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MIT team building robotic fin for submarines

The propeller-driven submarines, or autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), currently perform a variety of functions, from mapping the ocean floor to surveying…

Frequency of Atlantic hurricanes doubled over last century, climate change suspected

The study, by Greg Holland of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and Peter Webster of Georgia Institute of Technology, will be published…

Penguin guano shows problem of pollution says Belgian team

Penguin guano in the Antarctic is adding to organic pollutant problems there, according to a report to be featured in a Royal Society of Chemistry publication.The Journal of Environmental Monitoring reports research in Belgium that reveals the problem. …

Uncovering the secrets of the deep

Metagenomics is the large-scale genomic analysis of microbes recovered from environmental samples as opposed to laboratory-grown organisms which represent only…

By ice flow to the North Pole

At the end of August, an unusual expedition under Russian leadership will leave for the Arctic Ocean. One of the participants is Jürgen Graeser of the Alfred…

Ice Age survivors in Iceland

Many scientists believe that the ice ages exterminated all life on land and in freshwater in large parts of the Northern Hemisphere, especially on ocean…

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