Items tagged with ocean

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Mass Extinctions and the 'Rise of Slime' Saturday, August 16th, 2008 - 18:02:21 - Anuradha Menon Human activities are cumulatively driving the health of the world’s oceans down a rapid spiral, and only prompt and wholesale changes will slow or... read more

Robot Surveys Deep Sea Off Pacific Northwest Friday, August 15th, 2008 - 14:31:24 - Anuradha Menon The first scientific mission with Sentry, a newly developed robot capable of diving as deep as 5,000 meters (3.1 miles) into the ocean, has been... read more

African Drought Linked to Indian Ocean Thursday, August 7th, 2008 - 11:52:50 - Ehud Rattner A new study, co-funded by NASA, has identified a link between a warming Indian Ocean and less rainfall in eastern and southern Africa. Computer... read more

Fire Under Arctic Ice Friday, June 27th, 2008 - 08:25:26 - Ehud Rattner A research team led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) has uncovered evidence of explosive volcanic eruptions deep beneath the... read more

The Most Extreme Life-Forms in the Universe Thursday, June 26th, 2008 - 13:59:34 - Ehud Rattner While scientists find ever more planets around other stars and contemplate missions to probe the far reaches of our own solar system, researchers are... read more

New Way to Monitor Oxygen Levels in Oceans Sunday, June 22nd, 2008 - 10:31:33 - Ehud Rattner Scientists at the University of Leicester are using an ingredient found in common shampoos to investigate how the oxygen content of the oceans has... read more

NASA Launches Ocean Level Satellite Friday, June 20th, 2008 - 23:57:49 - Iddo Genuth A new NASA-French space agency oceanography satellite launched today from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on a globe-circling voyage to continue... read more

Diving Lessons From the World's Biggest Fish Thursday, June 19th, 2008 - 20:19:02 - Ehud Rattner The world’s biggest fish — the whale shark — doesn’t have a reputation for speed. But researchers have discovered that although the fish seem... read more

Climate Anomaly Is an Artefact Thursday, May 29th, 2008 - 18:49:34 - Ehud Rattner The humble bucket turns out to be at the bottom of a perplexing anomaly in the climate records for the twentieth century. The time series of land and... read more

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