1. One Ocean

• A rich source of nutrients under the Earth's ice sheets
• Largest aggregation of fishes in abyssal deep sea
• Shift in atmospheric rivers could affect Antarctic sea ice, glaciers
• U.S.-European mission launches to monitor the world's oceans
• Polar climate affects trade wind strength in tropics

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

• Study Reconstructs Ancient Storms To Help Predict Changes In Tropical Cyclone Hotspot
• Long-running plankton study to resume off of Maine
• Ancient storms could help predict future shifts in tropical cyclone hotspots
• Remembering one of history’s greatest whale explosions
• Citizen science vital to cyanobacteria bloom research

6. Humans and Ocean

• 50 photos that show companionship in the animal kingdom - Albany Democrat Herald
• Former Marine Institute CEO Appointed Chair to Leading Research Council - Afloat
• Brewers are addressing the beer industry’s plastic dilemma - Marin Independent Journal
• For veteran astronaut and Catholic Tom Jones, space was a spiritual experience - Arlington Catholic Herald
• Dead fish carry mercury into ocean's deepest trench - Futurity: Research News

7. Exploration