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University of Hawaii researchers discover new pathway for methane production in the oceans

The article, released in the prestigious journal Nature Geoscience, reveals that aerobic decomposition of an organic, phosphorus-containing compound,…

Acidifying oceans add urgency to CO2 cuts

The ecological and economic consequences are difficult to predict but possibly calamitous, warn a team of chemical oceanographers in the July 4 issue of…

US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute announces new genome sequencing projects

In the continuing effort to tap the vast, unexplored reaches of the earth's microbial and plant domains for bioenergy and environmental applications, the DOE…

Organizing an Earth Systems Science Agency

In an article published today in the journal Science, a group of former senior federal officials call for the establishment of an independent Earth Systems…

New Technology May Help Olympic Sailing: Doppler Lidar More Accurately Shows Which Way the Wind Blows

As described in the July 1 issue of the journal Optics Letters, published by the Optical Society, the mobile lidar station can measure wind fields more…

Penguins Setting Off Sirens Over Health of World's Oceans

Oil pollution, depletion of fisheries and rampant coastline development that threatens breeding habitat for many penguin species, along with Earth's warming…

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