage Corals in Their Own Ways
February 2, 2012 — Around the world coral reefs are facing threats brought by climate change and dramatic shifts in sea temperatures. While warming has been the primary focus for scientists and ocean policy managers, ... > full story -
Global Experts Question Claims About Jellyfish Populations
February 1, 2012 — Blooms, or proliferation, of jellyfish have shown a substantial, visible impact on coastal populations -- clogged nets for fishermen, stinging waters for tourists, even choked intake lines for power ... > full storyMore: -
Southern Indian Ocean Humpback Whales Found Singing Different Tunes
February 1, 2012 — Humpback whales on both sides of the southern Indian Ocean are singing different tunes, unusual since humpbacks in the same ocean basin usually all sing very similar ... > full story -
Less Summer Arctic Sea Ice Cover Means Colder, Snowier Winters in Central Europe
February 1, 2012 — Even if the current weather situation may seem to go against it, the probability of cold winters with a lot of snow in Central Europe rises when the Arctic is covered by less sea ice in ... > full story -
Was the Little Ice Age Triggered by Massive Volcanic Eruptions?
January 30, 2012 — Scientists suggest that the Little Ice Age was triggered by an unusual, 50-year episode of four massive volcanic eruptions. This led to an expansion of sea ice and a related weakening of Atlantic ... > full storyMore:
Recommend this page on Facebook, Twitter,
and Google +1:
Other bookmarking and sharing tools:
Search ScienceDaily
Number of stories in archives: 114,839
more 
