September 25, 2014
Bare Earth Elements: Search the seafloor firsthand (and live!)
If you’ve ever wanted to take a dive into the ocean depths and explore the seafloor below the waves, but just haven’t had the time (or financing) …
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October 29, 2013
XPRIZE offers new ocean health awards
XPRIZE, the organization that used competition to propel the development of private space travel and super-efficient vehicles, is now making a …
January 24, 2012
Tracking plastic in the oceans
Despite worldwide efforts to curtail plastic use — to ban plastic grocery bags, to switch to reusable water bottles instead of disposable plastic …
January 5, 2012
Voyage to the plastic vortex
Out in the middle of the northern Pacific Ocean, a giant floating mess of plastic debris is drifting and bobbing among the waves. Scientists call …
January 5, 2012
Shell-shocked: How different creatures deal with an acidifying ocean
To survive in the ocean, soft-bodied organisms must possess one of five traits: big teeth, toxic flesh, invisibility, quickness or a hard shell. …
January 5, 2012
Sea sprawl: Into the blue frontier of ocean development
Picture it: Dozens of kilometers off the coast of Texas, a giant polygon-shaped cage constructed of steel ribs and mesh netting floats 30 or so …
January 5, 2012
Of sounds and cetaceans: Quieting a noisy underwater world
Marine mammals live in a world of sound. In the open ocean, whales and dolphins depend on sound waves, using echolocation to navigate, find food, …
January 5, 2012
Natural dust may be harmful to ocean organisms
Although human-made aerosols sometimes are toxic, natural aerosols from deserts and volcanoes are important contributors to ocean fertilization. …
January 5, 2012
Blogging on EARTH: First dispatches from EGU
EARTH’s Carolyn Gramling is taking in the European Geophysical Union meeting this week in Vienna, Austria. Here are some of the sessions that …