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How Did Earth Get Its Ocean?

How Did Earth Get Its Ocean?

December 21, 2015

Adam Sarafian overcame a learning disability and surmounted heights as a an All-American pole-vaulter—all before launching a scientific career that has now allowed him to hurtle across the universe and back through time to the period when Earth was still forming.

Specks in the Spectrometer

Specks in the Spectrometer

December 15, 2015

Mass spectrometer facilities can be a rite of passage for scientists—as well as for the samples analyzed inside the mass specs.

Epiphany Among the Manta Rays

Epiphany Among the Manta Rays

December 3, 2015

There’s a great need to collect ocean temperature data. And there are millions of scuba divers out there.

Earth's Riverine Bloodstream

Earth’s Riverine Bloodstream

November 23, 2015

Like blood in our arteries in our body, water in rivers carry chemical signals that can tell us a lot about how the entire Earth system operates.

Ice, Wind & Fury

Ice, Wind & Fury

November 10, 2015

Greenlanders are well away of piteraqs, the hazardous torrents of cold air that sweep down off the ice cap. But scientists are just beginning to unravel how and when piteraqs form.

Forecasting the Future of Fish

Forecasting the Future of Fish

October 29, 2015

How can we weigh all the interrelated factors involved in managing a critical ocean resource? Oceanus magazine experiments with a graphic article to help explain a complex issue.

Tracking a Trail of Carbon

Tracking a Trail of Carbon

October 6, 2015

Lake Titicaca in the Andes Mountains of South America is an extraordinary place to explore ancient human civilization, Earth’s climate history, and the flow of carbon through our planet.

The Riddle of Rip Currents

The Riddle of Rip Currents

September 17, 2015

Rip currents claim more than 100 lives in the United States each year and are the leading cause of lifeguard rescues. Scientists created a large gash in the seafloor to learn more about their complex dynamics.

Short-circuiting the Biological Pump

Short-circuiting the Biological Pump

August 24, 2015

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Coral Crusader

Coral Crusader

July 8, 2015

Graduate student Hannah Barkley is on a mission to investigate how warming ocean temperatures, ocean acidification, and other impacts of climate change are affecting corals in an effort to find ways to preserve these vital ocean resources.