Oceanography News

Lego pieces from a container that fell into the ocean off BritainA's Cornish coast in 1997 are still washing up on beaches today Millions of Lego pieces disappeared into the sea in February of 1997, when the container ship Tokio Express was hit by a wave that knocked 62 containers overboard.

UMass Dartmouth Chancellor Divina Grossman and officials from the University's School for Marine Science & Technology praised legislators today for their continued commitment to invest in cooperative fisheries research that engages scientists and fishermen in the pursuit of accurate data.

Research meteorologists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Marine Meteorology Division and Scripps Institution of Oceanography, employing the Navy's Mid-Course Doppler Radar at Cape Canaveral, were able to characterize mid-level, mixed-phase altocumulus clouds.

An upcoming Special Economic Zone project in Thane is threatening a large chunk of wetland along the Thane Creek -- designated as an Important Bird Area by BNHS and BirdLife International .

The Most Reverend Katharine Jefferts Schori delivers the sermon at Christ Church in Savannah on Sunday, July 20, 2014.

A container filled with millions of Lego pieces fell into the sea off Cornwall in 1997.

An international team of scientists plan to spend months watching ice melt. But although it will take longer and cost a lot more than watching paint dry, it will be much more interesting and rewarding.

They are nutrient pumps, said Craig Smith, an oceanography professor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

In a place at the very top of the Northern Hemisphere scientists are collecting the most important samples.

Patrick Greene, seen here with his wife Sara, won an Emmy for his behind-the-lens work on the ABC TV series Ocean Mysteries with Jeff Corwin.

University of Washington researcher Lara Whitely Binder will explore that very question, Thursday, July 24, at the San Juan Island Grange, beginning at 7 p.m. Whitely Binder, outreach and climate adaptation specialist of the U of W Climate Impacts Group , will discuss that group's goal to increase resilience of the Pacific Northwest to fluctuations ... (more)

Darlene Bissonette, a St. Lawrence Central High School teacher, will attend the 21st session of the Maury Project Workshop offered by the U. S. Naval Academy.

Migrants from sub-Saharan Africa await processing in the port of Tripoli after attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe December 5, 2011.

University officials and the region's legislators will be joined by their local, regional, statewide, and federal partners to discuss SMAST's critical research to help address critical issues related to fisheries and fishing communities.

Gov. Rick Scott deflected calls to meet with climate scientists Wednesday and told reporters that his staff "would be happy to meet" with the state's top climate experts about the impact human-induced global warming is having on Florida.

Each year,, James Randi, the scientist who debunked Uri Geller's claim that he bent spoons with his mind, holds "The Amazing Meeting" of like-minded people who want to chew on life's mysteries and share some laughs.

One local high school teacher returned to the classroom this summer, but it just so happened it was a floating classroom out on the river.

They're not recognizable like polar bears or whales. But phytoplankton are a key part of life in the Arctic - and now, they're at the center of a new research effort to predict how the region will respond to climate change.

Image Caption: The international team set out the instruments in March, when the floating ice was thick enough to land a plane.

TechCrunch Startup Battlefield alum Expect Labs has closed a strategic investment and software development agreement with In-Q-Tel, the investment arm of the U.S. Intelligence community.