Commercial ships travel across most of the globe and could provide better warnings for potentially deadly tsunamis, according to a study published May 5 by scientists at the University of Hawaii – Manoa (UHM) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.

Watching storm waves crash ashore, it’s obvious these monsters are taller than the waves that lap the beach on a calm, sunny day.

Coelacanths, an ancient group of fishes that were once thought to exist only in fossils, made headlines in 1938 when one of their modern relatives was pulled alive from the ocean. Now coelacanths are making another splash — and University of Alberta researchers are responsible for the discovery.

Sea level is going to rise, but how much, how fast, and where, is still hard to predict.

We seek a Chemical Oceanographer who will contribute to an understanding of the ocean/climate system, past, present, and future, from basic disciplinary topics to ecosystems analyses.

Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute at Florida Atlantic University (HBOI) seeks applicants for three leadership Research Professor positions anticipated to begin in 2012.

The ongoing rapid retreat of Arctic sea ice is often interpreted as the canary in the mine for anthropogenic climate change. In a new study, scientists have now systematically examined the validity of this claim.

The Consortium for Ocean Leadership is pleased to announce the search for a Master Scheduler for the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI). This is a regular, full-time, exempt position.

Congressional appropriators got off to an early start this spring with both the House and Senate Appropriations Committees approving FY 2013 Commerce-Justice-Science spending bills in April with House and Senate floor consideration expected this month.

The 15th Annual National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB®) Final was held April 19-22, 2012 at the Sheraton City Center Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland. Returning champions Marshfield High School from Marshfield, Wisconsin took home first place.

The Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) Team took a number of opportunities in April to spread the good news on program progress and introduce the revolutionary capabilities in ocean observation the OOI will offer to a variety of new audiences.

Members of the National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) Office staff attended the Office of Naval Research (ONR) Marine Mammal Program Review Poster Session and Reception on April 17 in Arlington, Virginia.