1. One Ocean

• Study identifies key algae species helping soft corals survive warming oceans
• Illuminating the benefits of marine protected areas for ecotourism, and vice versa
• Antarctica's ancient ice sheets foreshadow dynamic changes in Earth's future
• Decoding past climates through dripstones
• A new bacterial species from a hydrothermal vent throws light on their evolution

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

• A23a: World’s biggest iceberg on the move after 30 years
• All the fish we cannot see
• Great white sharks are hanging out in the twilight zone and scientists don’t know why
• Clouds are filled with microplastics, perplexing and concerning scientists
• Is ocean iron fertilization back from the dead as a CO2 removal tool?

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