For eight weeks beginning in November 2009, off the coast of New Zealand, an international team of 34 scientists and 92 support staff and crew on board the scientific drilling vessel JOIDES Resolution (JR) were …

The University of Maine has received a $12.4 million grant from the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology for construction of its new deepwater offshore wind energy research and testing facility

The Great Barrier Reef is the largest living structure on Earth. It might also represent the most prolific cradle for new types of animals on the planet, according to new research published in the January …

 
Scientists funded by NOAA and the National Science Foundation recorded the deepest erupting volcano yet discovered.  The eruption of the West Mata volcano, discovered in May, occurred nearly 4,000 feet below the surface of the …