Warm El Niño Water Meets a North Pacific Already Disrupted By The Blob
December 16, 2015 by Drew Baldwin and Eric Simons
Scientists still aren't sure what to make of what's happened in the Pacific Ocean this year.
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Today in El Niño Advice: Don’t Worry About The Blob
September 01, 2015 by Eric Simons
The Pacific Ocean is the hottest we've ever seen it. What that means -- or doesn't -- for the coming El Niño.
Connecting the Dots for Pacific Marine Life
February 27, 2014 by Beth Slatkin
National Park Service ecologist Sarah Allen has been looking at the “big picture” of marine ecosystem health since the mid-1970s ...
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High tech robots may launch new era in ocean exploration
November 18, 2011 by Alison Hawkes
Four surfboard-sized vehicles set sail off the coast of the San Francisco Bay on Thursday in an attempt to break world records in ocean exploration and robotics. The “wave gliders” will, if successful, traverse the longest distance of any unmanned ocean craft as they cross the Pacific Ocean.
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Turning Back the Plastic Tide
July 01, 2009 by Sue Rosenthal
An innovative program uses albatrosses as “winged ambassadors” to help middle school students learn about the distant consequences of plastics that end up in our ocean.