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  1. U-M researchers help ocean observations snap into focus

  2. Yukun Sun, a graduate student research assistant, and William Leal, a research assistant, both in the Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering at the University of Michigan, work together to set up an experiment where microplastic pellets are placed on the surface of the water in the wind wave tank at the Marine Hydrodynamics Laboratory to determine how they effect measurements of surface roughness on June 18, 2021.

    Tracking ocean microplastics from space

  3. First evidence of surprising ocean warming around Galápagos corals

    First evidence of surprising ocean warming around Galápagos corals

  4. U-M biologist teaches microbe-hunting skills honed at sea

    U-M biologist teaches microbe-hunting skills honed at sea

  5. New robot speeds sampling of ocean's biogeochemistry and health

    New robot speeds sampling of ocean’s biogeochemistry and health

  6. How an Ice Age paradox could inform sea level rise predictions

    How an Ice Age paradox could inform sea level rise predictions

  7. Greenland ice sheet melting can cool subtropics, alter climate

    Greenland ice sheet melting can cool subtropics, alter climate

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    Scientists triple known types of viruses in world’s oceans

  9. Warming pulses in ancient climate record link volcanoes, asteroid impact and dinosaur-killing mass extinction

    Warming pulses in ancient climate record link volcanoes, asteroid impact and dinosaur-killing mass extinction

  10. Big data: $5M to widen 'bottleneck to discovery'

    Big data: $5M to widen ‘bottleneck to discovery’

  11. Mercury levels in Hawaiian yellowfin tuna increasing

    Mercury levels in Hawaiian yellowfin tuna increasing

  12. Hurricane-forecast satellites will keep close eyes on the tropics

    Hurricane-forecast satellites will keep close eyes on the tropics

  13. Viruses hijack deep-sea bacteria at hydrothermal vents

    Viruses hijack deep-sea bacteria at hydrothermal vents

  14. Snail tale: Fossil shells and new geochemical technique provide clues to ancient climate cooling

    Snail tale: Fossil shells and new geochemical technique provide clues to ancient climate cooling

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    Get your buzzers ready: 2013 Great Lakes Bowl is February 9

  16. Scientists uncover vast differences in Earth's polar ocean microbial communities

    Scientists uncover vast differences in Earth’s polar ocean microbial communities

  17. Ocean drilling project illuminates 55 million years of the carbon cycle and climate history

    Ocean drilling project illuminates 55 million years of the carbon cycle and climate history

  18. First comet found with ocean-like water

    First comet found with ocean-like water

  19. Rising carbon dioxide levels at end of last ice age not tied to Pacific Ocean, as had been suspected

    Rising carbon dioxide levels at end of last ice age not tied to Pacific Ocean, as had been suspected

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    Mercurial tuna: Study explores sources of mercury to ocean fish