Scientists Discover Evidence of 30 Million-Year-Old Bone-eating Worms
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Published: 20 April 2010
Fossil boreholes in 30-million-year-old whale bones confirm Osedax "boneworms" are ancient deep-sea dwellers, feeding on whale remains since early baleen whales appeared in the open ocean.
Keywords: deep-sea ecosystems, boneworms, evolution, paleontology, Scripps Institution, CT scan, Steffen Kiel, Greg Rouse
Scripps Alumnus to Receive Prestigious Cody Award from Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Published: 3 June 2010
Dudley Chelton, oceanographer and remote sensing pioneer, has won the 2010 Cody Award from Scripps Oceanography. He will present a public lecture, "The Oceans Viewed from Space," on June 11 in La Jolla.
Keywords: satellite altimetry, TOPEX/Poseidon, public lecture, NASA, ocean physics, La Jolla
Voyager: If you are on a ship, can you feel an earthquake/tsunami?
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Published: 1 July 2010
Ships can feel seaquakes and tsunamis depending on their location. Near coastlines, tsunamis can be destructive, but in deep ocean, they're often undetectable. Earthquakes can also send shockwaves that violently shake ships.
Keywords: tsunami, earthquake, seaquake, ships, deep ocean, seismic waves, coastal impact
