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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.

Changing Wave Heights Projected As The Atmosphere Warms; ‘Considerable Uncertainty Remains’
April 24, 2013 – 1:00 pm
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.

Biological Activity Alters the Ability of Particles from Sea Spray to Seed Clouds
April 23, 2013 – 4:52 pm
Biological Activity Alters the Ability of Particles from Sea Spray to Seed Clouds

Novel ocean-atmosphere replica in the laboratory mimicked natural marine aerosol formation

Alaskan calling for Bay’s Carol
April 23, 2013 – 3:11 pm
Alaskan calling for Bay’s Carol

(Click to enlarge) JOURNEY: Carol Larson, education team leader for the National Aquarium of New Zealand in Napier, is off to Alaska in June to do voluntary work on the IODP-Integrated Ocean Drilling Programme geological research ship Joides Resolution. (Credit: Glenn Taylor)
During a GNS camp staged at the National Aquarium last year, Napier’s Carol Larson [...]

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