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Public Release: 15-Jan-2009
Climate scientist wins new $500K award
Wallace S. Broecker, a geochemist at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, has received the newly founded Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Climate Change Research, one of the world's largest science prizes. An international jury awarded Broecker the $527,000 prize, from Spain's Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Foundation, for sounding early alarms about climate change, and for his pioneering work on how the oceans and atmosphere interact.
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Foundation

Contact: Kim Martineau
klm32@columbia.edu
845-365-8708
The Earth Institute at Columbia University

Public Release: 13-Jan-2009
Nature Geoscience
Study links swings in North Atlantic oscillation variability to climate warming
Using a 218-year-long temperature record from a Bermuda brain coral, researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution have created the first marine-based reconstruction showing the long-term behavior of one of the most important drivers of climate fluctuations in the North Atlantic.

Contact: Media Relations
media@whoi.edu
508-289-3340
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Public Release: 13-Jan-2009
Voracious sponges save reef
Tropical oceans are known as the deserts of the sea. And yet this unlikely environment is the very place where the rich and fertile coral reef grows. Dutch researcher Jasper de Goeij investigated how caves in the coral reef ensure the reef's continued existence. Although sponges in these coral caves take up a lot of dissolved organic material, they scarcely grow. However, they do discard a lot of cells that in turn provide food for the organisms on the reef.
Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research

Contact: Jasper de Goeij
jmdegoeij@gmail.com
31-065-247-1433
Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research

Public Release: 13-Jan-2009
LOHAFEX: An Indo-German iron fertilization experiment
The German research vessel Polarstern is currently on its way to the Southwest Atlantic Sector of the Southern Ocean. The team of 48 scientists (30 from India) on board left Cape Town on Jan. 7 to carry out the Indo-German iron fertilization experiment LOHAFEX (LOHA is Hindi for iron, FEX stands for Fertilization EXperiment).

Contact: Folke Mehrtens
folke.mehrtens@awi.de
49-471-483-12007
Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres

Public Release: 8-Jan-2009
Ocean treasure stored at Texas A&M's IODP repository
Priceless treasure from the bottom of the sea is locked away at Texas A&M University, stacked on floor-to-ceiling racks and kept secure in 15,000 square feet of refrigerated space.

Contact: Carol Trono
ctrono@tamu.edu
979-845-0910
Texas A&M University

Public Release: 5-Jan-2009
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Study: Can nature's leading indicators presage environmental disaster?
Economists use leading indicators -- the drivers of economic performance -- to take the temperature of the economy and predict the future. Now, in a new study, scientists take a page from the social science handbook and use leading indicators of the environment to presage the potential collapse of ecosystems.

Contact: Stephen R. Carpenter
srcarpen@wisc.edu
608-262-8690
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Public Release: 2-Jan-2009
High numbers of right whales seen in Gulf of Maine
A large number of North Atlantic right whales have been seen in the Gulf of Maine in recent days, leading right whale researchers at NOAA's Northeast Fisheries Science Center to believe they have identified a wintering ground and potentially a breeding ground for this endangered species.
NOAA Fisheries

Contact: Shelley Dawicki
shelley.dawicki@noaa.gov
508-495-2378
NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service

Public Release: 2-Jan-2009
Geophysical Research Letters
AGU journal highlights -- Dec. 31, 2008
This release spotlights research papers on these topics: Surprise drop in carbon dioxide absorbed by East/Japan Sea; Big raindrops favor tornado formation; Sand dunes clocked from space; Odd-looking Martian craters indicate hidden ice; Explaining scope of Earth's tropical air flows; Cause of glacial earthquakes in Greenland clarified; Sea rise on continental shelves affected global carbon cycle; Martian avalanches analyzed; Influence in West Africa: biomass burning and mineral dust; and Dust's conflicting roles in West African rainfall.

Contact: Peter Weiss
pweiss@agu.org
202-777-7507
American Geophysical Union

Public Release: 22-Dec-2008
New 'seawater' -- the way ahead for ocean science
A proposed new definition of "seawater" is drawing the attention of the world's oceanographic community in a change that will advance the accuracy of climate science projections.

