Oceanography

How Big A Wave Does It Take To Demolish A Coastal Building?

percentage of the U.S. population.    Here is a quick beach quiz to find out how much you know about your ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 10 2009 - 10:03am

Gonzalo: First Major Atlantic Hurricane In 3 Years

eyewalls, with the inner radius of maximum winds now only about 4-5 nautical miles from the center. Large ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 15 2014 - 5:11pm

Ten Year Analysis Shows Dramatic Jump In Antarctic Ice Loss

a loss of about 60 billion tonnes in 2006 from the Antarctic Peninsula. Satellite-derived image of the ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 13 2008 - 4:00pm

Mystery Of Antarctic Ice Sheets Solved? Researcher Says It Was Cooling Oceans, After All

learn about the uncertainties of our future greenhouse climate. These new records help resolve ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 28 2008 - 9:33pm

"Rough Sex at 40,000 Leagues Under the Sea"- Scientific American eye-opener

a great tidbit about one squid literally shooting himself in the foot (tentacle?), and a particular group ...

Blog Post - Becky Jungbauer - Dec 29 2008 - 3:54pm

Antarctic Ice Sheet- It's Never Been Very Stable

1A, which according to previous studies led to a global sea level rise of about 4 meters within 100 ...

Article - News Staff - May 28 2014 - 3:34pm

Medusa 8500 Feet Below Sea Level

depths, not all experience extremely high temperatures. "The temperature of the ocean floor is about ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 17 2007 - 2:11pm

Deep Biosphere Bactera Debunked- It's Mostly Archaea, Says Study

biosphere biomass range from about 60 to 300 billion tons of carbon. Says Prof. Hinrichs, "Our ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 21 2008 - 9:20am

Asphalt Volcanoes Discovered Off Santa Barbara's Coast

structures are asphalt. They were formed when petroleum flowed from the sea-floor about 30,000-40,000 years ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 26 2010 - 6:26pm

3X The Size Of The Empire State Building: When Megascale Icebergs Run Aground

of the iceberg to be roughly 1,200 meters – about three times the height of the Empire State ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 11 2014 - 10:12am