Underwater Dunes Making Waves in Science
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By Paul RogersSTAFF  They are creeping along the bottom of Monterey Bay, hundreds of feet below the ocean's surface. In the cold blackness, they stretch as much as 15 feet high and 200 feet long.   Nobody knows exactly how they got there or what drives them.
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Scientists interested in the search for life on other planets often spend their time hunting for novel life forms and unique ecosystems here on Earth. The RÃÂ­o Tinto, a river in Spain with highly acidic water the color of red wine, has one group of researchers intrigued about what might be living underground.
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For the second time in three years, a hypoxic "dead zone" has formed off the central Oregon Coast. It's killing fish, crabs and other marine life and leading researchers to believe that a fundamental change may be taking place in ocean conditions in the northern Pacific Ocean.
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MARGARET RIVER, Australia  - The waves have been   nicknamed Cyclops, Jaws and Dungeons and are the new   life-and-death playground for a unique breed of surfers who   ride gargantuan ocean waves as big as a seven storey building.
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A seismologist at Washington University in St. Louis has made the first 3-D model of seismic wave dampingÂ -- diminishingÂ -- deep in the Earth's mantle and has revealed the existence of an underground water reservoir at least the volume of the Arctic Ocean.
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After 100 years of speculation, scientists have finally found proof that strong tides can trigger earthquakes. The link was confirmed by a trio of researchers at the University of California at Los Angeles
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Researchers find way to make tiny structures emit different wavelengths of light.
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Scientists believe they have tracked down the origin of a low-frequency "hum" that emanates from the Earth.
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For the past 30 years scientists have scoured the most inhospitable environments or life. Just about everywhere they look, they find it thriving in microscopic form.
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Icebergs that break off Antarctica and drift away turn out to be hotspots of life in the cold southern ocean, researchers report.
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Let's see David Blaine do this. Watch a slippery cephalopod show why its kind are among the great escape artists of the deep.
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Researchers are hoping to develop a network of ocean-floor and mobile sensors that would help detect tsunamis in the Indian and Pacific oceans.
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By Paul RogersSTAFF  They are creeping along the bottom of Monterey Bay, hundreds of feet below the ocean's surface. In the cold blackness, they stretch up to 15 feet high and 200 feet long.   Nobody knows exactly how they got there or what drives them.
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A complex network of rivers and reservoirs beneath the Antarctic Ice sheet is mapped by US scientists.
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Beneath the snow, ice and bitter cold of Antarctica, scientists have discovered a network of lakes that fill and empty with rapidly flowing water.
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By Ray Kershaw  It's early October but the midday sun is torrid. Beyond the scrubby hills the sea glitters like hot steel. Then suddenly, from a corner of our vision, we see him leaping through the dunes.
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Water striders do what few other animals can: They walk on water. How the freshwater insects pull it off has baffled scientists&#151;until now.