Texas A&M University) Sediments released by many of the world's largest river deltas to the global oceans have been changed drastically in the last 50 years, largely as a result of human activity, says a Texas A&M University researcher.

Stanford University) More than 400 leading scientists from nearly two-dozen countries have signed a consensus statement on the major threats facing the Pacific Ocean. The threats identified as the most serious and pervasive include overfishing, pollution, habitat destruction and climate

University of California - San Diego) Melting glaciers, weakening monsoon rains, less mountain snowpack and other effects of a warmer climate will lead to significant disruptions in the supply of water to highly populated regions of the world, especially near

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) Twenty years ago NASA embarked on a revolutionary new mission for its Earth science program: to study our home planet from space as an inter-related whole, rather than as individual parts. To acknowledge this milestone, NASA

University of California - Santa Barbara) Climate change, fishing and commercial shipping top the list of threats to the ocean off the West Coast of the United States.

National Science Foundation) Climate change, fishing and commercial shipping top the list of threats to the ocean off the West Coast of the United States.

NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service) Even for Northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis), which support commercial fisheries worldwide, timing is everything in life. The tiny creatures, eaten in shrimp rolls and shrimp salad, occupy a pivotal role in the oceanic food chain

Geological Society of America) The Southern California Continental Borderland and the associated Western Transverse Ranges make up one of the most distinctive environments on the North American west coast. During the past 20 years, the US Geological Survey, along with

University of Copenhagen) It is a mystery to many people why the world is running out of oil when most of the world's oilfields have only been half emptied. However some of the oil that has been located is trapped

Duke University) The familiar model of Atlantic ocean currents that shows a discrete "conveyor belt" of deep, cold water flowing southward from the Labrador Sea is probably all wet.

University of California - Santa Barbara) Twenty years ago, the oil tanker Exxon Valdez was exiting Alaska's Prince William Sound when it struck a reef in the middle of the night. What happened next is considered one of the nation's

Stanford University) Experts say that more than half of the world's coral reefs could disappear in the next 50 years, in large part because of higher ocean temperatures caused by climate change. But now Stanford University scientists have found evidence

University of Colorado at Boulder) The bombardment of Earth nearly 4 billion years ago by asteroids as large as Kansas would not have had the firepower to extinguish potential early life on the planet and may even have given it

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) Doctoral Researchers To Earn Doctorates in Topics such as Globalisation, Nanostructures and Civil Security Applications in Structured Programmes

University of Texas at Austin) Scientists struggling to understand how Earth's climate will change in the next few decades have neglected a potential treasure trove of information -- sediments deposited in the ocean by major Arctic rivers such as the

University of Bristol) The potential contribution to sea level rise from a collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet have been greatly overestimated, according to a new study published in the journal Science.

World Wildlife Fund) Coral reefs could disappear entirely from the Coral Triangle region of the Pacific Ocean by the end of the century, threatening the food supply and livelihoods for about 100 million people, according to a new study from

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) A new study by researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the University of California, Santa Barbara is the first to quantify the amount of oil residue in seafloor sediments that result from natural petroleum seeps

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) Oceanographers have long known that the 20-year-old paradigm for describing the global ocean circulation -- called the Great Ocean Conveyor -- was an oversimplification. It's a useful depiction, but it's like describing Beethoven's Fifth Symphony as

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) The most extensive study of pollutants in marine mammals' brains reveals that these animals are exposed to a hazardous cocktail of pesticides such as DDTs and PCBs, as well as emerging contaminants such as brominated flame