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Stirring up understanding of the Earth’s mantle

June 1, 2017
Scientists from the University of Leicester have a completely new understanding of the movement of the Earth’s mantle.

Ocean disaster will take a million years to recover

May 30, 2017
The fear of a dramatic drop in world ocean oxygen content has been heightened as new work suggests it could take a million years for oceans to recover.

Ocean conservation requires new Hippocratic Oath

May 23, 2017
An international group of marine scientists have called for a Hippocratic Oath to protect the oceans, similar to that which doctors take before practising medicine. The scientists say this oath...

New ‘supermolecule’ created to decontaminate water supplies

April 26, 2017
Researchers at the University of Surrey have produced a method of detecting and removing contaminants from water.

Predictive qualities of social media discovered

March 21, 2017
Social media has been found to be effective at predicting hurricanes, storms and floods before they occur.

Clam shells detail millennium of change

December 14, 2016
A US scientist has created, for the first time, a 1,000 year record of ocean climate change – using clam shells.

Volcanic activity better understood after Bolivian expedition

November 23, 2016
A magmatic lake 15km below a dormant volcano in Bolivia may explain how and why volcanoes erupt. A team of international researchers discovered a large body of water dissolved into...

Research further explores coral-algae relationship

November 14, 2016
An extensive study by researchers has revealed new insights on the relationship between Carribean coral and symbiotic algae.

Carbon dioxide spike linked to Antarctic ice melt

October 19, 2016
Researchers from Columbia University have expressed long term concerns about the mass of the Antarctic Ice Sheet, after seeing how it rapidly shrunk due to a CO2 spike in the...

Satellite repositioned for better weather tracking

October 4, 2016
A new satellite has been manoeuvred to better observe weather and climate over the Indian Ocean.

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