Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres) The project Eurofleets funded by the European Commission in the 7th Framework program was recently launched with a meeting in Paris. Twenty-four partners from 16 member states of the European Union or associated countries

University of Colorado at Boulder) Despite a slight recovery in summer Arctic sea ice in 2009 from record-setting low years in 2007 and 2008, the sea ice extent remains significantly below previous years and remains on a trend leading toward

British Antarctic Survey) Scientists from the British Antarctic Survey, National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, and Hokkaido University, Japan, have recorded the first observations of how albatrosses feed alongside marine mammals at sea.

Florida State University) The anticipated sea-level rise associated with climate change, including increased storminess, over the next 100 years and the impact on the nation's low-lying coastal infrastructure is the focus of a new, interdisciplinary study led by geologists at

Census of Marine Life) Two hundred leading marine scientists, managers and policy makers from the US and Canada have come together in Saint Andrews-by-the-Sea to further their collective knowledge about one of world's most productive marine ecosystems, the Gulf of