Oceanography News

University of Canterbury marine expert Professor David Schiel is investigating human-induced and natural long-term changes in ocean forces and sea temperatures around the country.

Capitalizing on UC San Diego's unique ability to address environmental threats to public health, a new center based at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego will target emerging contaminants found naturally in common seafood dishes as well as man-made chemicals that accumulate in human breast milk.

This 2011 file photo shows a flooded road on Hatteras Island, N.C., after Hurricane Irene swept through the area the previous day cutting the roadway in five locations.

Plants use carbon dioxide from the air to grow parts that eventually fall to the ground to decompose or get washed away by the region's plentiful rainfall.

Sylvia Earle, National Geographic Society Explorer in Residence, called Her Deepness by The New Yorker and The New York Times , Living Legend by the Library of Congress, and first "Hero for the Planet" by Time Magazine , will be speaking at Northeastern University on May 22, 2013.

Muscat: Recent research has revealed that the Makran Subduction Zone is more prone to earthquakes and tsunami hazards than previously thought.

Boulder, Colo., USA A- New Geology articles posted online ahead of print 9 and 16 May 2013 cover a wide swath of geoscience subdisciplines, including minerals exploration, archaeology, planetary geology, tectonics, oceanography, geophysics, and paleobotany.

A lot of what's known about carbon dioxide in the atmosphere can be traced back to a chemist named Charles David Keeling, who, in 1958, persuaded the U.S. Weather Bureau to install a set of monitoring devices at its Mauna Loa observatory, on the island of Hawaii.

SETTING OF CLIMATE MILDSTONE May 9, 2013 was declared to be the day of climate milestone after the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere exceeded 400 parts per million .

The $239 million National Science Foundation project will install video cameras, seismic monitors and other gauges along a volcano in deep waters off the Pacific Northwest coast, giving researchers the ability to monitor activity 2 miles below the ocean surface.

California State University announced that Brian Maurer of the Moss Landing Marine Laboratories' Biological Oceanography Lab won a top award for research in Biological and Agricultural Sciences.

Just as weather forecasters in the western U.S. look at El NiA o and La NiA a to help get a handle on season outlooks, European meteorologists are carefully analyzing the North Atlantic Oscillation for climate clues.

Sylvia Earle, National Geographic Society explorer in residence and a noted scientist, oceanographer, environmental advocate and author, will address the graduating class at Wilson College's 143rd commencement ceremony at 1:30 p.m. today.

More than four out of five San Diegans are concerned about climate change, according to a newly released poll commissioned by a coalition of local universities and policy groups.

A surfer who was found dead near Tourmaline Surf Park Wednesday night was apparently bitten by a shark after he drowned, according to officials.

The big threat to Florida's future that elected leaders aren't talking about: the average amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center will host the 7th annual Survivor Beach onA Sunday, June 2. The event, which has become a La Jolla tradition, will feature a stand-upA paddleboard competition, beach festival with food trucks and more.

DARIEN, Conn. -- The YWCA hosted the fourth Annual Darien/Norwalk Women of Distinction Luncheon on Thursday at Woodway Country Club in Darien.

Red algea blooms reported in Sinclair Inlet and other areas of Puget Sound are harmless, the Department of Ecology says.

A fin whale is the second-largest animal after the blue whale. Researchers from the University of Washington have discovered that earthquake-detecting sensors off Vancouver Island also help monitor fin whale swimming patterns.