Saturday, December 27th, 2014
Measurements of salt held in surface seawater are becoming ever-more important for us to understand ocean circulation and Earth’s water cycle. ESA’s SMOS mission is proving essential to the quest.
Thursday, December 11th, 2014
Off the West Coast of the United States, methane gas is trapped in frozen layers below the seafloor. New research from the University of Washington shows that water at intermediate depths is warming enough to cause these carbon deposits to melt, releasing methane into the sediments and surrounding water.
Tuesday, December 9th, 2014
Gland, Switzerland, Dec. 9, 2014 – Protecting key carbon-absorbing areas of the ocean and conserving fish and krill stocks are critical for tackling climate change. This is one of the findings of a report released today by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in which top marine scientists describe how atmospheric carbon is captured, stored and
Wednesday, November 26th, 2014
A year after the satellite reentered the atmosphere, scientists using data from the GOCE satellite have made a breakthrough in our understanding of ocean currents. The Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer, or GOCE, mapped variations in Earth’s gravity with unrivalled precision, resulting in the most accurate shape of the ‘geoid’ – a hypothetical global
Wednesday, November 26th, 2014
University of Adelaide-led research will help pinpoint the impact of waves on sea ice, which is vulnerable to climate change, particularly in the Arctic where it is rapidly retreating. Published today in the Proceedings of the Royal Society A, the research reports the first laboratory experiments testing theoretical models of wave activity in frozen oceans.
Monday, November 24th, 2014
The first detailed, high-resolution 3-D maps of Antarctic sea ice have been developed using an underwater robot. Scientists from the UK, USA and Australia say the new technology provides accurate ice thickness measurements from areas that were previously too difficult to access.
Monday, November 24th, 2014
Increasing carbon dioxide in the air penetrates into the ocean and makes it more acidic, while robbing seawater of minerals that give shellfish their crunch. The West Coast is one of the first marine ecosystems to feel the effects. A new tool doesn’t alter that reality, but it does allow scientists to better understand what’s happening
Friday, November 14th, 2014
Barcelona, Spain, Nov. 12, 2014—As a result of multiple man-made pressures, there is a slow but steady degradation of marine water quality, both chemically and biologically. The European Project BRAAVOO (Biosensors, Reporters and Algal Autonomous Vessels for Ocean Operation) was launched in December 2013 as part of the EU strategies to mitigate this problem. The
Thursday, October 23rd, 2014
PARIS, Oct. 23, 2014—Within the first days of its operational life, the Sentinel-1A satellite has provided data for marine services in the Arctic. During the first week of the satellite’s operational data supply, experts from the Technical University of Denmark and the Danish Meteorological Institute working under the Horizon 2020 MyOcean Follow-On project used the data
Thursday, October 16th, 2014
Los Angeles, Calif., Oct. 16, 2014—The Center for Santa Monica Bay Studies today launched UrbanCoast.org, a website that is now the hub for the Urban Coast journal. The site hosts all four of the previous issues, accessible in whole or by article, and offers a place for ongoing submissions to encourage current discussions about the
