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Scientists identify world's largest leatherback turtle population

Leatherbacks are of profound conservation concern around the world after populations in the Indo-Pacific crashed by more than 90 percent in the 1980s and…

Arctic river deltas may hold clues to future global climate

The researchers' study was published in the May 19 edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.Sediments deposited in large river deltas around…

Threat from West Antarctica less than previously believed

Scientists estimate global sea level would rise 3.3 metres, not five or six, as previously thought. The Atlantic and Pacific seaboards of the US, even in the…

Study Finds Surprising New Pathway for North Atlantic Circulation

The conveyor belt paradigm says the Gulf Stream-warmed ocean releases heat to the atmosphere in the northern North Atlantic, leaving ocean water colder and…

Cold water ocean circulation doesn't work as expected

New research led by Duke University and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution relied on an armada of sophisticated floats to show that much of this water,…

Natural Petroleum Seeps Release Equivalent of 8 – 80 Exxon Valdez Oil Spills

The new study shows the oil content of sediments is highest closest to the seeps and tails off with distance, creating an oil fallout shadow. It estimates the…

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