1. One Ocean

• Freshwater flowing into the North Pacific plays key role in North America's climate
• Breaking down stubborn molecules in the ocean
• New research sheds light on the unique 'call' of Ross Sea killer whales
• Shrinking sea ice is creating an ecological trap for polar bears
• Glacier algae creates dark zone at the margins of the Greenland Ice Sheet

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

• Marine Labs on the Water’s Edge Are Threatened by Climate Change
• Ocean Microbes: Novel Study Underscores Microbial Individuality
• Portable device allows to measure highly reactive superoxide on coral reefs
• Whale sharks are on the move, but why?
• March of the penguins

6. Humans and Ocean

• Stone Age Diets Were Far From Healthy - Hakai Magazine
• Florida Keys Aquarium Encounters | Key West Florida - Key West Florida Weekly
• What Antarctica’s penguins tell us about the planet’s future - Financial Times
• Polar bears feel the effects of warming Arctic - Iowa State Daily
• Seagulls prefer food that humans have touched, new research finds - Brag Magazine

7. Exploration

• The 'Curious' Robots Searching for the Ocean's Secrets
• New generation of underwater drones makes waves for citizen scientists
• Exploring vast submerged America, marine scientists discover 500 bubbling methane vents
• There's an Enormous Natural Gas Seep Along the West Coast
• Images from the deep unveil weird and wild sea critters