URI oceanographer leading effort to enlist commercial ships to collect ocean data
EurekAlert | 06 Apr 2012
(University of Rhode Island) A URI oceanographer is leading an effort to partner with the global shipping industry to systematically collect detailed data about the world's oceans using equipment installed on commercial vessels.
 Research | Sea Transport

Ice sheet collapse and sea-level rise at the Boelling warming 14,600 years ago
EurekAlert | 06 Apr 2012
International scientists have shown that a dramatic sea-level rise occurred at the onset of the first warm period of the last deglaciation, known as the Boelling warming, approximately 14,600 years ago. This event, referred to as Melt-Water Pulse 1A, corresponds to a rapid collapse of massive ice sheets 14,600 years ago and resulted in global sea-level rise of ~14 meters.
 Climate Change | Sea Level Rise

Sampling the Pacific for Signs of Fukushima
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | 06 Apr 2012
An international research team is reporting the results of a research cruise they organized to study the amount, spread, and impacts of radiation released into the ocean from the tsunami-crippled reactors in Fukushima, Japan.
 Pacific Ocean | Accidents and Spills | Research