Oceans eyed as new energy source
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Just 15 miles off Florida's coast, the world's most powerful sustained ocean current Â the mighty Gulf Stream Â rushes by at nearly 8.5 billion gallons per second. And it never stops.
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WASHINGTON Aug. 17, 2004  Scientists are planning to take the pulse of the planet and more in an effort to improve weather forecasts, predict energy needs months in advance, anticipate disease outbreaks and even tell fishermen where the catch will be ...
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Last summer's big retreat of Arctic Ocean ice allowed oceanographers to chart new regions -- and find more potential United States real estate.
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A new ocean science program dedicated to studying and explaining the world's oceans is the latest offering from the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History.
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Researchers are undertaking a mammoth effort to observe oceanic life using fiber optics and the Internet.
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A scientist says the United States could more than double its hydropower supply by harnessing the energy of smaller streams.
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U.S. scientists have launched the first buoy designed to monitor ocean acidification.
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Turning ocean winds into gold  while cutting greenhouse emissions in the process might sound  like some sort of alchemy for the 21st century.
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A potential gas source found on the moonâs surface could hold the key to meeting future energy demands as the earthâs fossil fuels dry up in the coming decades, scientists said on Friday.
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More than one-third of the giant planet systems recently detected outside our solar system may harbor Earth-like planets covered in deep global oceans that offer abundant potential for life, according to a new study by scientists associated with NASA's Astrobiology Institute.
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NEW ENGLAND'S rivers, abundant forests, and whaling industry once made it rich in energy, but for more than a century the region has suffered from being at the end of supply lines for coal, natural gas, and oil. Now an alternative source of energy, grain-based biofuels, is emerging, and once again New England seems to be at a geographic disadvantage. ...
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The genetic map of a type of teeny-weeny ocean algae could have a big impact on how scientists try to protect the Earth&#39;s oceans from greenhouse gases.
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Scientists say there has been a worrying drop in the amount of CO2 soaked up by the world's oceans.
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Exotic materials and cheaper substrates could lead to better photovoltaics.
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HAMBURG, Germany  - Turning ocean winds into gold while cutting greenhouse emissions in the process might sound like some sort of alchemy for the 21st century.
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It has been a while since anyone could say the sun never sets on the British Empire. But Britain is again trying to extend its reach Â this time to potentially lucrative seabeds in the Antarctic and the Atlantic Ocean.
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Scientists attempt to pair coral with algae that is better able to withstand rising sea temperatures.