Failed Deal Could Impact BP, TNK-BP Credit The collapse of BP"s talks on the share swap with Rosneft limits strategic options for the British company and its Russian venture, TNK-BP, and will have a negative impact on credit, Moody"s Investors Service said. The Moscow Times May 23 12:46pm
Offshore drilling pact will give NOAA scientists more say “BOEMRE and NOAA have enjoyed a long and productive relationship, but there is room for improvement," said bureau director Michael R. Bromwich. "We can and will broaden and enhance the communication, cooperation and collaboration between our agencies.†Los Angeles Times May 23 03:12pm
Satellites monitor Icelandic ash plume (PhysOrg.com) -- As Iceland"s GrÃmsvötn volcano spews ash high into the atmosphere, satellite observations are providing essential information to advisory centres assessing the possible hazards to aviation. PhysOrg May 24 06:30am
Polar 5 Has Returned From Spring Measurements In The High Arctic The research aircraft Polar 5 of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association returned to Bremerhaven from a six-week expedition in the high Arctic on May 6. Joint flights with aircraft of the European and American space agencies (ESA and NASA) were a novelty in sea ice research. Simultaneous measurements with a large number of sensors on three planes ... redOrbit May 16 12:09pm
Ocean Heat Exchange: A Leaky Deal Oceanographers say the Southern Hemisphere has a way of warming the North Atlantic Ocean. Discovery News Apr 27 11:23am
Alaskan waters get new "oceanic acidity monitors" The announcement of 3 new advanced sensors for tracking oceanic acidity levels, made yesterday by the University of Alaska Fairbanks, will help scientists monitoring this worrying knock-on from rising CO2 levels. If CO2 levels keep pushing the ocean"s acidity up, many organisms relying on limy shells will be threatened. EARTHtimes.org May 13 05:30am
