Articles in the Category: Oceanography
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Environment, Horizon Oil Spill, Marine Science, Oceanography, Physics and Chemistry, Politics and Science, Video on 08 19th, 2010 | No Comments

Scientists Say Toxic BP Oil Mix Sits on Gulf Floor and Floats Below the Surface

Scientists Say Toxic BP Oil Mix Sits on Gulf Floor and Floats Below the Surface
After one of their research vessels returned from the Gulf, University of South Florida scientists say they found significant amounts of toxic oil sitting on the Gulf floor – and it is killing sea life. Small oil droplets speckle the Gulf floor and are hard to detect. Best seen under ultraviolet...
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Atmospheric science, Climate, Global Warming, Oceanography, Video on 08 12th, 2010 | No Comments

10 Indicators Point to Warming World

10 Indicators Point to Warming World
A joint report put out by NOAA and the UK Met Office have looked at the atmospheric and ocean research of 300 scientists around the world and concludes global warming is a fact. Scientists from 48 countries say 10 indicators that are related to surface temperatures all tell the same story: Global warming...
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Featured Articles, Marine Science, New Species, Oceanography, Video on 07 29th, 2010 | No Comments

Marine Biologists Find New Species

Marine Biologists Find New Species
Marine biologists believe they have discovered several new species of underwater creatures, including sponges, corals and sea stars
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Environment, Horizon Oil Spill, Marine Science, Oceanography, Video on 07 15th, 2010 | No Comments

Scientists Simulate BP Oil Spill Day 360

Scientists Simulate BP Oil Spill Day 360
Simulation of BP Oil Spill, Day 360, courtesy of University of Hawaii University of Hawaii scientists Researchers Axel Timmermann and Fabian Schloesser have been trying to answer a question that few will even dare to ask. They want to how not if but when the oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill will...
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Endangered Species, Environment, Horizon Oil Spill, Marine Science, Oceanography, Video on 07 14th, 2010 | No Comments

Scientists Study Gulf Oil Spill Impact on Marine Life

Scientists Study Gulf Oil Spill Impact on Marine Life
University of Florida’s Neil Hammerschlag is studying whether sharks along the Gulf Coast of Florida can sense oil and move away from it. Hurley the hammerhead shark disappeared from satellite tracking two days after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill as researchers were studying migration patterns...
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Energy, Environment, Geology, Horizon Oil Spill, Marine Science, Oceanography, Video on 07 13th, 2010 | No Comments

BP Replaces Oil Cap and Runs Pressure Tests to Stop Oil Leak

BP Replaces Oil Cap and Runs Pressure Tests to Stop Oil Leak
With a tight new cap freshly installed on its leaking well in the Gulf of Mexico, BP planned gradual tests starting Tuesday to see if the device can stop oil from pouring into the sea for the first time in nearly three months. The next step will be to slowly close the valves on that cap to see if it...
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Environment, Geology, Horizon Oil Spill, Marine Science, Oceanography, Video on 07 12th, 2010 | No Comments

Oil Gushes Freely for Two Days

Oil Gushes Freely for Two Days
Robotic submarines removed the cap from the gushing well in the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday, beginning a period of at least two days when oil will flow freely into the sea. And BP isn’t convinced that putting the new Top Hat Number 10 cap on the leaking wellhead will solve the problem. If the new...
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Environment, Horizon Oil Spill, Marine Science, Oceanography, Video on 07 9th, 2010 | No Comments

Capping the BP Oil Leak on the Horizon

Capping the BP Oil Leak on the Horizon
The BP oil leak could be completely contained as early as Monday if a new, tighter cap can be fitted over the blown-out well, the government official in charge of the crisis said Friday in some of the most encouraging news to come out of the Gulf in the two and half months since the disaster struck. After...
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Engineering, Environment, Horizon Oil Spill, Marine Science, New Inventions, Oceanography, Physics and Chemistry, Video on 06 29th, 2010 | 1 Comment

BP Spins Kevin Costner Oil-Separating Centrifuge into Action

BP Spins Kevin Costner Oil-Separating Centrifuge into Action
“I’ve been to all the oil spill conferences around he country and all I see are booms and the latest helicopter. But I’ve never seen one machine that deals with getting the oil out. That’s me.” — Kevin Costner Actor Kevin Costner was visibly frustrated when he testified...
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Environment, Geology, Horizon Oil Spill, Marine Science, Oceanography, Politics and Science, Video on 06 23rd, 2010 | No Comments

BP Flow Rate Technical Panelist Says Scientists Need Data Not Speculation

BP Flow Rate Technical Panelist Says Scientists Need Data Not Speculation
Over the last few weeks, scientists — including those on the government’s Flow Rate Technical Panel — have been unable to pinpoint how many gallons of oil are flooding the Gulf of Mexico. Ira Leifer who is part of a 12-scientist panel guiding the Obama administration as it tries to...
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Around the Americas, Environment, Marine Science, Oceanography, Video on 06 17th, 2010 | No Comments

Ocean Watch Returns after Circumnavigating the Americas

Ocean Watch Returns after Circumnavigating the Americas
pacsci on livestream.com. Broadcast Live Free After a 13-month journey around North and South America the crew of Ocean Watch is returning to Seattle today. They have sailed around the Americas raising awareness about ocean health and conducting a few science experiments along the way. Join the conversation...
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Consumer Safety, Environment, Food and Nutrition, Health and Medicine, Horizon Oil Spill, Marine Science, Oceanography, Video on 06 14th, 2010 | No Comments

