The idea that the world’s climate changes the oceans is simply ‘bass ackwards’, it is the oceans that control the world’s climate. The oceans are…
Iron, one of the most common elements on earth, is the rarest, most precious, most vital element influencing ocean life Iron is heavy and sinks…
Every night the greatest migration on our blue planet takes place. When darkness falls a nearly infinite multitude of tiny ocean organisms swim up from…
The Ocean Methane Paradox Vast regions of the world’s surface ocean which are richly oxygenated are strangely super-saturated with methane. Since oxygen rapidly destroys methane…
Only once a year we celebrate world environment day and yet for some every day is party day. Amidst the news of recent are reports…
In the beginning, this world was home only to ocean bacteria They alone colonized and lived on this blue planet for billions of years Until…
For the money it cost to operate just one of the 145 windmills in the multi-billion dollar London Array An ocean pasture can be restored…
Terrible new science documenting the collapse of phytoplankton in the Indian Ocean, rate of loss is 2% per year! A rapid loss of phytoplankton, the…
Oceans are revealed as the primary management of CO2 by new satellite time series More grass growing means less dust blowing – good news for…
Ocean Death Toll is now into its 9th horrifying year. It’s vitally important to keep track of just how far into the global ocean pasture…
Sydney’s Red Dawn The dust storm season of spring 2009 was particularly active. On September 22 Sydney awoke to a “Red Dawn”. The storm continued…
World’s Oceans Have Blue Skies Only 10% Of The Time Blue skies smiling at me, nothing but blue skies do I see…. or so the…
Todays incessant debate over climate change is clearly an argument over solutions costing trillions and who can be made to pay. The business as usual…
Our favourite plankton rock star, Emily Hux, an incredibly populus and beautiful form of ocean life is in dire straits and we don’t mean enjoying…
Studies show deep ocean iron has changed little over the last 76 million years leaving only the diminishing iron from failing dust in the wind…
Scientists prove dust from the Sahara and Gobi deserts provides most of the iron found in the Atlantic ocean. While downwind of the Sahara there…
A paper in the Journal Science is being widely reported as portending imminent mass ocean extinctions The oceans are indeed under a severe threat but…
Winds and Tides and Swimming Plankton Each Provide One Trillion Watts Of Power To Drive The Motion Of Ocean Waters Swirling ocean pasture eddies are…
Dusty times provide iron to grow rich ocean plankton pastures Like humans, phytoplankton (tiny plants that drift on ocean currents) need iron to survive. The…
A great mystery about how CO2 in ocean water is converted into solid carbonates is solved This explains the formation of vast regions of carbonate…