Ocean-Powered Vehicle Demonstrated by NASA

Ocean-Powered Vehicle Demonstrated by NASA

In cooperation with the US Navy and several universities

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 2nd, 2010
How Ice-Sheet Melting Rates Will Progress

How Ice-Sheet Melting Rates Will Progress

Long-term predictions are currently being calculated

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 29th, 2010
Acidification Threatening Oceanic Ecosystems

Acidification Threatening Oceanic Ecosystems

Increased levels of atmospheric carbon are to blame

Microbes to Be Used for Breaking Up Plastics

Microbes to Be Used for Breaking Up Plastics

Researchers present new option

Geoengineering Scheme Proposes Making Bubbles

Geoengineering Scheme Proposes Making Bubbles

Several billions of bubbles, for that matter

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 26th, 2010
Atlantic 'Conveyor Belt' at Full Speed

Atlantic 'Conveyor Belt' at Full Speed

Satellite observation led to this conclusion

BPA Permeates the World's Oceans

BPA Permeates the World's Oceans

Health agencies still see no problems with it

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 19th, 2010
Smell of Sea Salt Found 900 Miles Inland

Smell of Sea Salt Found 900 Miles Inland

Above the city of Boulder, Colorado

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 16th, 2010
Southern Ocean Winds Change the Top Water Surface Layer

Southern Ocean Winds Change the Top Water Surface Layer

The depths never thought possible before

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 6th, 2010
Rogue Waves Pose Extreme Danger to Ships

Rogue Waves Pose Extreme Danger to Ships

Fortunately, they are rather rare

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 1st, 2010
Corals May Be Able to Survive Human Influence

Corals May Be Able to Survive Human Influence

If their history is any indicator of the resilience

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 26th, 2010
Whaling Triggers Large CO2 Release

Whaling Triggers Large CO2 Release

The conclusion belongs to a new study

  • Sci Pry
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 25th, 2010
Studying Massive Underwater Waves

Studying Massive Underwater Waves

Researchers gain new insight into how they form

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 25th, 2010
New Garbage Patch Forms in the Atlantic

New Garbage Patch Forms in the Atlantic

One already exists in the Pacific

  • Sci Pry
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 25th, 2010
New Robot Developed for Oceanic Explorations

New Robot Developed for Oceanic Explorations

It can identify DNA fragments on its own

  • History
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 24th, 2010
Fossil of 10-Meter-Long Shark Found

Fossil of 10-Meter-Long Shark Found

It was discovered in Kansas, the US

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 24th, 2010
The Oceans' Role in Global Warming

The Oceans' Role in Global Warming

As determined by space studies

 
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