A Taste of Oceanography
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | 12 Apr 2012
College breaks between fall and spring terms can last all January, enough time for travel, courses, short internships, or work. For the past four years, a few undergraduate students have combined these at WHOI in the Ocean Research Experience (ORE) program, a pilot program that plunges them into ocean science for three to four weeks.
 Research

Ocean acidification linked to larval oyster failure
EurekAlert | 12 Apr 2012
(Oregon State University) Researchers have definitively linked an increase in ocean acidification to the collapse of oyster seed production at a commercial oyster hatchery in Oregon, where larval growth had declined to a level considered by the owners to be "non-economically viable."
 Pacific Ocean | Acidification | Aquaculture

Basel Convention Regional Centre for the Caribbean: Business Plan for 2012-2013
bcrc-caribbean.blogspot.com | 12 Apr 2012
The BCRC-Caribbean has recently finalised and submitted its Business Plan for the biennium 2012-2013. The plan defines the needs of the region in relation to projects and capacity building activities, in support of training and technology transfer on the environmentally sound management of hazardous and other wastes.
 Atlantic Ocean | Small Island Developing States

Expert team on gas leak platform
BBC | 12 Apr 2012
A team of 11 boards the Elgin platform in the North Sea as preparations continue to stem the leak of gas.
 Atlantic Ocean | Accidents and Spills