California Institute of Technology) Using a combination of theoretical modeling, energy calculations, and field observations, researchers from the California Institute of Technology have for the first time described a mechanism that explains how some of the ocean's tiniest swimming animals

University of Liverpool) Researchers at the University of Liverpool have discovered that the Amazon river, and its transcontinental drainage, is around 11 million years old and took its present shape about 2.4 million years ago.

Oregon State University) Scientists are comparing annual growth rings of the Pacific Northwest's largest bivalve and its most iconic tree for clues to how living organisms may have responded to changes in climate.

Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Management International) For the first time in the history of scientific ocean drilling, the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program conducted operations using the riser capabilities of the Japan-sponsored research vessel, CHIKYU, to successfully drill down to a

National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (UK)) The deep-sea drilling vessel CHIKYU has drilled successfully down to a depth of 1,603.7 meters beneath the seafloor (water depth 2,054 meters). It is drilling deep into the upper portion of the Nankai Trough earthquake

Pew Environment Group) Rebecca Goldburg, director of Marine Science at the Pew Environment Group, issued the following statement today in response to a paper published in the journal Science.

NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service) An international team of scientists with divergent views on ocean ecosystems has found that efforts to rebuild many of the world's fisheries are worthwhile and starting to pay off in many places around the world.

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