Oceanography

Sitting at the bottom of a 12-foot pool was a far cry from the coral reefs and shipwrecks Lee Anne Cox planned to explore.  

This cheerful yellow robot sub can hover underwater, unlike some oceanography subs, making new kinds of mission possible, for example, holding position and manipulating underwater objects.  

Falmouth resident Osamu Shimomura, who worked as a senior scientist at the Marine Biological Laboratory for 20 years, was one of three men awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry yesterday.  

Aequorea, the fluorescent jellyfish Osamu Shimonura studied. (Osamu Shimomura, Woods Hole website) By Andrew Ryan, Globe Staff A cell biologist from the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole won the Nobel Prize in chemistry today for the discovery of...  

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Satellites are helping scientists expand a virtual network to watch for increases in ocean temperatures that can damage or kill the fragile ecosystems of coral reefs worldwide. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday that its Coral Reef Watch...  

Osamu Shimomura, a scientist who works in Woods Hole, has won a share of the Nobel Prize in chemistry.  

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Satellites are helping scientists expand a virtual network to watch for increases in ocean temperatures that can damage or kill the fragile ecosystems of coral reefs worldwide.  

U.S. scientists can now gauge sea surface temperatures at nearly 200 coral reef locations worldwide using satellite technology.  

Palmetto Bay plans to tear down an existing storage building at Coral Reef Park to construct a new, village-run concession stand and shaded eating pavilion -- and leaders of the Palmetto Bay Broncos youth football team fear they might lose space to store their gear in the process.  

WASHINGTON – The new Ocean Hall riots with so much nature that you feel like you’re snorkeling through a coral reef. You could swim in the place – in a grand old room at the National Museum of Natural History – for hours and still not see all the marvels. Photo caption: A prehistoric shark is on...  

It took four games, but Varela finally got its first victory under new coach Rod Payne on Thursday night at Harris Field. Quarterback Alex O'Reilly, who has been an extremely versatile player for the Vipers all season, ran a 30-yard touchdown with two minutes left for the game winning score to...  

WOODS HOLE, Mass., Oct. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists are calling for "sustainable practices" in the nation's biofuels production that will "reshape the Earth's landscape in a significant manner."  

( Geological Society of America ) Houston, well known for its role in space launches, will soon be the site of another kind of launch: the official U.S. kick-off of International Year of Planet Earth. "IYPE is a celebration of earth sciences," said Larry Woodfork, Chairman of the Board of...  

Coral reef clean-ups and planting artificial reefs are all in a day’s work within the Panasonic’s corporate social responsibility programme.  

Students at Coral Reef Senior High School are organizing to help victims of the hurricanes -- most recently Ike -- that have caused mass destruction in the Caribbean.