PMEL in the News
NOAA research links human-caused CO2 emissions to dissolving sea snail shells off U.S. West Coast
For the first time, NOAA and partner scientists have connected the concentration of human-caused carbon dioxide in waters off the U.S. Pacific coast to the dissolving of shells of microscopic marine sea snails called pteropods. Commercially valuable fish such as salmon, sablefish and rock sole make the pteropod a major part of their diet.
2016 AAAS Fellows
AAAS proudly congratulates the newly elected 2016 Fellows! In October 2016, the AAAS Council elected 391 members as Fellows of AAAS. Election as a Fellow honors members whose efforts on behalf of the advancement of science or its applications in service to society have distinguished them among their peers and colleagues.
Stanford senior awarded 2017 Rhodes Scholarship
Senior Meghan Shea has been named one of 32 American Rhodes Scholars for 2017. Shea, who is from West Chester, Pennsylvania, is majoring in environmental systems engineering and, according to the Rhodes Trust announcement, is “interested in biological oceanography, with a focus on environmental DNA and microbial source tracking.”
The North Pole is an insane 36 degrees warmer than normal as winter descends
Political people in the United States are watching the chaos in Washington in the moment. But some people in the science community are watching the chaos somewhere else — the Arctic. It’s polar night there now — the sun isn’t rising in much of the Arctic. That’s when the Arctic is supposed to get super-cold, when the sea ice that covers the vast Arctic Ocean is supposed to grow and thicken.
How Capt. James Cook’s intricate 1778 records reveal global warming today in Arctic
Records from Cook's voyage north reveal the extent of the Arctic ice pack and contrast with today’s ice-free summer route through the Northwest Passage.