Health Concerns Rise Over Use of Oil Dispersant Corexit

Health Concerns Rise Over Use of Oil Dispersant Corexit
Seven Louisiana fishermen reported getting sick after exposure to the oil dispersant that is being used to thin the oil slick on the Gulf of Mexico. Nalco, the company that makes Corexit, the dispersant used after the April 20 Horizon Deepwater oil spill, says it has faith in its product. It insists...
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Environment, Geology, Horizon Oil Spill, Marine Science, Oceanography, Video on 06 11th, 2010 | No Comments

Scientists Struggle To Narrow Oil Leak Estimate

Scientists Struggle To Narrow Oil Leak Estimate
British Petroleum’s oil leak is dumping an Exxon Valdez worth of oil into the Gulf of Mexico every 8-10 days, according to new estimates by scientists who are watching the black geyser a mile beneath the surface very closely. New estimates show the damaged well leaking twice as much oil as previously...
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Environment, Featured Articles, Horizon Oil Spill, Oceanography, Video on 06 10th, 2010 | No Comments

Oceanographers Join the Oil Spill Fight with Robot Subs

Oceanographers Join the Oil Spill Fight with Robot Subs
An autonomous underwater vehicle from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute just returned from gathering important data about the gulf Oil spill as scientists begin to help figure out how much oil is continuing to leak day by day and what’s happening almost a mile below the surface of the...
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Ecology, Engineering, Environment, Marine Science, Oceanography, Video on 05 27th, 2010 | 2 Comments

BP Starts Top Kill Procedure to Stop Oil Leak

BP Starts Top Kill Procedure to Stop Oil Leak
After over a month of spewing millions of gallons of oil deep into the Gulf of Mexico, BP has begun it’s “top kill” approach which requires jamming mud into the hole created on April 20. The trick is that the pressure of the mud being pushed into the pipe to stem the oil flow must...
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Environment, Global Warming, Oceanography, Physics and Chemistry, Plants, Video on 03 30th, 2010 | No Comments

Methane Bubbles up from the Arctic

Methane Bubbles up from the Arctic
Researchers at University of Alaska Fairbanks are afraid the permafrost in the Siberian continental shelf is beginning to fail. If it does the trapped methane below will release into the ocean and eventually into the atmosphere. Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas — about 25 times more potent...
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Featured Articles, Geology, Oceanography, Physics and Chemistry, Video on 03 1st, 2010 | 1 Comment

Chile’s Quake of the Century

Chile’s Quake of the Century
The 8.8 magnitude earthquake that struck near the city of Concepcion, Chile over the weekend is the largest recorded quake in 50 years. Though more people were killed and left homeless after the Haiti earthquake in January, this quake was about 500 times more powerful. Cameras captured the earthquake...
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biology, Computer Science, Energy, Engineering, Featured Articles, Geology, Global Warming, Health and Medicine, Marine Science, Oceanography, Physics and Chemistry, Politics and Science, President Obama Science Policy, SciClips on 02 3rd, 2010 | No Comments

Science on Track for Big Budget Gains in 2011

Science on Track for Big Budget Gains in 2011
The federal agencies submitted their budget requests to Congress this week, marking a big moment for all things science. According to preliminary reports about $148 billion of the Presidents full $3.8 trillion budget is heading for scientific research programs. Photo courtesy of Brookhaven National...
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Engineering, Environment, Geology, Oceanography, SciClips on 02 2nd, 2010 | No Comments

Branson Explores Underwater Flight

Branson Explores Underwater Flight
The man who is planning to send tourists to space is diving into the world of ocean exploration. The first underwater plane is designed for use by Sir Richard Branson’s guests who visit his private Caribbean island. This fun toy could be the beginning of a new Virgin brand — this called...
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Biology, Climate, Endangered Species, Global Warming, Oceanography, Physics and Chemistry, SciClips, Video, Weird Weather on 01 13th, 2010 | No Comments

Cold Snap Masks Global Warming for a Minute

Cold Snap Masks Global Warming for a Minute
Much of the country and for that matter the Northern Hemisphere has been locked in an icy weather pattern that sent records tumbling and even forced Florida produce growers to seal oranges and strawberries in ice to protect them from frigid temperatures. Some scientists are saying this is yet another...
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biochemistry, Ecology, Environment, Geology, Global Warming, Oceanography, Physics and Chemistry, SciClips on 10 16th, 2009 | No Comments

Arctic Tipping Point on the Horizon

Arctic Tipping Point on the Horizon
Evidence of global warming is hitting the Arctic harder than anywhere else. The rate of climate change is twice that of the rest of the world. And, now scientists are discovering the Arctic region plays an important role in capturing atmospheric carbon, both in the ocean and on land. But that delicate...
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Anthropology, Astronomy, Biochemistry, Biology, Computer Science, Diseases, Ecology, Environment, Geology, Health and Medicine, Marine Science, Oceanography, Physics and Chemistry, Podcast, SciClips, Space on 10 13th, 2009 | No Comments

Science Sticks its Head in the Cloud

Science Sticks its Head in the Cloud
Visualization of a river bed created using VisTrails, a system developed by University of Utah computer scientists Photo by: Juliana Freire and Claudio Silva, University of Utah A two-year experiment to build a framework to analyze the massive amount of data scientists are collecting will push research...
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biochemistry, Climate, Diseases, Energy, Environment, Featured Articles, Global Warming, Health and Medicine, Marine Science, Oceanography, Politics and Science, SciClips on 10 1st, 2009 | No Comments

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Calls for Global Warming Trial

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Calls for Global Warming Trial
The biggest business lobby in the U.S. is pushing for the EPA to hold a public hearing to debate the science of global warming. The move, calling for the Scopes monkey trial of the 21st Century, is proving too much for some chamber members, from big utilities to Nike and Johnson & Johnson. Yesterday,...
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