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Potential for a 'Moderate' New England 'Red Tide' in 2012
April 5, 2012 — New England is expected to experience a "moderate" regional "red tide" this spring and summer, report scientists working in the Gulf of Maine to study the toxic algae that causes the bloom. The algae ... > full story -
Rising CO2 Levels Linked to Global Warming During Last Deglaciation
April 4, 2012 — Many scientists have long suspected that rising levels of carbon dioxide and the global warming that ended the last Ice Age were somehow linked, but establishing a clear cause-and-effect relationship ... > full story -
New Report on the State of Polar Regions
April 3, 2012 — A new synthesis of reports from thousands of scientists in 60 countries who took part in the International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-08, is the first in over 50 years to offer a benchmark for ... > full story -
Amount of Coldest Antarctic Water Near Ocean Floor Decreasing for Decades
April 3, 2012 — Scientists have found a large reduction in the amount of the coldest deep ocean water, called Antarctic Bottom Water, all around the Southern Ocean using data collected from 1980 to ... > full story -
Coral Links Ice Sheet Collapse to Ancient 'Mega Flood'
April 3, 2012 — Coral off Tahiti has linked the collapse of massive ice sheets 14,600 years ago to a dramatic and rapid rise in global sea-levels of around 14 ... > full story -
Sampling the Pacific for Signs of Fukushima
April 2, 2012 — A recent research cruise has reported on the amount, spread, and impacts of radiation released into the ocean from the tsunami-crippled reactors in Fukushima, Japan. They studied ocean currents, and ... > full story -
Scientists Find Slow Subsidence of Earth's Crust Beneath the Mississippi Delta
April 2, 2012 — The Earth's crust beneath the Mississippi Delta sinks at a much slower rate than what had been assumed. The researchers arrived at their conclusions by comparing detailed sea-level reconstructions ... > full story -
Experts Recommend Halving Global Fishing for Crucial Prey Species
April 1, 2012 — Fishing for herring, anchovy, and other "forage fish" in general should be cut in half globally to account for their critical role as food for larger species, recommends an expert group of marine ... > full story -
Corals 'Could Survive a More Acidic Ocean'
April 1, 2012 — Corals may be better placed to cope with the gradual acidification of the world's oceans than previously thought -- giving rise to hopes that coral reefs might escape climatic ... > full story -
New Comparison of Ocean Temperatures Reveals Rise Over the Last Century
April 1, 2012 — A new study contrasting ocean temperature readings of the 1870s with temperatures of the modern seas reveals an upward trend of global ocean warming spanning at least 100 years. The research shows a ... > full story -
Precipitation Impacts Glacial Melt, Patagonian Glacier Study Suggests
March 30, 2012 — Glaciers play a vital role in Earth’s climate system, and it’s critical to understand what contributes to their fluctuation. Increased global temperatures are frequently viewed as the ... > full story -
Carbon Dioxide Was Hidden in the Ocean During Last Ice Age
March 29, 2012 — Why did the atmosphere contain so little carbon dioxide during the last Ice Age 20,000 years ago? Why did it rise when the Earth's climate became warmer? Processes in the ocean are responsible for ... > full story
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