Oceanography

'Warm Blob' In Pacific Ocean Linked To Weird Weather

water about 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than normal. Bond says all the models ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 14 2015 - 10:00am

Acidification Acceleration: The 300-Million-Year Upward Curve In Oceans

deposits of white plankton fossils. About 56 million years ago, a mysterious surge of carbon into the ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 8 2012 - 6:01am

Warm Sea Water Toward Antarctic Glaciers Is Constant, Not Seasonal

understanding. "Only then will we be able to say something about how the ice masses of the Antarctic and ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 6 2012 - 12:30pm

Deepest Dive in History

technology is starting to catch up with our desire to know more about the oceans, and pictures of crazy ocean ...

Blog Post - Mrs. H. - Jun 4 2009 - 6:09pm

How Much Carbon Will Melting Glaciers Release?

bodies of water. "The thing people have to think about is what this means for the Earth," ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 20 2015 - 8:30am

Arctic Ice October 2011

a period of about 200 years in which ice extent was sufficiently above previous norms to prevent navigation ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - Nov 5 2011 - 10:05am

Armada Of Icebergs Each Bigger Than The Empire State Building Followed Last Ice Age

present Ross Ice Shelf is about 500 miles wide and several hundred feet thick. Because the ice shelf is ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 18 2016 - 8:36am

'Smart Dust' Mini-Machines Could Help Us Understand Ocean Currents

follow a regular pattern. The researchers are hopeful that the device will teach them more about the ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 12 2007 - 2:58pm

Global Warming Has Made Global Warming Harder To Show

experienced unexpectedly rapid uplift rates of about 12 millimeters per year, suggesting that the mantle may ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 26 2016 - 6:31am

An Unexpected Side Effect To Ocean Acidity- Whales Will Call 70 Percent Farther

Neutral tap water, for example, has a pH of about 7. For comparison, lemon juice has a pH of about 2 and ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 29 2008 - 2:58pm