University of Washington) Inside the Arctic Circle, scientists have found black smoker vents farther north than anyone has ever seen before. The cluster of vents -- one towering nearly four stories -- are venting water as hot as 570 F.

American Meteorological Society) A comprehensive and up-to-date account of climate change science by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego climate scientist Richard Somerville is now available from the American Meteorological Society.

European Space Agency) Launching in just two months' time, GOCE -- now fully reconfigured for launch in September, is currently being prepared for shipment on July 29, 2008, from ESA's test facilities in the Netherlands to the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in