Loggerhead release to provide vital information to scientific community
Thursday, November 6, 2008, Dr. Kirt Rusenko, Marine Conservationist, and staff from Gumbo Limbo Nature Center in Boca Raton will release two juvenile loggerhead sea turtles raised in captivity into the Indian River Lagoon near Sebastian Inlet. view more (2008-11-04)
Waddenzee fresher than ever
The seawater in the Waddenzee is becoming fresher. More river water is reaching the Waddenzee via the outlet sluices of the IJsselmeer Dam. This is the conclusion of Dr Hendrik van Aken from the Netherlands Institute for Sea Research. Along with the fresh water, more nitrate and phosphate are entering the Waddenzee. During the past 140 years the... view more... (2002-09-11)
ON TRAILS OF ANCIENT SEA GRASSES
Paleobotanists from St. Petersburg have found that ancestry of sea grasses had come to sea from desert 40 million years ago. The study was supported by International Science Foundation, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D. C., and by Linnean Society of London. It is not easy to reconstruct how life developed on the Earth - too little stuff had... view more... (2000-12-01)
River-shelf interactions during Spring floods in the coastal Beaufort Sea
Multi-year study provides insights to possible future responses to environmental change in the arctic. view more (2006-12-06)
Study finds high mortality of endangered loggerhead sea turtles in Baja California
Along the southern coast of Baja California, Mexico, scientists have been counting the carcasses of endangered sea turtles for a decade as part of an effort to assess and eliminate threats to loggerhead sea turtle populations. view more (2008-10-15)
Carbon dioxide role in past climate revealed
Researchers at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and the University of California, Santa Cruz have discovered that Earth's last great global warming period, 3 million years ago, may have been caused by levels of CO2 in the atmosphere similar to today's. view more (2005-04-11)
Cooling Off Periods
Research by a team of Cambridge scientists has provided new clues about the first dramatic cooling of the Earth's climate 34 million years ago. The team, based at the University of Cambridge's Department of Earth Sciences said that ocean temperature drops were apparently not responsible for the rapid formation of ice in Antarctica. Carrie Lear,... view more... (2000-01-12)
Shift in bald eagle diet linked to sea otter decline
A newly published study has found that the decline of sea otters along Alaska's Aleutian Islands has forced a change in the diet of a terrestrial predator - the bald eagle. The study demonstrates the extraordinary complexity of marine ecosystems and how far-ranging the impacts can be when there is a population shift in a keystone species like the... view more... (2008-10-03)
Dam the Red Sea and release gigawatts
Damming the Red Sea could solve the growing energy demands of millions of people in the Middle East and alleviate some of the region's tensions pertaining to oil supplies through hydroelectric power. view more (2007-12-06)
Ocean floor geysers warm flowing sea water
An international team of earth scientists report movement of warmed sea water through the flat, Pacific Ocean floor off Costa Rica. The movement is greater than that off midocean volcanic ridges. The finding suggests possible marine life in a part of the ocean once considered barren. view more (2008-09-23)
Brent Spar-Second Scientific Report on Decommissioning
The environmental impacts of the new disposal option for Brent Spar selected by Shell Expro and the original deep sea disposal plan are both acceptably small, according to the Second Report of the Scientific Group on Decommissioning Offshore Structures released today (30 June). The report by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)... view more... (1998-06-30)
Sea level rise alters bay's salinity
While global-warming-induced coastal flooding moves populations inland, the changes in sea level will affect the salinity of estuaries, which influences aquatic life, fishing and recreation. view more (2008-11-21)
Swells Neutralised During Offshore Maintenance
In future, the maintenance of, for example, wind turbines at sea, will be made easier and safer by a Delft invention, the 'Ampelmann', which compensated for swells at sea. Tests with scale models have shown that by mounting the working platform of maintenance ships on an Ampelmann, the platform will remain still and work can take place more... view more... (2005-02-16)
Study: Greenland ice sheet larger contributor to sea-level rise
The Greenland ice sheet is melting faster than expected according to a new study led by a University of Alaska Fairbanks researcher and published in the journal Hydrological Processes. view more (2009-06-12)
Petroleum Geoscience. Contents Vol 6, Part 4
Contents – Volume 6, No 3 Editorial 193 Use of 3D digital analogues as templates in reservoir modelling by I Bryant, D Carr, P Cirilli, N Drinkwater, D McCormick, P Tilke & J Thurmond 195 An assessment of steady-state scale-up for small-scale geological models by G E Pickup & K D Stephen 203 Neogene wrench... view more... (2000-07-12)
Nitrous oxide from ocean microbes
A large amount of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide is produced by bacteria in the oxygen poor parts of the ocean using nitrites, Dr Mark Trimmer told journalists at a Science Media Centre press briefing today. view more (2007-12-11)
Hampshire teachers share excitement of research cruise via Classroom@Sea website
Pupils in schools and colleges across the UK and beyond will be able to share the excitement of discovery and routine of daily life on board a scientific research ship when two teachers from Hampshire join a cruise to explore submarine canyons off Portugal. From 28 May to 12 June 2004 Ian Lewis, Head of Science at Wyvern Technology College,... view more... (2004-05-17)
A giant sucking sound for sea turtles
Sea turtles that receive the highest protection in Costa Rica and other neighboring countries are dying by the thousands at the hands of unregulated-and unsustainable-commercial fishing in Nicaragua, according to a study by the Bronx Zoo based Wildlife Conservation Society. view more (2005-08-04)
Warm winter also in the Arctic
Central Europe is not the only place where the past, warm winter has caused record temperatures. Unusually mild temperatures also prevented ice formation in the Arctic, specifically in the region around Spitsbergen. view more (2007-03-30)
NASA Satellites Measure and Monitor Sea Level
For the first time, NASA has the tools and expertise to understand the rate at which sea level is changing, some of the mechanisms that drive those changes and the effects that sea level change may have worldwide. view more (2005-07-11)
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