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A Snapshot of Our Nation’s Scientific Ocean Vessels
May 29, 2013 – 4:41 pm
A Snapshot of Our Nation’s Scientific Ocean Vessels

Today, the Administration released the Federal Oceanographic Fleet Status Report, a comprehensive Federal review of the Nation’s fleet of oceanographic survey and research vessels.

JOIDES Resolution to Study Climate Change and Earth Systems in the Gulf of Alaska
May 29, 2013 – 9:00 am
JOIDES Resolution to Study Climate Change and Earth Systems in the Gulf of Alaska

The scientific ocean drilling vessel JOIDES Resolution will soon embark on its next adventure, Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Expedition 341 (Southern Alaska Margin Tectonics, Climate and Sedimentation).

Wealthy Backers Support Scientific Efforts to Explore Deep Seas
May 28, 2013 – 2:06 pm
Wealthy Backers Support Scientific Efforts to Explore Deep Seas

A small but growing number of wealthy patrons, enamored of the possibilities of undersea exploration, are donating the use of ships, submersibles and other resources to support missions that might otherwise be unaffordable.

Oceans Under Surveillance
May 7, 2013 – 12:55 pm
Oceans Under Surveillance

Three projects seek to track changes in Atlantic overturning circulation currents.

Scientists Uncover Relationship Between Lavas Erupting On Sea Floor And Deep-Carbon Cycle
May 6, 2013 – 5:30 pm
Scientists Uncover Relationship Between Lavas Erupting On Sea Floor And Deep-Carbon Cycle

Scientists have found unsuspected linkages between the oxidation state of iron in volcanic rocks and variations in the chemistry of the deep Earth.

The Black Sea is a Goldmine of Ancient Genetic Data
May 6, 2013 – 5:00 pm
The Black Sea is a Goldmine of Ancient Genetic Data

New Study Reconstructs the Past Ocean ‘Paleome’

Scientists Retrieve Temperature Data from Japan Trench Observatory
May 3, 2013 – 11:31 am
Scientists Retrieve Temperature Data from Japan Trench Observatory

Data will reveal frictional heat generated by fault slip during the Tohoku earthquake

Earth’s Core Far Hotter Than Thought
April 26, 2013 – 8:58 am
Earth’s Core Far Hotter Than Thought

New measurements suggest the Earth’s inner core is far hotter than prior experiments suggested, putting it at 6,000C – as hot as the Sun’s surface.

A Hidden Victim of Somali Pirates: Science
April 25, 2013 – 2:19 pm
A Hidden Victim of Somali Pirates: Science

Fear of buccaneers opens a vast “data hole” in the Indian Ocean.

Earth Recycles 2.5-Billion-Year-Old Ocean Crust
April 25, 2013 – 9:45 am
Earth Recycles 2.5-Billion-Year-Old Ocean Crust

The remains of a real-life journey to the center of the Earth are preserved in a South Pacific volcano, a new study suggests.

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