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In Gulf Of Mexico, microbes thrive above natural oil seeps

In the water above natural oil seeps in the Gulf of Mexico, where oil and gas bubbles rise almost a mile to break at the surface, scientists have discovered…

Here is the oil in the gulf? FSU researcher takes a look

And more importantly, their data creates a map, showing where the active natural oil seeps are located.

Warmer Oceans Could Produce More Powerful Superstorms

Hurricane Sandy became the second costliest hurricane to hit the United States when it blew ashore in October 2012, killing 159 people and inflicting $71…

Assessing the impact of human-induced climate change

The past century has seen a 0.8°C (1.4°F) increase in average global temperature, and according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the…

Study finds high melt rates on Antarctica's most stable ice shelf

A new Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego-led study measured a melt rate that is 25 times higher than expected on one part of the Ross Ice…

Human-made climate change suppresses the next ice age

“Even without man-made climate change we would expect the beginning of a new ice age no earlier than in 50.000 years from now – which makes the Holocene as the…

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