1. One Ocean

• Deep sea surveys detect over five thousand new species in future mining hotspot
• Consistent link between the seaside and better health
• Not so biodegradable: Bio-based plastic and plastic-blend textiles do not biodegrade in the ocean
• Simultaneous atmospheric and marine observations directly beneath a violent, Category 5 typhoon in the North-West Pacific
• Montreal protocol is delaying first ice-free Arctic summer

2. Shape Earth

3. Weather and Climate

4. Make Earth Habitable

• Earthquake Births New Island off Pakistan
• New posts in the Earth Matters blog - Key Science Points from the 2013 IPCC Report
• Global Patterns of Carbon Dioxide
• New posts in the Earth Matters blog - A View Inside Super Typhoon Usagi
• Super Typhoon Usagi

5. Life and Ecosystems

• Indisputable evidence of human-caused climate change
• First observational evidence of Beaufort Gyre stabilization, which could be precursor to huge freshwater release
• Hope vs. rope: Can technology save the whales, and Maine’s lobster industry, too?
• The invisible pollution harming the ocean, and us
• NOVA: Saving the Right Whale

6. Humans and Ocean

• Discovered in Collections, Many New Species are Already Gone - Undark Magazine
• UN Talks on a Treaty to End Global Plastic Pollution Open in Paris - U.S. News & World Report
• On a remote beachfront in Sri Lanka, an exclusive private resort ... - Vogue Singapore
• UCSD opening new Marine Conservation and Technology Facility at ... - La Jolla Light
• Disney's 'Little Mermaid' with Halle Bailey tops box office - Los Angeles Times

7. Exploration