The Consortium for Ocean Leadership - Washington D.C. - (202) 232-3900
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
Long thought to be lost forever on the ocean floor, massive engines that launched astronauts to the moon more than 40 years ago have been recovered by a private expedition.
A world-first scientific study has found that, weakened by microscopic borers, the world’s coral reefs will erode more rapidly as the oceans warm and acidify.
Fifteen years ago, biologist Thomas Gilbert walked into a store in Cambridge, U.K., and, on an impulse, picked up a book about giant squid, creatures he knew almost nothing about
An international team of scientists has completed an ocean drilling expedition in the eastern Pacific, more than 600 miles west of the Galapágos Islands.
Microbes have been found living deep inside this crust at the bottom of the sea. The crust is several kilometers thick and covers 60 percent of the planet’s surface, making it the largest habitat on Earth
Using the Keck II telescope and OSIRIS spectrometer on a mountain in Mauna Kea, Hawaii, scientists from Caltech and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory have discovered what lies beneath the frozen surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa.
To study the effects of ocean acidification, ten huge plastic containers called mesocosms are placed in the Gullmar Fjord in Sweden.
Rock samples from deep within the Earth’s oceanic crust contain chemosynthetic microbial life.
On March 6, Ocean Leadership presented U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R – AK) and Mark Begich (D – AK) with the Admiral James D. Watkins Congressional Leadership Award at the organization’s Public Policy Forum.
Failure of Congress and the President to agree to a budget deal in February led to the implementation of the $85 billion discretionary budget sequester on March 1.
Become an Ocean Leader
Subscribe to Ocean News Weekly
Upcoming Events
- June 4, 2013:
- June 24, 2013:
- September 23, 2013:
What's Hot This Month
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....
Oceans Awash: 5 Wins and 5 Losses in 2010 : President Obama issued an executive order in July to implement conservation-based management of our public seas -- based on marine spatial planning, or what former Coast Guard Commandant Thad Allen calls, "urban planning into the water column." ...
The Ocean Offers Many Lessons : Even before Darwin first speculated that life emerged from "some warm little pond," the book of Genesis said God prefaced the creation of humanity by making the "great sea creatures and every living thing that scurries and swarms in the water."...
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....
Changing Wave Heights Projected As The Atmosphere Warms; ‘Considerable Uncertainty Remains’ : Climate scientists studying the impact of changing wave behavior on the world's coastlines are reporting a likely decrease in average wave heights across 25 per cent of the global ocean....
Shark-Stalking Robot Will Spy on Ocean’s Deadliest Predators : This summer, a new underwater robot will start tracking some of the ocean's top predators -- including great white sharks -- to learn more about their habits....
Opportunity: Senior Manager, Policy : The Consortium for Ocean Leadership is pleased to announce the search for a Senior Manager, Policy. This is a regular, full-time. exempt position....- 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....
World Ocean Day: Why Do We Currently Know More About the Moon than Our Own Oceans? : How much do we know about life in the ocean? A lot, you might say. But how much do we really know about life in the ocean? A lot less than you might think, I say....
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. ...
Recent Posts
ScienceDaily
- Reforestation study shows trade-offs between water, carbon and timber
- Earth's mantle affects long-term sea-level rise estimates
- Scientists offer first definitive proof of bacteria-feeding behavior in green algae
- Tomatoes: The world's favorite fruit, only better-tasting and longer-lasting
- New target to boost plant resistance to insects and pathogens identified