1. One Ocean

• The Southern Hemisphere is stormier than the Northern, and we finally know why
• Greenland ice sheet: Short-lived ice streams
• Complete picture of Arctic sea ice freeze-thaw cycle highlights sea ice response to climate change
• Microfibers in the Mediterranean Sea are floating homes for bacteria
• Fertilizing the ocean to store carbon dioxide

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

• Two Kinds of Warm Core Rings Emanate From the Gulf Stream
• How eDNA Might Transform the Search for Missing Service Members
• Woods Hole scientists exploring what’s inside the ocean’s ‘twilight zone’
• Where food is scarce, ocean predators find snacks in swirling eddies
• Revealing 99% of the ocean floor: WHOI’s submersible Alvin reaches new depths

6. Humans and Ocean

• We Know Humans Are Causing Global Warming; Here Are Some Things We're ... - Smithsonian (blog)
• World temperatures have barely risen in the past 15 years. - Daily Mail
• The IPCC's Fifth Report: a beacon of certainty in an ocean of media confusion - The Conversation
• Global warming blamed on humans - Taranaki Daily News
• Link between humans, ocean explored in new Smithsonian exhibits - Washington Post

7. Exploration