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Ancient Global Warming Linked To Volcanic Eruptions That Formed North Atlantic Ocean (April 27, 2007) -- Scientists examining a spike in worldwide ocean temperatures 55 million years ago have linked it to massive volcanic eruptions that pushed Greenland and northwest Europe apart to create the North ... > full story

Fish Growth Changes Enhanced By Climate Change (April 27, 2007) -- Australian researchers have found correlations between changes in wind patterns and sea temperatures in the southwest Pacific, and fish growth ... > full story

Ocean's 'Twilight Zone' Plays Important Role In Climate Change (April 26, 2007) -- A major study has shed new light on the dim layer of the ocean called the "twilight zone" -- where mysterious processes affect the ocean's ability to absorb and store carbon dioxide accumulating in ... > full story

DNA Testing Reveals Continued, Illegal Trade In Fins Of Endangered Basking Sharks (April 23, 2007) -- Despite regulations by some countries to protect the behemoth basking shark from further population declines, a new study published in the current on-line edition of Animal Conservation reports that ... > full story

Marine Geophysicists Probe Sea Floor (April 20, 2007) -- Marine geophysics are creating the largest cable-linked sea floor observatory on the Pacific Ocean floor. Located in the northeast Pacific off the coasts of British Columbia, Washington and Oregon, ... > full story

New Undersea Vent Suggests Snake-headed Mythology (April 17, 2007) -- A new "black smoker" -- an undersea mineral chimney emitting hot, iron-darkened water that attracts unusual marine life -- has been discovered at about 8,500 feet underwater by an expedition ... > full story

Researchers Setting Up Observatories To Examine Changes Under The Arctic Ice (April 17, 2007) -- Researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution are venturing this month to the North Pole to deploy instruments that will make year-round observations of the water beneath the Arctic ice ... > full story

Scientists Discover First Seafloor Vents On Ultraslow-spreading Ridge (April 14, 2007) -- Scientists have found one of the largest fields of seafloor vents gushing super-hot, mineral-rich fluids on a mid-ocean ridge that, until now, remained elusive to the 10-year hunt to find ... > full story

Volcanic Arc Evolution: Seismologists Discover Complex Structure In Tonga Mantle Wedge (April 13, 2007) -- The subduction zones where oceanic plates sink beneath the continents produce volcanic arcs such as those that make up the "rim of fire" around the Pacific Ocean. Although geologists have a pretty ... > full story

Gloomy Forecast From Climate Experts (April 10, 2007) -- More cyclones, rising sea levels and increased flooding will be the pattern for Australia's coastal communities by 2050, according to one of Australia's leading climate change experts, Professor Nick ... > full story

Cable Laid For New Deep-sea Observatory (April 5, 2007) -- On April 1, 2007 researchers completed an important step in constructing the first deep-sea cabled observatory in the continental United States. In a multi-institution effort managed by the Monterey ... > full story

New Analysis: Should Improve Hurricane And Storm Surge Modeling (April 2, 2007) -- Scientists have directly derived the air-sea momentum exchange at the ocean interface using observed ocean currents under Hurricane Ivan and determined that it decreases when winds exceed 32 meters ... > full story

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