Significant COVID outbreak on cruise ship Roald Amundsen
One of the first cruise ships in the world to resume sailing since the coronavirus-caused worldwide halt to cruising in March is... read more →
August 1, 2020
Carbon dioxide levels are rising across wide swaths of the Arctic Ocean
Researcher helps reveal changes in Canadian Arctic Ocean waters Melting of Arctic ice caused by climate change has exposed more... read more →
July 30, 2020
Chasing Aerosol Ghosts
How Not Finding Atmospheric Particles Helps Scientists Predict The Future Of Climate For a big mass of air, the Earth's... read more →
July 30, 2020
Discovery of first active seep in Antarctica provides new understanding of methane cycle
Seep is a location where methane gas escapes from an underground reservoir into the ocean he discovery of the first... read more →
July 30, 2020
Are We Underestimating Microplastic Abundance in Marine Environment?
Microplastic debris is ubiquitous and yet sampling, classifying and enumerating this prolific pollutant in marine waters has proven challenging. Typically,... read more →
June 15, 2020
Coronavirus forces US & UK to cancel Antarctic field research
The coronavirus pandemic had already canceled one summer field research season. Now it has come for another: the Antarctic summer. The... read more →
May 3, 2020
Large Hole in the Arctic Ozone Layer Is Now Closed
In a victory for the planet, a large hole in the ozone layer has closed up on its own. Located... read more →
April 29, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court Grants Huge Victory For Clean Water
The Clean Water Case of the Century The Nation's highest court has sided with clean water advocates in a decades-long legal... read more →
April 23, 2020
Ocean Plastic Put to a Better Use
The Washed Ashore nonprofit collects garbage on the Oregon coast and creates sculptures of animals whose health is endangered by... read more →
April 1, 2020