• ·Oceans vital for possibility for alien life
• ·Atlantic salmon show capacity to adapt to warmer waters
• ·Mesophotic coral reef geology the focus of new study
• ·Beautiful but a threat: Tropical fish invasion destroys kelp forests
• ·Rainwater discovered at new depths, with high pressure and temperatures over 300 degrees Celsius
• ·New view of Mount Rainier's volcanic plumbing: Electrical images show upward flow of fluids to magma chamber
• ·Map reveals worldwide impacts of climate change
• ·New approach to forecast hurricane intensity
• ·Belize's lobster, conch, and fish populations rebuild in no-take zones
• ·Extinct giant sea scorpion gets an eye exam, with surprising results
• ·Ocean's most abundant organisms have clear daily cycles
• ·Significant harmful algal bloom predicted in western Lake Erie this summer
• ·Mediterranean fish stocks show steady decline
• ·Evidence of super-fast deep earthquake: Rare high-speed rupture off Russia and similar phenomena on shallow fault zones
• ·Giant earthquakes help predict volcanic eruptions
• ·Antarctic climate and food web strongly linked
• ·Changing Antarctic winds create new sea level threat
• ·Whales as ecosystem engineers: Recovery from overhunting helping to buffer marine ecosystems from destabilizing stresses
• ·SAR11, oceans' most abundant organism, has ability to create methane
• ·Studying magma formation beneath Mount St. Helens