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Geotimes April 2007 Kathryn Hansen	Ocean Budget Surges Under the fiscal year 2008 budget request, priority ocean projects would receive a budget increase totaling $143 million, countering the otherwise flat budget for earth science.
Financial Advisor June 2009 Jeff Schlegel	Liquid Investment Water provides an ocean of investing opportunities.
The Motley Fool April 26, 2007 Tom Taulli	Ocean Power Sinking Fast Energy from oceans? Yes. Interest from investors? Not so much. Ocean Power Technologies didn't quite resonate with IPO investors.
Science News April 30, 2005	Whale Songs Listen to the songs of whales and the sounds of the ocean near Maui, Hawaii at this Web site.
Geotimes December 2004 Sara Pratt	Acidic Waters Threaten Sea Life High acidity in the world's oceans may be threatening coral populations, such as those in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.
Chemistry World May 15, 2015 Ned Stafford	UN sets its sights on marine microplastics Microplastics are washing up on beaches around the world. Their effects on marine life are still being assessed.
Chemistry World May 8, 2009 Rebecca Trager	Climbing mercury levels prompt US action The US plans to ramp up collaborative efforts with international partners to curb global mercury pollution, following new findings that mercury levels in the North Pacific Ocean have climbed approximately 30 per cent over the last 14 years.
Geotimes March 2003 Greg Peterson	Effects of ocean noise on marine mammals still noisy A committee of acousticians, oceanographers and marine biologists found that surprisingly little is known about the long-term trends in ocean noise, and even less about its effects on marine mammals.
Chemistry World February 16, 2015 Patrick Walter	Poll finds majority of scientists engaging with public Scientists believe that they should take an active role in public policy debates when it comes to science and technology, according to a survey of American Association for the Advancement of Science members.
Chemistry World August 25, 2013 Daniel Johnson	Unconsidered chemistry could amplify global warming A link between the world's oceans' pH and climate change that has, until now, passed unnoticed could dramatically speed up global warming by lowering production of a smelly molecule, dimethyl sulfide, important for cloud formation.
Geotimes April 2003 Christina Reed	The mighty, tiny larvae Understanding that marine larvae play a more active role in the ocean processes and have perhaps an evolutionary history of staying close to home provides impetus for shoreline communities to protect local habitats.
Geotimes November 2007 Carolyn Gramling	Acid Rain Alters Coastal Waters Excess carbon dioxide, sulfur and nitrogen from fossil fuel burning, agricultural runoff and other human sources are changing ocean chemistry -- and that impact is especially pronounced along the coasts, new research suggests.
Geotimes May 2004 David Lawrence	New Centers for Ocean and Health Research The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) recently announced funding for four joint research centers to conduct basic research into how marine phenomena may harm or enhance people's health.
Geotimes February 2007 Nicole Branan	Shifting Winds Shift Warming Trends? New model simulations indicate that a poleward shift in the Southern Hemisphere westerly winds could cause the Southern Ocean's carbon dioxide and heat uptake to increase by up to 20%.
Geotimes March 2005 Sara Pratt	Dead Zones Off New Jersey Researchers say coastal hypoxia is caused by ocean processes, not river runoff, that are responsible for the oxygen depletion and the resulting hazards that the events pose to bottom-dwelling organisms.
Scientific American December 2008 Barbara Juncosa	Stations in the Seas: Permanent Underwater Observatories Scientists envisage unmanned labs on the floor of the ocean to conduct experiments and monitor climate change
Geotimes March 2006 Kathryn Hansen	Marine Critters Record Global Warming Layers of fossilized marine creatures have acted as an independent record of ocean temperature for millennia. Now, data from such layers is mirroring the same warming trend that instruments have shown -- suggesting humans are contributing to global warming.
Information Today July 28, 2015	Pew Report Delves Into Scientific Attitudes The report, "An Elaboration of AAAS Scientists' Views," explores findings by examining American Association for the Advancement of Science scientists' views on major science-related issues.
Scientific American July 2007 Jeffrey D. Sachs	The Promise of the Blue Revolution Aquaculture can maintain living standards while averting the ruin of the oceans.
Financial Advisor August 2008 David Lawrence	Embracing Differentiation A book written by W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne titled Blue Ocean Strategy suggests theoretical approaches to creating "blue oceans" of uncontested market space ripe for growth.
Chemistry World January 28, 2009 Nina Notman	Iron helps oceans capture more carbon A team of international scientists studying the role of iron in the storage of carbon under the ocean have confirmed that natural iron fertilisation increases the rate of carbon capture.
Chemistry World February 12, 2015 Patrick Walter	Plastic waste entering world's oceans set to double in 10 years Plastic waste entering world's oceans amounts to five bags for every foot of coastline.
Geotimes September 2004 Jay Chapman	Hurricanes' Green Thumb As coastal residents are geared up for this year's peak Atlantic hurricane season -- mid-August through October -- scientists are looking at past hurricanes to better understand what happens to the oceans in the wake of these whirlwind events.
