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Are The Alps Growing Or Shrinking?
The Alps are growing just as
quickly in height as they
are shrinking. This
paradoxical result comes
from a new study by a group
of German and Swiss
geoscientists. Due to
... > full story
Seafloor Fossils Provide Clues On Climate Change
Deep under the sea, a fossil
the size of a sand grain is
nestled among a billion of
its closest dead relatives.
Known as foraminifera, these
complex little shells of ca ... > full story
Changing Arctic Affecting Air, Ocean, And Everything In Between
Despite the fact that summer
2009 had more sea ice than
in 2007 or 2008, scientists
are seeing drastic changes
in the region from just five
... > full story
Past Climate Of Northern Antarctic Peninsular Informs Global Warming Debate
The seriousness of current
global warming is underlined
by a reconstruction of
climate at Maxwell Bay in
the South Shetland Islands
... > full story
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Deep-sea Ecosystems Affected By Climate Change
November 3, 2009 — Deep-sea ecosystems occupying 60 percent of the Earth's surface could be vulnerable to the effects of global warming, warn ... > full story -
African Desert Rift Confirmed As New Ocean In The Making
November 3, 2009 — In 2005, a gigantic, 35-mile-long rift broke open the desert ground in Ethiopia. At the time, some geologists believed the rift was the beginning of a new ocean as two parts of the African continent ... > full story -
Mapping Nutrient Distributions Over The Atlantic Ocean
November 3, 2009 — Large-scale distributions of two important nutrient pools -- dissolved organic nitrogen and dissolved organic phosphorus have been systematically mapped for the first time over the Atlantic Ocean in ... > full story -
SMOS Satellite Successfully Launched: First-ever Satellite To Attempt To Measure Ocean Salinity From Space
November 2, 2009 — A rocket carrying the European Space Agency's Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity satellite blasted off successfully today. SMOS is the first-ever satellite to attempt to measure ocean salinity from ... > full story -
Iron Controls Patterns Of Nitrogen Fixation In The Atlantic
November 2, 2009 — Scientists have discovered that interactions between iron supply, transported through the atmosphere from deserts, and large-scale oceanic circulation control the availability of a crucial nutrient, ... > full story -
Remotely Operated Vehicles And Satellite Tags Aid Turtle Studies
October 30, 2009 — Researchers are using a remotely operated vehicle and satellite-linked data loggers to learn more about turtle behavior in commercial fishing areas and to develop new ways to avoid catching turtles ... > full story -
First Detailed Documentation Of Tsunami Erosion
October 30, 2009 — For the first time, a group of scientists working in the Kuril Islands off the east coast of Russia has documented the scope of tsunami-caused erosion and found that a wave can carry away far more ... > full story -
Underwater Exploration Of The Casablanca Seamount
October 30, 2009 — In October, the hydraulic benthic interactive sampler HyBIS made 10 dives over the Casablanca Seamount, a four-kilometer high seamount located some 300 miles west of ... > full story -
Soil Moisture And Ocean Salinity Satellite Ready For Launch
October 29, 2009 — A new European Earth observation satellite will be launched in the early hours of Monday November 2 from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia. The European Space Agency Soil Moisture and Ocean ... > full story -
North Carolina Sea Levels Rising Three Times Faster Than In Previous 500 Years, Study Finds
October 29, 2009 — An international team of environmental scientists has shown that sea-level rise in North Carolina is accelerating, a jump that appears to have occurred during a time of industrial ... > full story
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