Contact: Craig Macaulay
Craig.Macaulay@csiro.au
61-362-325-219
CSIRO Australia

Public Release: 19-Dec-2008
2008 AGU Fall Meeting
Abrupt climate shifts may move faster than thought
The United States could suffer the effects of abrupt climate changes within decades -- sooner than some previously thought -- says a new government report. It contends that seas could rise rapidly if melting of polar ice continues to outrun recent projections, and that an ongoing drought in the US west could be the start of permanent drying for the region.

Contact: Kevin Krajick
kkrajick@ei.columbia.edu
212-854-9729
The Earth Institute at Columbia University

Public Release: 16-Dec-2008
Human connection to our nation's fisheries comes alive through oral history project
Voices from the Fisheries, an archive of oral histories of recreational and commercial fishermen and the communities and families that rely on them, documents the human experience with the nation's coastal, marine and Great Lakes environments and living marine resources. NOAA Fisheries social scientists have partnered with organizations around the country to create Voices as a clearinghouse for oral histories for the public and researchers and encourage the creation of new collections.
Preserve America Grant Initiative, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Contact: Shelley Dawicki
shelley.dawicki@noaa.gov
508-495-2378
NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service

Public Release: 16-Dec-2008
Catch the wave
MIT researchers are working with Portuguese colleagues to design a pilot-scale device that will capture significantly more of the energy in ocean waves than existing systems, and use it to power an electricity-generating turbine.
MIT-Portugal Program

Contact: Elizabeth Thomson
thomson@mit.edu
617-258-5402
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Public Release: 16-Dec-2008
2008 AGU Fall Meeting
Some climate impacts happening faster than anticipated
A report released today at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union provides new insights on the potential for abrupt climate change and the effects it could have on the United States, identifying key concerns that include faster-than-expected loss of sea ice, rising sea levels and a possibly permanent state of drought in the American West.
US Climate Change Science Program

Contact: Peter Clark
clarkp@geo.oregonstate.edu
541-737-1247
Oregon State University

Public Release: 15-Dec-2008
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Ocean acidification from CO2 emissions will cause physiological impairment to jumbo squid
The elevated carbon dioxide levels expected to be found in the world's oceans by 2100 will likely lead to physiological impairments of jumbo squid.

Contact: Todd McLeish
tmcleish@uri.edu
401-874-7892
University of Rhode Island

Public Release: 15-Dec-2008
Vendee Globe route seen from above
Wind and wave data from ESA's Envisat satellite radar are being used to observe meteorological conditions in the track of the Vendee Globe solo round-the-world yacht race.

Contact: Mariangela D'Acunto
mariangela.dacunto@esa.int
39-069-418-0856
European Space Agency

Public Release: 12-Dec-2008
New online report on massive jellyfish swarms released
Massive swarms of stinging jellyfish and jellyfish-like animals are transforming many world-class fisheries and tourist destinations into veritable jellytoriums that are intermittently jammed with pulsating, gelatinous creatures. Areas that are currently particularly hard-hit by these squishy animals include Hawaii, the Gulf of Mexico, the east coast of the US, the Bering Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, Australia, the Black Sea and other European seas, the Sea of Japan, the North Sea and Namibia.

Contact: Lily Whiteman
lwhitema@nsf.gov
703-292-8310
National Science Foundation

Public Release: 12-Dec-2008
'Webcam' from Space: Envisat observing Wilkins Ice Shelf
In light of recent developments that threaten to lead to the break-up of the Wilkins Ice Shelf, ESA is making daily satellite images of the ice shelf available to the public via the "Webcam" from Space web page in order to monitor the developments as they occur.

Contact: Mariangela D'Acunto
mariangela.dacunto@esa.int
39-069-418-0856
European Space Agency

Public Release: 11-Dec-2008
Geophysical Research Letters
AGU Journal highlights -- Dec. 11, 2008
Featured in this release are research papers on the following topics: "Decreased solar magnetic flux forecasts cosmic ray boost"; "Do iceberg scrapes cause glacial quakes?"; "Renewed growth of atmospheric methane"; "Improving measurements of ocean surface velocity from space"; and "Global model reproduces behavior of two real cyclones."
Various

Contact: Maria-Jose Vinas
mjvinas@agu.org
202-777-7530
American Geophysical Union

Public Release: 11-Dec-2008
Science
Climate change alters ocean chemistry
Scientists have discovered that the ocean's chemical makeup is less stable and more greatly affected by climate change than previously believed. The researchers report in Science that during a time of climate change 13 million years ago, the chemical makeup of the oceans changed dramatically. The researchers warn that the chemistry of the ocean today could be similarly affected by climate changes now underway, with potentially far-reaching consequences for marine ecosystems.

