Ocean

Whats The World To Do About Water?

Posted in Featured, Science on 9th Jun, 2014
by Alex Muller

The world's water problem, and how to solve it.

Modern ocean acidification is outpacing ancient upheaval: Rate may be ten times faster

Posted in Science on 5th Jun, 2014
by Alex Muller

The oceans are on track to acidify at least as much as they did in ancient times, only at a much faster rate.

Coral reefs are better at coping with rising sea temperatures than we thought

Posted in Science on 31st May, 2014
by Alex Muller

It was found that certain types of coral are able to adapt to tolerate higher sea temperatures by changing the genes they express.

Using Google Street View to Study the Great Barrier Reef

Posted in Software on 26th May, 2014
by Alex Muller

The team pilots a motorized camera rig that mounts three cameras for a 360-degree view of the sea floor, and records nearly a mile of the floor at a time.

Humans caused nearly 90 percent of sea level rise

Posted in Featured, Science on 20th May, 2014
by Alex Muller

Human generated emissions are largely responsible for warming the top layer of the ocean over the past four decades, causing water to expand and sea level to rise.