Oceanography News

Posted February 10, 2006:

• Frozen Methane Chunks Not Responsible For Abrupt Increases In Atmospheric Methane

Posted February 9, 2006:

• Volcanic Signatures Persist In Oceans

Posted February 7, 2006:

• New Sonar Method Offers Way To Assess Health Of Squid Fisheries
• Thousands Of Barges Could Save Europe From Deep Freeze

Posted February 6, 2006:

• Antarctic Krill Provide Carbon Sink In Southern Ocean

Posted February 1, 2006:

• Sediment Could Be A Major Factor In Biggest Subduction Zone Earthquakes

Posted January 27, 2006:

• Sequencing Our Seas: Scientists Use Genomics To Reveal Secrets Of Ocean Microbes

Posted January 26, 2006:

• Life Leaves Subtle Signature In The Lay Of The Land

Posted January 24, 2006:

• Magnetic Misfits: South Seeking Bacteria In The Northern Hemisphere

Posted January 12, 2006:

• Caltech Researchers Invent New Technique For Studying The Thermal History Of Rocks

Posted January 10, 2006:

• Ice Age Clues Unearthed From Construction Hole
• El Nino Events Affect Whale Breeding

Posted January 9, 2006:

• NASA's Topex/Poseidon Oceanography Mission Ends
• Satellites Capture First-ever Gravity Map Of Tides Under Antarctic Ice

Posted January 8, 2006:

• How Marine Reserves Are Giving Coral Reefs A Helping Hand
• New Research To Help Guarantee Future Of Oil Supplies

Posted January 6, 2006:

• Global Warming Can Trigger Extreme Ocean, Climate Changes, Scripps-led Study Reveals
• Tiny Marine Organisms Reflect Ocean Warming

Posted January 5, 2006:

• Diversity Of Marine Life In Gulf Of Maine Much Greater Than Previously Thought
• Ocean Survey Reveals Tiny Carnivorous Sponges, Eerie Dead Zone, And More

Posted January 2, 2006:

• Research Tracks Whales By Listening To Sounds

Posted December 26, 2005:

• Rerouting Of Major Rivers In Asia Provide Clues To Mountains Of The Past

Posted December 12, 2005:

• Glacial Pace Of Erosion Was Not So Slow, New Technique Shows

Posted December 10, 2005:

• Alaska's Columbia Glacier Continues On Disintegration Course

Posted December 7, 2005:

• Global Warming Could Halt Ocean Circulation, With Harmful Results
• Understanding The Oceans Microbes Is Key To The Earth's Future

Posted December 5, 2005:

• Earthquake 'Pulses' Could Predict Tsunami Impact
• Tropical Atlantic Cooling And African Deforestation Correlate To Drought, Report Scientists

Posted December 2, 2005:

• No Safe Ground For Life To Stand On During World's Largest Mass Extinction

Posted November 28, 2005:

• New Ice Cores Expand View Of Climate History
• Close Coupling Of Climate With Green House Gases In The Past

Posted November 26, 2005:

• NASA'S ICESat: One Billion Elevations Served

Posted November 25, 2005:

• Global Warming Doubles Rate Of Ocean Rise

Posted November 15, 2005:

• Microbes In Marine Sediments React To Temperature Changes

Posted November 7, 2005:

• Satellite Survey Shows Growth Of Greenland Ice Sheet Interior
• Scientists Gain New Insights Into 'Frozen' Methane Beneath Ocean Floor

Posted November 3, 2005:

• Scripps Scientists Participate In Historic First Surface Vessel Voyage Across Canada Basin

Posted November 2, 2005:

• Modeling Of Long-term Fossil Fuel Consumption Shows 14.5 Degree Hike In Temperature

Posted November 1, 2005:

• New Method Of Dating Oceanic Crust Is Most Accurate So Far

Posted October 31, 2005:

• Microfossils Show Promise In Prospecting Climate History

Posted October 23, 2005:

• Breakup Of Glaciers Raising Sea Level Concern

Posted October 22, 2005:

• Coastal Bluffs Provide More Sand To California Beaches Than Previously Believed
• NRL Scientists Detect 'Milky Sea' Phenomena

Posted October 20, 2005:

• Two Milestones For Argo Ocean 'Robots': Global Array 2/3 Complete, 55,000th Profile Near

Posted October 18, 2005:

• Coastal Retreat In Face Of Rising Sea Levels Found To Be Influenced By Wildfires

Posted October 17, 2005:

• Indian Eddies Supply Atlantic Ocean With Warm Water

Posted October 15, 2005:

• Scripps Researchers Rediscover Elusive Site Of Exploding Volcanic Rocks

Posted October 14, 2005:

• Link Between Tropical Warming And Greenhouse Gases Stronger Than Ever, Say Scientists

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