Geotimes November 2004 Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr.	Geologic Mapping for the Future Current efforts to develop an integrated Global Earth Observation System of Systems are helping to launch a new voyage of scientific discovery.
Wired December 2004 Sylvia A. Earle	The Wild Blue Under The more we understand about life in extreme environments, the greater chance we'll know where to look in space.
Geotimes July 2007 Kathryn Hansen	Ancient Ocean Burps A sediment core extracted from the ocean floor off the coast of Baja, Calif., indicates two "burps" of carbon dioxide were once released from a deep, stagnant part of the ocean.
Scientific American June 2006 Jeffrey Sachs	The New Geopolitics Preventing wars and other strife will increasingly depend on facing the ecological consequences of our economic activities.
Geotimes May 2004 Sara Pratt	Ocean Anoxia Researchers are using microfossils to date ocean anoxic events, or severe oxygen depletion in the ocean, back to 132 million years ago. The findings will open up several new avenues of inquiry including the impact of the global carbon cycle perturbation on the biosphere as a whole.
Bio-IT World October 10, 2003	Diving for Ocean Genomes The race to preserve genetic treasures is getting help from genomics.
Geotimes April 2007 Carolyn Gramling	Wallace Broecker: Changes in the Atmosphere An interview with an expert on issues of climate change about his experiences advising politicians about the consequences of climate change and his hopes for new technologies of carbon sequestration.
Geotimes January 2004 Naomi Lubick	Saltier sea Oceanographers have documented the growing saltiness of the Atlantic in the tropics, in opposition to freshening of the polar oceans. The changes in the sea-surface salinity indicate changes in the hydrologic cycle, the researchers say, which may be attributable to human-induced climate changes.
IEEE Spectrum March 2005 Philip E. Ross	Waiting and Waiting For the Next Killer Wave A tsunami alarm for the Indian Ocean may be worth the cost, but can it retain public support over the long haul?
IEEE Spectrum January 2008 Sandra Upson	Loser: Algae Bloom Climate-Change Scheme Doomed Planktos's ploy to combat global warming by sequestering carbon in the oceans holds no water.
Fast Company November 2004 Martin Kihn	Boiling the Ocean What this bit of consulting buzz-speak would really entail: assuming no vacations, this means every single person on earth would have to consult for more than 26 million years to actually "boil the ocean."
Geotimes March 2007 Carolyn Gramling	Nitrogen Cycle in Oceans Surprises Researchers Once thought to occur half a world apart, two key parts of the global nitrogen cycle are actually occurring side by side, according to a new study.
Science News January 26, 2008	Timeline: From the January 22, 1938, issue Lightning strokes caught by a rotating camera... Oceans half billion years old, their salt tells scientists... Youth at the wheel found skillful but a great hazard...
Outside April 2007	Tapped This report introduces you to the water heroes who are reversing the water crisis woes and showing us how to keep the planet afloat.
Chemistry World December 18, 2007 Victoria Gill	Seeds of Doubt A company called Planktos plans to dump 50-100 tons of iron sulfate into a patch of ocean 100km wide in a bid to seed the growth of plankton.
National Defense May 2007 Grace Jean	Scientists Bemoan Loss of Exploration Vessel The NR-1 small nuclear-powered submarine has been plying the world's oceans on scientific missions, but is schedule to be inactivated late next year.
National Defense November 2005 Grace Jean	Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System to Become Operational in 2006 UNESCO officials set forth a plan calling for the establishment of seven regional tsunami advisory centers in the Indian Ocean basin, the installation and upgrading of coastal sea-level gauges, seismic instruments and stations, and the deployment of deep underwater sensors.
Scientific American February 2009 Charles Q. Choi	Ocean Acidification from CO 2 Is Happening Faster Than Thought Carbon dioxide may be acidifying seawater faster than thought
Chemistry World April 9, 2009 Lewis Brindley	'Nickel famine' caused ancient oxygen rise A crucial increase in atmospheric oxygen that occurred around 2.4 billion years ago could have been triggered by a shortage of nickel in the oceans, according to Canadian researchers.
Smithsonian December 2005 Lawrence M. Small	A Whale Called Phoenix A very large mammal will help tell an even weightier tale -- about the ocean in this crowded, challenging century.
Outside February 2008 Christina Erb	Cousteau 3.0 A third generation Cousteau is slated to begin a new television series this fall called Oceans.
Chemistry World October 7, 2008 Lewis Brindley	Ocean acidification threat to UK coral reefs The latest studies on ocean acidification indicate that it's not just tropical corals that are under threat from ocean acidification, but cold water corals too.
BusinessWeek December 13, 2007 Stephen Baker	A Sea Change A new $170 million project called Neptune is using hundreds of miles of fiber-optic cables to collect data from deep in the Pacific Ocean like never before.
The Motley Fool August 29, 2007 Jack Uldrich	Big Blue Taps the Water IBM's plan to network the Hudson could lead to a river of opportunities. Investors, take note.
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