Tag Archives: seafloor

Three Year Investigation of Military Munitions Sea Disposal Site Completed

By Guest PostJuly 28, 2010Environment, Weaponsdeep-water, edgewood chemical biological center, environet, environmental protection, hi-05 project, human health, m47 100-pound bombs, manoa, margo edwards, military, pearl harbor, pisces, risk, sea disposal site, seafloor, soest, tad davis, tnt, university of hawaii, us coastal waters

The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s School of Ocean Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) completed a three-year long investigation of Sea Disposal Site Hawaiʻi Number 5 (HI-05), a deep-water military munitions disposal site in U.S. coastal waters approximately 5 miles south of Pearl Harbor, Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi.

(more…)

Whether Glaciers Float May Affect Sea-Level Rise

By Guest PostJuly 19, 2010Environment, Sciencealaska, american geophysical union, calif, calving, columbia glacier, fabian walter, glaciers, glaciologist, icebergs, la jolla, scripps institution of oceanography, seafloor, seismometer, shad o'neel, tad pfeffer, usgs

WASHINGTON — Glaciers that detach from the seafloor and begin floating create larger icebergs than glaciers that stay on the sea floor, researchers have found. Floating glaciers also produce icebergs more erratically.

These new observations may help researchers better understand and predict iceberg production from glaciers and ice sheets, improving estimates of sea-level rise due to climate change.

(more…)