Oceanography

NASA Oceanography provides online field trips, information about ocean phenomena (such as phytoplankton, carbon, and reefs), remote sensing tools for monitoring ocean changes, and more. This website is based on NASA research and satellite missions focused on global ocean science  

The December special issue of Oceanography magazine is now available online: December 2009. Volume 22, Number 4. Special Issue on the the Future of Ocean Biogeochemistry in a High-CO2 World. The special issue on ocean acidification is ...  

By SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHYScripps Institution of Oceanography will send a delegation of scientists and students to Copenhagen, Denmark, for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP-15), which begins Dec. 7.The group will be among those there to interact with international negotiators on policy decisions that could dictate the world's response to climate change threats.Scripps will...  

UC San Diego's baseball team received a $100,000 donation from William Scripps to help fund a project to install lighting at the university's baseball field, it was announced Monday.Scripps is the great-grandson of E.W. Scripps, founder of the media conglomerate The E.W. Scripps Co. and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. He also sits on UCSD's Athletic Board. "It's important for the baseball team to have lights for their field," he said...  

Scientists wonder why jumbo squid are migrating into new waters. Pacific Ocean - Oceanography - Earth Science - United States - Volcano  

As you know you can see everyone who's registered for the conference, but I highlight 4-6 participants every day as this may be an easier way for you to digest the list. You can also look at the Program so see who is doing what. Miriam Goldstein is a Ph.D. graduate student in biological oceanography at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. She recently led the Seaplex expedition to the North Pacific Gyre aka Garbage Patch. She blogs on...  

In a special report called "The Copenhagen Diagnosis," 26 researchers, most of whom are authors of published IPCC reports, conclude that several important aspects of climate change are occurring at the high end or even beyond the expectations of only a few years ago. Global ice-sheets are melting at an increased rate; Arctic sea-ice is disappearing much faster than recently projected, and future sea-level rise is now expected to be much higher...  

Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego will send a delegation of scientists and students to Copenhagen for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP-15), which begins Dec. 7. More  

tags: Project Kaisei, Oceanography, North Pacific Gyre, North Pacific Garbage Patch, plastic, pollution, environment, streaming video Underwater videographer, underwater photographer, and author, Annie Crawley joined Scripps Institute of Oceanography and Project Kaisei aboard the New Horizon on a 3 week long expedition to the North Pacific Gyre. They collected data to help find a solution to the "Plastic Vortex" forming in our Ocean. Read...  

In an effort to plug gaps of knowledge about key ocean processes, scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego have been awarded nearly $1 million from the National Science Foundation to develop a new breed of ocean-probing instruments. More  

From the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (UK) : King crab family bigger than ever New king crabs Sally Hall, a PhD student at the University of Southampton’s School of Ocean and Earth Science (SOES) at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (NOCS) has formally described four new species of king crab, all from the deep sea. Hall discovered the new [...]  

Prince Albert II of Monaco will be awarded the Roger Revelle Prize from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla Friday for his efforts to promote scientific research and protect the environment.  

Scripps oceanographers to kick off lecture seriesSan Diego Union TribuneLA JOLLA — The Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography is holding a public lecture series that will include a look at garbage in ...and more »  

KOTA KINABALU: The Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry plans to set up a National Oceanography Institute to house marine-related data and information, its minister Datuk Dr Maximus Ongkili said.  

Limnology and Oceanography is a highly specialized branch of aquatic biology and there are several academic institutions across