Contact: Ken Caldeira
kcaldeira@ciw.edu
650-704-7212
Carnegie Institution

Public Release: 9-Dec-2008
Dissertation work on leading wave power
A technology that is adapted to the special conditions for wave energy places the wave energy technology from Uppsala on the absolute cutting edge in the world. In his dissertation, Rafael Waters presents the findings from the experimental facility located in the sea outside Lysekil, Sweden, in which he has played a leading role in designing and constructing.

Contact: Rafael Waters
rafael.waters@angstrom.uu.se
46-070-335-1316
Uppsala University

Public Release: 8-Dec-2008
Dune and dirty: Hurricane teaches lessons through ecosystem research
Dr. Rusty Feagin was managing several ecosystem research projects on Galveston Island when the 2008 hurricane season began. Then he got an unexpected visit from a research assistant named Ike. "Ike reconfirmed the basic idea I've had for several years," said Feagin, ecosystem scientist with Texas AgriLife Research. "The plants on sand dunes and in marshes build an island's elevation, so we shouldn't compromise that."
National Science Foundation, Texas General Land Office

Contact: Kathleen Phillips
ka-phillips@tamu.edu
979-845-2872
Texas A&M AgriLife Communications

Public Release: 8-Dec-2008
Palaeontology
Isopora or isn't it?
Scientists have made an unexpected discovery that links corals of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Drs. Ann Budd and Donald McNeill named a new species of fossil coral found on the Island of Curaçao -- some 6 million years old -- after UM Rosenstiel School's Dr. Robert N. Ginsburg. The new species, originally thought to be an elkhorn coral was recently positively identified as a Pacific coral species with the help of Dr. Carden C. Wallace of the Museum of Tropical Queensland, Australia.

Contact: Barbra Gonzalez
barbgo@rsmas.miami.edu
305-421-4704
University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science

Public Release: 8-Dec-2008
Rosenstiel School student wins honor at ocean forecasting symposium
Of 166 posters from around the world presented during the Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment in Nice, France, a poster submitted by UM Rosenstiel School Ph.D. student Rafael Schiller earned on of six coveted "Best Poster" Awards. The research was part of a collaborative effort supported by the Office of Naval Research, the National Ocean Partnership Program, the NOAA Cooperative Institute of Marine and Atmospheric Science and the NOAA Northern Gulf of Mexico Cooperative Institute.
University of Miami, Naval Research Lab-Stennis, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association, National Oceanographic Partnership Program

Contact: Barbra Gonzalez
barbgo@rsmas.miami.edu
305-421-4704
University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science

Public Release: 6-Dec-2008
Science
ASU professor 'follows the elements' to understand evolution in ancient oceans
In the search for life beyond Earth, scientists "follow the water" to find places that might be hospitable. However, every home gardener knows that plants need more than water, or even sunshine. They also need fertilizer: a mixture of chemical elements that are the building blocks of the molecules of life. Scientists at Arizona State University are studying how the distribution of these elements on Earth -- or beyond -- shapes the distribution of life, the state of the environment and the course of evolution.
NASA

Contact: Jenny Green
jenny.green@asu.ed
480-241-6608
Arizona State University

Public Release: 4-Dec-2008
Bonefish census reveals population holding steady
If you're looking for bonefish from Miami down to the Marquesas , you have about 321,000 to choose from -- that is down slightly from the average of previous censuses. According to UM Rosenstiel School's Dr. Jerry Ault, co-founder of the census, statistically there is no significant difference year over year, which can be attributed to a variety of factors. This year 64 professional fishing guides, scientists and graduate students covered 1,575 square miles in the census of the Keys.
Univeristy of Miami-Rosenstiel School, Bonefish & Tarpon Unlimited

Contact: Barbra Gonzalez
barbgo@rsmas.miami.edu
305-421-4704
University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science

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