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ONW: Week of May 20, 2013 – Number 203
May 23, 2013 – 3:31 pm
ONW: Week of May 20, 2013 – Number 203

Ocean News Weekly provides you with the most useful and timely information regarding our efforts.

Lower Sea Levels Influenced Tropical Climate During Ice Age
May 23, 2013 – 1:55 pm
Lower Sea Levels Influenced Tropical Climate During Ice Age

A vast pool of warm water stretches along the equator from Africa to the western Pacific Ocean.

Vast Methane-Based Ecosystem Uncovered
May 23, 2013 – 1:50 pm
Vast Methane-Based Ecosystem Uncovered

A marine research expedition sponsored by the BOEM and the NOAA has led to the discovery of perhaps the world’s largest methane cold seep by two university-based research teams and their partners, UNCW announced today.

New NOAA Report Examines National Oil Pollution Threat from Shipwrecks
May 21, 2013 – 11:51 am
New NOAA Report Examines National Oil Pollution Threat from Shipwrecks

NOAA presented to the U.S. Coast Guard today a new report that finds that 36 sunken vessels scattered across the U.S. seafloor could pose an oil pollution threat to the nation’s coastal marine resources.

ONW: Week of May 13, 2013 – Number 202
May 16, 2013 – 2:02 pm
ONW: Week of May 13, 2013 – Number 202

Ocean News Weekly provides you with the most useful and timely information regarding our efforts.

Lowering Ocean Temperatures Helps Save Coral Reefs
May 16, 2013 – 1:52 pm
Lowering Ocean Temperatures Helps Save Coral Reefs

Researchers at the University of Bristol state that limiting the amount of global warming could buy some more time for tropical coral reefs.

Amazing Sea Butterflies Are the Ocean’s Canary in the Coal Mine
May 16, 2013 – 1:48 pm
Amazing Sea Butterflies Are the Ocean’s Canary in the Coal Mine

The chemistry of the ocean is changing. Most climate change discussion focuses on the warmth of the air, but around one-quarter of the carbon dioxide we release into the atmosphere dissolves into the ocean.

Why Warming Oceans Could Mean Dwindling Fish
May 16, 2013 – 1:30 pm
Why Warming Oceans Could Mean Dwindling Fish

It’s easy to forget that global warming doesn’t just refer to the rising temperature of the air.

ONW: Week of May 6, 2013 – Number 201
May 10, 2013 – 11:43 am
ONW: Week of May 6, 2013 – Number 201

Ocean News Weekly provides you with the most useful and timely information regarding our efforts.

Ancient DNA Found Hidden Below Sea Floor
May 10, 2013 – 8:38 am
Ancient DNA Found Hidden Below Sea Floor

In the middle of the South Atlantic, there’s a patch of sea almost devoid of life.

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  • New NOAA Report Examines National Oil Pollution Threat from ShipwrecksNew NOAA Report Examines National Oil Pollution Threat from Shipwrecks : NOAA presented to the U.S. Coast Guard today a new report that finds that 36 sunken vessels scattered across the U.S. seafloor could pose an oil pollution threat to the nation's coastal marine resources....

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