Remote but remarkable: Illuminating the smallest inhabitants of the largest ocean desert
Scientists make an inventory of microbial life in the world's most remote ocean region, the South Pacific GyreCredit: Tim Ferdelman ...
Tag: Oceanography
Scientists, students to conduct first live, interactive public broadcasts from arctic ocean
On an 18-day voyage July 18 -- August 4, 2019 US/Canadian team of experts and students to measure vital signs ...
New study solves mystery of salt buildup on bottom of Dead Sea
Credit: NASA/Hubble WASHINGTON--New research explains why salt crystals are piling up on the deepest parts of the Dead Sea's floor, ...
How to protect corals facing climate change
Conserving a wide range of coral habitats is the best strategyCredit: Michelle Stuart/Rutgers University-New Brunswick The best way to protect ...
NJIT conducts the largest-ever simulation of the Deepwater Horizon spill
Credit: NJIT In a 600-ft.-long saltwater wave tank on the coast of New Jersey, a team of New Jersey Institute ...
Is a great iron fertilization experiment already underway?
Credit: University of South Florida ST. PETERSBURG, FL - It's no secret that massive dust storms in the Saharan Desert ...
Researchers discover more than 50 lakes beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet
Researchers have discovered 56 previously uncharted subglacial lakes beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet bringing the total known number of lakes ...
Permafrost researcher from Yukon College joins international project on Herschel Island
Credit: Louis-Philippe Roy Louis-Philippe Roy stands at the edge of the Arctic Ocean on the northernmost edge of Yukon, Canada. ...
New research shows how melting ice is affecting supplies of nutrients to the sea
The findings of a research expedition to coastal Greenland which examined, for the first time, how melting ice is affecting ...
Conceptual model can explain how thunderstorm clouds bunch together
Credit: Jan Härter Understanding how the weather and climate change is one of the most important challenges in science today. ...
NASA makes dual investment in ocean worlds research at WHOI
Agency funds 5-year effort to understand the potential for life in outer solar system and establishes a new Network for ...
Damage to the ozone layer and climate change forming feedback loop
New report finds that impacts of ozone-driven climate change span the ecosystemCredit: Rensselaer TROY, N.Y. -- Increased solar radiation penetrating ...
Scientists map huge undersea fresh-water aquifer off US Northeast
Biggest such known formation; could signal resources worldwideCredit: Kerry Key In a new survey of the sub-seafloor off the U.S. ...
Famed oceanographer Walter Munk honored with new award for students
Alfredo Giron, Ph.D., is first recipient of the award presented by the Marine Technology Society and the Walter Munk Foundation ...
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