NSF Tipsheets on Reseach Findings of NSF-supported Projects

• NSF 03-74, July 17, 2003 - Hawaii Ocean Mixing Experiment Scientifs Close in on Puzzle of Ocean Energy; Wide range of instruments, equipment document giant 1,000-foot
  undersea waves

• NSF 03-57, May 15, 2003 - Fossi Record Accurately Reflects Recent Flowering of Marine Diversity

• NSF 03-49, May 5, 2003 - Scientists to Probe Giant Storm Clusters across Mid-western States

• NSF-University of Washington, April 15, 2003 - Scientists returning to field of eerie thermal spires

• NSF 03-41, April 22, 2003 - United States and Japan Sign Memorandum of Cooperation for Integrated Ocean Drilling Program; Program will foster continued study of Earth's geologic processes

• NSF 03-36, April 2, 2003 - Dinosaur Cannibal Unearthed in Madagascar

• NSF 03-09, January 20, 2003 - Scientists Find Geochemical Fingerprint of World Trade Center Collapse Recorded in New York Harbor Sediments
  
  

• NSF 02-96 December 2, 2002 - New NSF Awards Encourages Collaborations Between Ocean Scientists and Educators

• NSF 02-80 September 26, 2002 - Study Sheds Light on Mess in Polluted Streams

• NSF 02-76 September 24, 2002- Undersea Data Network Planned for Monterey Bay

  NSF 02-74 September 19, 2002 - Researchers Show Why Active Mountains Don't Get Taller

• NSF 02-73 September 10, 2002 - Scientists Explore Large Gas Hydrate Field Off Oregon Coast; Details emerge of possible new energy source
  

• NSF 02-72 September 6, 2002 - Satellites to Profile Weather, Improve Forecasts Through GPS
  

• NSF 02-52 June 10, 2002 - In Evolution Game, Survival Doesn't Equal Success; Finding has implications for future of biodiversity
  

• NSF 02-50 June 6, 2002 - Geophysicists Find Sharp Sides to African Superplume
  
  
• NSF 02-48 May 30, 2002 - New Climate Study Challenges Thinking on Large-Scale, Global Climate Change
  

• NSF 02-35 May 8, 2002 - Researchers Discover Clues to Whale Evolution
  
  
• NSF 02-29 April 25, 2002 - Satellite Data to Predict Plankton Blooms by Analyzing Ocean Color
  
  
• NSF 02-25 April 16, 2002 - Complex Weather Study to Target Summer Storm Forecasting
  

• NSF 02-21 March 28, 2002 - West Coast Earthquakes Ongoing, Scientists Discover
  

• NSF 02-04 January 16, 2002 - Scientists Use Seals as "Underwater Eyes"; Technology provides rare glimpse of rare fish species
  
  
• NSF 02-01 January 4, 2002 - Evolutionary "Speed Limit" Governs How Quickly Life Bounces Back After Extinction; Biodiversity recovers more slowly than thought
  

• NSF 01-102 December 10, 2001 - New Generation of Ocean Exploration Propelled by High-Speed
  

• NSF 01-100 December 6, 2001 - Tiny Particles of Pollution May Carry Large Consequences for Earth's Water Supply
  

• NSF 01-92 November 19, 2001 - Melting Glaciers Diminished Gulf Stream, Cooled Western Europe, During the Last Ice Age
  

• NSF 01-90 November 1, 2001 – Scientists Succeed at First-Ever Attempt to Sequence DNA at Sea; Pioneering technologies allow real-time sequencing of organisms from hydrothermal vents in Pacific Ocean
  

• NSF 01-83 October 18, 2001 – U.S. and EC (European Commission) Officials Sign Agreement to Foster Scientific Collaboration
  

• NSF 01-68 August 16, 2001 – Scientists Delve Into the Icy Hearts of Hurricanes
  

• NSF 01-63 August 8, 2001 – New Source of Natural Fertilizer Discovered in Oceans
  

• NSF 01-62 August 1, 2001 – Virtual Hurricanes: Computer Model Pushes the Frontier
  

• NSF 01-58 July 19, 2001 – Global 4 to 7 Degree Temperature Rise Likely by 2100

• NSF 01-56 July 11, 2001 – Scientists Discover Secrets of 'Lost City';
  New class of hydrothermal vents formed differently
  

• NSF 01-55 June 29, 2001 – All Earthquake Fault Lines Not Equal; Temperature Tied to Movement
  

• NSF 01-50 June 13, 2001 – Widespread Oceanic Photopigments Convert Light Into Energy
  
  
• NSF 01-49 June 11, 2001 – Climate Change Affecting Even Remote Arctic Environment, Study Says
  
  
• NSF 01-48 May 31, 2001 – Marine Snail Study Suggests Conservation Efforts Should Move Beyond Genetic Diversity
  
  
• NSF 01-43 May 17, 2001 – Changes in Sun's Intensity Tied to Recurrent Droughts in Maya Region
  
  
• NSF 01-36 April 24, 2001 – Scientists Release Images of Hydrothermal Vents Found in the Indian Ocean
  
  
• NSF 01-33 April 19, 2001 – Scientists Suggest New Index to Capture "Flavors" of El Nino
  
  
• NSF 01-32 April 19, 2001 – Climate Researchers Warn of Impact from Poorly Designed Air Pollution Efforts
  
  
• NSF 01-31 April 19, 2001 – Researchers Achieve Best Global Picture Ever of Climate-Modifying Aerosol Particles
  
  
• NSF 01-05 January 24, 2001 – New Group of Microorganisms Discovered in the Open Sea
  
  
• NSF 01-03 January 24, 2001 – New Predatory Dog-Sized Dinosaur Unearthed on Madagascar

• NSF 00-93 December 11, 2000 – Huge New Hydrothermal Vent System Found on Seafloor; Surprise Discovery Dubbed "Lost City"
  
  
• NSF 00-73 October 12, 2000 – NSF Awards $52.5 Million in Grants to Study Biocomplexity, The Interrelationship of Living Things with the Environment
  
  
• NSF 00-66 September 27, 2000 – Worsening Urban Air Pollution Won't Increase Temperature Over Next 100 Years
  
  
• NSF 00-58 September 14, 2000 – Himalayan Ice Reveals Climate Warming, Catastrophic Drought
  
  
• NSF 00-55 August 17, 2000 – State-of-the-Art Measuring Techniques Show California Fault Slips Freely, Less Change of Major Quake
  
  
• NSF 00-38 May 30, 2000 – Seafloor Off Mid-Atlantic Coast Highly Charged with Gas
  
  
• NSF 00-28 May 4, 2000 – High Technology Meets the High Plains in STEPS-2000
  
  
• NSF 00-11 March 22, 2000 – Stage Set for National Symposium on May 1999 Great Plains Tornadoes
  
  
• NSF 00-10 March 22, 2000 – New Research on Long-Term Ocean Cycles Reveals Rapid Global Warming in Near Future

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