2004 461 Earthquakes make measured sea-level rise seem too large 460 Old sea map strikingly correct 452 Bioproductivity increased in Baltic Sea during Silurian by upwelling water 450 Melting of Greenland ice could dramatically increase sea level 433 Water did not enter Black Sea catastrophically 431 Dead whales indirectly influence sea-water geochemistry 430 Weddell Sea changed from CO2 source to CO2 sink within industrial era 422 Large mass flows on continental slope possibly indirect cause of higher temperatures 418 Unique view of undersea volcanic eruption
410 Rocks dropped by icebergs found 385 meters above sea level 2003 403 Pumice and coral -- a fascinating link
396 Pacific Ocean atolls are very young 380 Deep "reefs" in northern Atlantic Ocean 367 Shark teeth reveal striking differences in seawater temperatures during Cretaceous
363 Deep-sea manganese nodule grew following Pleistocene climatic cycles 348 Climate not responsible for drying out of Mediterranean Sea 343 Reef decline due to high concentrations of micro-organisms 336 Iron as nutrient for marine life comes largely from rain 334 Sea level can rise in the future, but may be lowered as well
328 Giant fresh-groundwater reserves under sea floor
326 Sediments formed due to undersea volcanic eruptions
321 Fossil echinoderms provide insight into geochemistry of earlier oceans 311 Many undersea gas hydrates possibly unstable even at shallow depths 301 Bering Strait formed at end of Miocene
286 Sea-level rise threatens coastal marshes along American estuaries 2002 237 Controversial plan to mine manganese nodules from deep-sea floor 233 Protecting Venice against flooding
226 H2S in ocean threatens ecosystem off Namibia coast 222 Iron-rich deep ocean water increases bioproductivity in surficial waters
215Composition of sea water changes with changing speed of ocean-floor spreading 201 New York is threatened by sea-level rise
191 Monitoring equipment intact after exposure to undersea lava flow 179 Estimates of sea-level rise probably too high 178 New type of undersea hot springs on "old" ocean floor 170 Papua New Guinea sunami caused by undersea mass failure 168Northward shift of Australia led to drying out Africa 2001 159 Iron supplied through snowfall influences biomass in the sea
146 Intensive vertical water movements in oceans contributed to start of Pleistocene 142 Millions of km2 of the sea floor covered with reworked sediments after bolide impact at K/T boundary
132 Sea level played an important role in forming a thick lignite succession 130 Witnesses of the 1456 tsunami
120 Remarkable deep-sea chimneys discovered 2000 087Moving plate blocked opening between North and South America 1999 077 Methane released from the ocean 55 million years ago dramatically changed the atmosphere 067 Gas hydrates in Gulf of Mexico pose risk to oil pipelines
059 Germany will not be flooded if the sea level rises 039 Oceanic bacteria help plankton blooming 018 The sea was much saltier in earlier days 017 The coelacanth reached the Comores Islands from Sulawesi 014 Tsunami split up into lobes after having flooded a coastal area
