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Scientists Team With U.S. Coast Guard to Explore Ice-Free Arctic Ocean
October 2, 2012 — With the melting ice in the Arctic, U.S. Coast Guard crews based in Alaska have taken on a new challenge: carefully deploying scientific equipment through cracks in the ice from an airplane hundreds ... > full story -
Great Barrier Reef Has Lost Half of Its Coral in the Last 27 Years
October 2, 2012 — The Great Barrier Reef has lost half its coral cover in the last 27 years. The loss was due to storm damage (48%), crown of thorns starfish (42%), and bleaching (10%), according to a new study by ... > full story -
Irreversible Warming Will Cause Sea Levels to Rise for Thousands of Years to Come, New Research Shows
October 1, 2012 — Greenhouse gas emissions up to now have triggered an irreversible warming of Earth that will cause sea levels to rise for thousands of years to come, new research has ... > full story -
Marine Animals Could Hold Key to Looking Young: Sea Cucumbers, Sea Urchins Can Change Elasticity of Collagen
October 1, 2012 — Sea cucumbers and sea urchins are able to change the elasticity of collagen within their bodies, and could hold the key to maintaining a youthful appearance, according to scientists. The researchers ... > full story -
Yearlong MAGIC Climate Study Launches: Climate Instruments Mounted Aboard the Horizon Spirit Container Ship Begin Taking Data
October 1, 2012 — A Horizon Lines container ship outfitted with meteorological and atmospheric instruments installed by US Department of Energy scientists from Argonne National Laboratory and Brookhaven National ... > full story -
Chemical Memory of Seawater: Scientists Examine Biomolecules Dissolved in the Ocean and Read Them Like a History Book
October 1, 2012 — Water does not forget, according to a chemist. Irrespective of what happens in the sea: whether the sun shines, algae bloom or a school of dolphins swims through a marine area -- everything and ... > full story -
High-Arctic Heat Tops 1,800-Year High, Says Study; Modern Spike Outmatches Naturally Driven 'Medieval Warm Period'
October 1, 2012 — Summers on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard are now warmer than at any other time in the last 1,800 years, including during medieval times when parts of the northern hemisphere were as hot as, ... > full story -
Changes in Atlantic Ocean Temperature Affects Western Amazonia Climate
October 1, 2012 — A new paper reveals that changes in the temperature of the Atlantic Ocean quickly translate into climate change in western ... > full story -
Fish Getting Smaller as the Oceans Warm
September 30, 2012 — Changes in ocean and climate systems could lead to smaller fish, according to a new ... > full story -
Time Bomb: Military Ordnance in Gulf of Mexico Poses Threat to Shipping, Says Expert
September 29, 2012 — Millions of pounds of unexploded bombs and other military ordnance that were dumped decades ago in the Gulf of Mexico, as well as off the coasts of both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, could now ... > full story
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