Technology How can rescuers quickly find people lost at sea? Scientists created a new method of using information about the ocean to help rescuers find missing people quickly.
Energy and Climate How does carbon cycle through the oceans? Scientists wanted to find out what happens with carbon dioxide in the oceans.
Biodiversity and Conservation How do oil spills impact fiddler crabs? What happened with fiddler crabs in the Gulf of Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill?
Biodiversity and Conservation When did bison arrive in North America? Paleontologists studied the oldest discovered bison fossils (bones) to determine when and how they arrived in North America.
Energy and Climate How do tiny ocean critters affect the global carbon cycle? Scientists study what ocean bacteria (will) do with the carbon dissolved in the water.
Biodiversity and Conservation Counting the fish catch – why don’t the numbers match? Fisheries scientists collected data from all over the world from the past 60 years and estimated how much fish people have caught. The results were unexpected!