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Mapping Sea Salt from Orbit: Building Better Ocean and Climate Models
May 31, 2013 — Climate is greatly influenced by the flow of heat energy carried by ocean currents. But precisely quantifying the mixing between the ocean and the atmosphere is hampered by a lack of detail in models ... > full story -
New Maps Show How Shipping Noise Spans the Globe
May 30, 2013 — Scientists have modeled shipping noise on a global ... > full story -
Rainforests Take the Heat, Paleontologists Show
May 30, 2013 — Rainforests thrived during previous global warming events, say ... > full story -
How Turtles Got Their Shells: Fossil of Extinct South African Reptile Provides Clues
May 30, 2013 — Through careful study of an ancient ancestor of modern turtles, researchers now have a clearer picture of how the turtles' most unusual shell came to be. The findings help to fill a 30- to ... > full storyMore: -
Why Female Loggerhead Sea Turtles Always Return to Their Place of Birth
May 30, 2013 — For a better protection of marine turtles, scientists are trying to understand why they return to their birthplace in order to reproduce after rather long distance migrations. Using molecular tools ... > full story -
Thermal Limit for Animal Life Redefined by First Lab Study of Deep-Sea Vent Worms
May 29, 2013 — Forty-two may or may not be the answer to everything, but it likely defines the temperature limit where animal life thrives, according to the first laboratory study of heat-loving Pompeii worms from ... > full story -
Recovery of Hawaiian Green Sea Turtles Still Short of Historic Levels
May 29, 2013 — Hawaiian green sea turtle populations have increased in recent years, but their numbers still fall far short of historic levels. A new report suggests that calls to lift protection for this species ... > full story -
Arctic Current Flowed Under Deep Freeze of Last Ice Age, Study Says
May 29, 2013 — During the last ice age, when thick ice covered the Arctic, many scientists assumed that the deep currents below that feed the North Atlantic Ocean and help drive global ocean currents slowed or even ... > full story -
Microplastic Pollution Prevalent in Lakes, Too
May 29, 2013 — Researchers have detected microplastic pollution in one of Western Europe's largest lakes, Lake Geneva, in large enough quantities to raise ... > full story -
Historic Sea-Level Change Along New Jersey Coastline Mapped
May 28, 2013 — A new study relied upon fossil records of marshland to reconstruct the changes in sea level along the New Jersey coast going back 10,000 ... > full story
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