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Acidification of the seat hampers reproduction of marine species

By absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, and from the human use of fossil fuels, the world’s seas function as a giant buffer for the Earth’s life…

Untapped Ocean Currents Show Great Potential for Renewable Energy

Officials from Florida Atlantic University (FAU) and FAU’s Center for Ocean Energy Technology (COET) in the College of Engineering and Computer Science…

Explosion in marine biodiversity explained by climate change

Researchers from Lyon (1) and Canberra (Australia) (2) have found evidence ofa progressive ocean cooling of about 15°C over a period of 40 million years during…

Scientists Break Record Finding Northernmost Hydrothermal Vent Field

Dissolved sulfide minerals that solidify when vent water hits the icy cold of the deep sea have, over the years, accumulated around the vent field in what is…

Typhoons Bury Tons of Carbon in the Oceans

Anne Carey, associate professor of earth sciences at Ohio State, said that she and her colleagues have braved two typhoons since starting the project in 2004….

GOCE prepares for shipment to Russia

Originally, the Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) mission had been scheduled for launch in May 2008, but as a result of…

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