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Rain in Maine to Blame for Altering Gulf's Food Web May 25, 2012 10:49:12 AM | Kathryn Hansen
 
Increased rainfall in Maine led to the decline of ocean dwelling plant-like organisms called phytoplankton, which make up the base of the oceanic food web.
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Listen to the Sound of a Ship's Hull Gouging Through First-Year Ice Jul 18, 2011 11:20:40 AM | Adam Voiland
 
The answer to last week's quiz
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Aquarius Launches to Survey Earth's Salty Sea Jun 10, 2011 01:40:29 PM | Adam Voiland
 
On the ground at Vandenberg Air Force Base
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Plankton on Parade Jul 27, 2010 12:26:55 PM | Adam Voiland
 
“We are seeing what’s in the water immediately, not after the fact in a lab, so it’s obvious when the water -- and what’s in it -- changes."
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Puzzling Over the Pieces Jul 27, 2010 12:30:13 PM | Adam Voiland
 
NASA satellites, now working for more than ten years, are beginning to allow us to examine changes in the climate. One purpose of ICESCAPE is to look at the ocean with greater detail than the satellites offer, in order to improve and refine the interpretation of the satellite data.
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What to Expect from the Arctic Jul 27, 2010 12:32:02 PM | Adam Voiland
 
Greg Mitchell reckons he has spent about four years of his life aboard ships. His most recent trip inside the Arctic Circle was 1989. He expects to see change now.
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Working (Very) Remotely Apr 01, 2010 07:57:20 AM | NASA Earth Science News Team
 
Making sure satellite measurements are accurate sometimes requires going a little out of the way.
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Deep Thoughts on the Ocean and a Scientist's Responsibility Mar 06, 2010 08:50:26 PM | NASA Earth Science News Team
 
Scientists love to prove each other wrong, and most of the time we can barely agree on simple questions like "why is the sky blue," much less orchestrate a conspiracy.
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Are the Oceans Really Stuffed to the Gills with Carbon Dioxide? Apr 01, 2010 07:55:43 AM | NASA Earth Science News Team
 
Two months ago, NASA scientist Timothy Hall and colleagues published a study that described how they had estimated the amount of manmade carbon dioxide absorbed by the ocean since the start of the industrial era.
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Sea level isn't really level at all Mar 15, 2010 08:42:57 AM | NASA Earth Science News Team
 
Even though it’s sometimes convenient to think of the ocean as a great big bathtub, where turning on the tap at one end raises the water level in the whole tub, real sea level rise doesn’t quite happen that way.
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