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Presenters at the annual Ocean Sciences Meeting of the American Geophysical Union in Honolulu in late February said ocean water containing dissolved radionuclides from Fukushima's crippled nuclear reactors has reached the northern west coast of North America .

By the end of the 21st century, some parts of the world can expect as many as 30 more days a year without precipitation, according to a new study by Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego researchers.

An international team of researchers analysed the available data taken from all previous studies of the Southern Ocean, together with satellite images taken of the area, to quantify the amount of iron supplied to the surface waters of the Southern Ocean.

Hugh Pickens DOT Com writes "Benedict Carey reports at the NYT that the uncertainties surrounding Malaysia Airlines Flight 370's disappearance are enormous, but naval strategists have been unraveling lost-at-sea mysteries as far back as the U-boat battles of World War II , and perhaps most dramatically in 1968, when an intelligence team found the ... (more)

William Shill, a cadet at Cal Maritime Academy and a member of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers watches an underwater remote operated vehicle created by students at Benicia High School with help from CMA students as it navigates into a structure during a competition.

Today is the start of the Southampton University annual Science and Engineering events.

It's an effort to monitor any effects of climate change on the environment and the life that exists there.

By the end of the 21st century, some parts of the world can expect as many as 30 more days a year without precipitation, according to a new study by Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego researchers.

Colbath Warner helps unload the morning's catch at Little River Lobster Co. in Cutler as his stepbrother Jordan Drouin stands on board their boat, Young Guns.

The 110th Explorers Club Annual Dinner will be held Saturday at the Waldorf Astoria hotel.

Researchers are combining aerial views with underwater autonomous vehicles to get an unprecedented look at undersea environments in real time.

The Ross Sea, a major, biologically productive Antarctic ecosystem, "clearly will be extensively modified by future climate change" in the coming decades as rising temperatures and changing wind patterns create longer periods of ice-free open water, affecting the life cycles of both predators and prey, according to a paper published by researchers ... (more)

London, UK: Oceana's Junior Council launched in London Wednesday night. Hosted by Benjamin Goldsmith and Stephanie Bilet , the evening was attended by a select group of high profile figures from London's fashion, music, finance, culinary and art world.

March is not just for whales on the central Oregon coast it's actually for the birds as well.

Officials at the US Defense Department have requested extra funding for a new fleet of submarines and unmanned underwater vehicles and surveillance drones, according to newly unveiled budget documents.

Five days after disappearing from radar, no debris field has been found from a missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner that's presumed to have crashed on a flight to Beijing.

Malaysia's transport minister says it's possible the plane could have flown for several hours after its last contact with the ground.

The man who found the Titanic says the only way to find out what happened to flight MH370 is to recover the black box recorders.

The Ocean Art Underwater Photo Competition, organized by the Underwater Photography Guide, announces its 2013 winners.