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20 Nov 2009
Oceanography News
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Paleontologists find extinction rates higher in...
- 19 Nov 2009
Environmental selectivity during three of the ‘Big Five’ mass extinction events focus of two paleontologists’ latest...
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SMOS satellite instrument comes alive
- 19 Nov 2009
The MIRAS instrument on ESA's SMOS satellite, launched earlier this month, has been switched on and is operating normally. MIRAS will map soil...
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WHOI'S Bruce A. Warren is awarded Sverdrup Gold Medal
- 19 Nov 2009
Bruce A. Warren-- one of the world's pre-eminent researchers of deep ocean currents and scientist emeritus at the Woods Hole Oceanographic...
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Scientists unravel evolution of highly toxic box...
- 18 Nov 2009
Research could help lead to antivenoms and treatments With thousands of stinging cells that can emit deadly venom from tentacles that can reach...
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Oceans' uptake of manmade carbon may be slowing
- 18 Nov 2009
First year-by-year study, 1765-2008, shows proportion declining IMAGE: Carbon released by fossil fuel burning...
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Fossil fuel CO2 emissions up by 29 percent since 2000
- 17 Nov 2009
The strongest evidence yet that the rise in atmospheric CO2 emissions continues to outstrip the ability of the world's natural 'sinks' to...
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Optical properties of the Antarctic system and new...
- 16 Nov 2009
The system has an important part in the global climate due to its size, its high latitude location and the negative radiation balance of its...
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Warmer means windier on world's biggest lake
- 15 Nov 2009
MADISON — Rising water temperatures are kicking up more powerful winds on Lake Superior, with consequences for currents, biological...
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How much water does the ocean have?
- 12 Nov 2009
Geodesy researchers observe the mass distribution of the oceans The calculation of variations in the sea level is relatively simple. It is by...
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A glimpse at the Earth's crust deep below the Atlantic
- 12 Nov 2009
Oceanic core complexes IMAGE: TOBI sidescan sonar imagery draped over multibeam bathymetry provides a unique...
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SEA to conduct expedition dedicated to measuring...
- 12 Nov 2009
(Woods Hole, Mass.) -- Sea Education Association (SEA) is preparing to conduct the first-ever research expedition dedicated solely to examining...
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Early life on Earth may have developed more quickly...
- 11 Nov 2009
The Earth's climate was far cooler – perhaps more than 50 degrees – billions of years ago, which could mean conditions for life all...
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NOAA deploys new 'smart buoy' off Annapolis
- 11 Nov 2009
Buoy provides near real-time data for boaters, educators and scientists NOAA deployed the seventh in a series of "smart buoys" to monitor...
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Earth's early ocean cooled more than a billion years...
- 11 Nov 2009
VIDEO: Stanford researchers blasted ancient ocean floor rocks with lasers to boil out the isotopes that...
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Iowa State scientist develops lab machine to study...
- 10 Nov 2009
IMAGE: Neal Iverson, an Iowa State professor of geological and atmospheric sciences, worked with a team of...
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Scripps scientists to develop 'swarms' of miniature...
- 10 Nov 2009
Drifters designed to fill in gaps of ocean knowledge, contribute to areas ranging from marine protected areas to harmful algal...
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Swarms of ocean robots will drift in synch, monitor...
- 10 Nov 2009
UC San Diego engineers tame swarms of ocean robots with algorithms IMAGE: To develop control systems for...
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House Ocean Caucus sponsors briefing on chemicals of...
- 10 Nov 2009
This panel brings together leading NOAA scientists and community leaders to discuss research and monitoring of chemicals of concern that enter...
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Antarctica glacier retreat creates new carbon...
- 9 Nov 2009
Large blooms of tiny marine plants flourish in Antarctic waters left exposed by the recent and rapid melting of ice shelves and glaciers around...
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Newly discovered fat molecule: An undersea killer...
- 9 Nov 2009
IMAGE: This is a photomicrograph of an Emiliania huxleyi cell. The black spots within the cell are the virus,...
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Past climate of the northern Antarctic Peninsular...
- 6 Nov 2009
Past Antarctic climate IMAGE: The American icebreaker RV/IB Nathanial B. Palmer is shown off the South Shetland...
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AGU journal highlights -- Nov. 5, 2009
- 5 Nov 2009
The following highlights summarize research papers that have been published in Geophysical Research Letters (GRL). In this...
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Coral reefs inspire rare consensus -- just save them
- 5 Nov 2009
CORVALLIS, Ore. – One of the first set of studies to examine what tourists and recreation enthusiasts actually think about coral reef...
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Tackling new Arctic challenges from space
- 5 Nov 2009
International scientists, researchers and decision makers met at the 'Space and the Arctic workshop' to identify the needs and challenges of...
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Massive Antarctic project takes Montana State...
- 5 Nov 2009
BOZEMAN, Mont. -- An "unparalleled opportunity" to drill through the Ross Ice Shelf and explore the world underneath it will involve Montana...
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Scientists are first to 'unlock' the mystery of...
- 4 Nov 2009
IMAGE: Conch pearls are formed by concentric layers of fibrous crystals, and this layering often produces the...
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Community education and evacuation planning saved...
- 4 Nov 2009
IMAGE: Tsunami eyewitnesses are interviewed by Professors Costas Synolakis of USC and Hermann Fritz of Georgia...
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Tags reveal white sharks have neighborhoods in the...
- 3 Nov 2009
IMAGE: White shark biologist Scot Anderson looks on as a large white shark glides past. Click here for more...
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SMOS forms 3-pointed star in the sky
- 3 Nov 2009
Following the launch of ESA's SMOS satellite on 2 November, the French space agency CNES, which is responsible for operating the satellite, has...
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K-State engineers strive to make algae oil...
- 3 Nov 2009
Developments could help US move away from fossil fuel dependency Two Kansas State University engineers are assessing systematic production...
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