1. One Ocean

• Aircraft reveal a surprisingly strong Southern Ocean carbon sink
• Volcanic fertilization of the oceans drove severe mass extinction
• Ocean plastic is creating new communities of life on the high seas
• Researchers unlock biogeographical secrets of deep-sea limpets
• Summer rains in American Southwest are not your typical monsoon

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

• A deadly disease is wiping out coral in Florida and the Caribbean
• WHOI Receives Grant for Curious Robot to Study Coral Reef Ecosystems
• Arctic researchers want to state their case before international climate change policy makers
• A new ‘blue tech’ lab is coming to MITRE in Bedford
• Symposium To Give Residents An Inside Look At Impacts Of Climate Change In Woods Hole

6. Humans and Ocean

• 'Time traveller' warns upcoming Christmas Day event will change 'human lives forever' - Daily Star
• Volcanic events 450 million years ago triggered wipe-out of 85% of marine life - ThePrint
• Island turns into open-air lab for tech-savvy volcanologists - Hurriyet Daily News
• U.S. world's biggest plastic polluter, report finds - Japan Today
• Climate change is bringing destructive new invaders to Antarctica - Inverse

7. Exploration