Oceanography News

Posted August 27, 2008:

• Earthquake Zone Off Oregon Coast Surprisingly Active
• Hot And Cold: Circulation Of Atmosphere Affected Mediterranean Climate During Last Ice Age

Posted August 26, 2008:

• Polar Bears Found Swimming Miles From Alaskan Coast
• Protection Zones In The Wrong Place To Prevent Coral Reef Collapse

Posted August 25, 2008:

• GOCE Earth Explorer Satellite To Look At The Earth's Surface And Core

Posted August 21, 2008:

• Genetics Reveals Big Fish That Almost Got Away

Posted August 20, 2008:

• Decline And Slow Recovery of Atlantic Salmon Illuminated With Tagging

Posted August 19, 2008:

• 2007 Hurricane Forecasts Took Blow From Winds And Dry, Dusty Air From Sahara Desert

Posted August 18, 2008:

• New Robot Scouts Best Locations For Components Of Undersea Lab
• Robot Vehicle Surveys Deep Sea Off Pacific Northwest

Posted August 15, 2008:

• Study Shows Continued Spread Of 'Dead Zones'; Lack Of Oxygen Now A Key Stressor On Marine Ecosystems

Posted August 14, 2008:

• Successful Series Of Measurements In Arctic Sea Ice
• Southern Ocean Seals Dive Deep For Climate Data

Posted August 13, 2008:

• Mass Extinctions And 'Rise Of Slime' Predicted For Oceans
• Global Warming Will Do Little To Change Hurricane Activity, According To New Model

Posted August 11, 2008:

• Pacific Shellfish Ready To Invade Atlantic
• Ocean Surface Topography Mission/Jason 2 Begins Mapping Oceans

Posted August 8, 2008:

• NOAA Forecasts Even Stronger Atlantic Hurricane Season For 2008 Than Earlier Prediction

Posted August 6, 2008:

• Acidification Of Sea Hampers Reproduction Of Marine Species
• Arctic Map Plots New 'Gold Rush'

Posted August 5, 2008:

• Investigating Sea Ice Decline

Posted August 3, 2008:

• Timing Is Everything: How Vulnerable To Flooding Is New York City?

Posted July 31, 2008:

• Isthmus Of Panama Formed As Result Of Plate Tectonics, Study Finds

Posted July 29, 2008:

• Snapshot Of Past Climate Reveals No Ice In Antarctica Millions Of Years Ago

Posted July 28, 2008:

• Explosion In Marine Biodiversity Explained By Climate Change
• Typhoons Bury Tons Of Carbon In The Oceans

Posted July 27, 2008:

• Ocean Surface A Boon For Extreme Event Forecasts, Warnings

Posted July 26, 2008:

• Northern Wildfire Smoke May Cast Shadow On Arctic Warming

Posted July 25, 2008:

• New Explanation For Monsoon Development Proposed
• Past Climate Change: Continental Stretching Preceding Opening Of The Drake Passage

Posted July 24, 2008:

• Scientists Break Record By Finding Northernmost Hydrothermal Vent Field

Posted July 23, 2008:

• High Economic Value Set On Threatened Mexican Mangroves

Posted July 22, 2008:

• 90 Billion Tons Of Microbial Organisms Live In Deep Marine Subsurface: More Archaea Than Bacteria
• Microbes Beneath Sea Floor Genetically Distinct
• Amazon River Powers Tropical Ocean's Carbon Sink

Posted July 21, 2008:

• Lionfish Decimating Tropical Fish Populations, Threatening Coral Reefs
• NOAA: Eighth Warmest June On Record For Globe
• Changes In Winds Could Have Been Cause Of Abrupt Glacial Climatic Change
• NASA Mission To Be Crystal Ball Into Oceans' Future, Mirror To The Past

Posted July 20, 2008:

• Leatherback Turtles' Newly Discovered Migration Route May Be Roadmap To Salvation

Posted July 19, 2008:

• Dust Storms In Sahara Desert Sustain Life In Atlantic Ocean

Posted July 18, 2008:

• Volcanic Eruptions May Have Wiped Out Ocean Life 94 Million Years Ago
• Fragile Antarctic Marine Life Pounded By Icebergs: Biodiversity Suffering

Posted July 17, 2008:

• Record-setting Dead Zones Predicted For Gulf Of Mexico, Chesapeake Bay
• Could Climate Change Impact Costa Rica? New Study Says Yes

Posted July 16, 2008:

• NOAA Predicts Largest Gulf Of Mexico 'Dead Zone' On Record

Posted July 15, 2008:

• Cruise-liner Sewage Adds To Baltic Decline
• New Coral Bleaching Prediction System Calls For Low Level Of Bleaching In Caribbean This Year

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