1. One Ocean

• Powering navigational buoys with help of ocean waves
• Lava lamp tectonics: Research suggests giant blobs of subducted sediment float up through deep Earth
• New approach opens window into life below the seafloor
• Holistic assessment of plastic pollution in the Caribbean
• Productivity of kelp forests, sans the iconic kelp

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

• Large vessels failing to obey speed limits to protect endangered whales, report finds
• Breakthrough discovery: Mote researchers may have found method to kill red tide with clay
• Review evaluates the evidence for an intensifying Indian Ocean water cycle
• Rare, ghostly glass octopus photographed on recent Pacific Ocean expedition
• Underwater robot Mesobot patrols depths other robots cannot reach

6. Humans and Ocean

• Family Believes Shark Bit 12-Year-Old Girl In Ocean City, Official Says Incident ‘Wasn’t An Attack’ - CBS Baltimore
• Arctic opening: How the Northern Sea Route will reshape the world - Nikkei Asia
• Tracker reveals 139 more marine animals trapped in Queensland shark nets and drumlines since May - Mirage News
• How deep-sea sponges could inspire future skyscrapers - Create - create digital
• Increase In Extreme Precipitation In Northeast Caused By Atlantic Variability And Climate Change - Eurasia Review

7. Exploration