PMEL in the News
Cyclone Raquel to Give El Nino a Major Kick Along
It's a great time to be a weather watcher if extremes or unusual events get your pulse running. Australia entered July with little if any natural snow on its alpine peaks although Thursday's cold front helped bring some relief to the struggling ski resorts.
Climate Change Could Drain Global Seafood Supplies
Seafood lovers are set to see less shellfish, salmon and other fish on their dinner plates as climate change warms the oceans and makes them more acidic.
A Deep, Dark Mystery
UC Santa Barbara geologist Jim Boles has found evidence of helium leakage from the Earth’s mantle along a 30-mile stretch of the Newport-Inglewood Fault Zone in the Los Angeles Basin.
Warm-Water Mass Off West Coast is Focus of Oregon State University Climate-Change Research
Oregon State University scientists are looking for a link between the California drought, climate change and a mass of warm water lingering in the Pacific Ocean of the West Coast.
Rapidly Acidifying Arctic Ocean Threatens Species
Parts of the Arctic Ocean within the next 10 years could reach levels of ocean acidification that would threaten the ability of marine animals to form shells, new research suggests.