A detailed deuterium excess profile measured along the Dome C EPICA (European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica) core reveals the timing and strength of the sea surface temperature changes at the source regions for Dome C precipitation. We infer that an Oceanic Cold Reversal took place in the southern Indian Ocean, 800 years after the Antarctic Cold Reversal. The temperature gradient between...

S Su um mm ma ar ry y The comparison of sixteen Austronesian languages, regarding the absolute coordinates they use in space reference, makes it possible to propose a historical hypothesis regarding the geocentric system of Proto Oceanic: on land, one up-down axis defined by the declivity of the ground; at sea, a second up-down axis motivated by the prevailing trade winds. After reconstructing ...

Conservation efforts aimed at the whale shark, Rhincodon typus, remain limited by a lack of basic information on most aspects of its ecology, including global population structure, population sizes and movement patterns. Here we report on the movements of 47 Red Sea whale sharks fitted with three types of satellite transmitting tags from 2009-2011. Most of these sharks were tagged at a single a...

Abstract New zircon U-Pb geochronology from a peridotite suite near Ranau and the Telupid ophiolite in Sabah, eastern Malaysia, contradict previous studies, which assumed that Sabah mafic-ultramafic rocks are largely ophiolitic Jurassic–Cretaceous age. We show these formed during magmatic episode Miocene (9.2–10.5 Ma), is interpreted to reflect infiltration of melts melt-rock reaction subcontin...

Abstract The tectonic history of the Philippine Sea plate is an essential piece in understanding evolution Southeast Asia, but it still unclear and controversial. We present first geochemical data obtained from lavas Gagua Ridge (GR) within Sea. GR exhibit signatures typical subduction-related arc magmatism. Plagioclase Ar-Ar ages ca. 124–123 Ma support formation vicinity during Early Cretaceou...

[1] The dynamic and thermodynamic processes that underlie the exceptionally high evaporation over the northern Red Sea are examined. Through a combination of data analysis and a simple numerical model we show that the key boundary layer dehumidifier is ageostrophic cross-channel sea breezes. This circulation develops semidiurnally in response to thermal gradients across the Red Sea’s coasts bec...

A new species of Solitariopagurus, S. cauticolus, from the Red Sea is described. This is the second species of the genus associated with coral reefs, and the fifth known for the genus. New material of S. profundus from the central deep Red Sea is listed. The bivalve shell carrying is confirmed also for this deep sea species.

School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Pakefield Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk NR33 0HT, UK Geophysical Fluid Dynamic Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 201 Forrestal Road, Princeton, NJ 08540-6649, USA Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Programme, Princeton University, 300 Fo...

Interdecadal variability in the North Pacific region is investigated in a 500-y control integration of the Hamburg ECHAMcLSG coupled ocean-atmosphere general circulation model. The spectrum is predominantly red, but a significant peak with a period of about 18 y is detected in the spectrum of sea surface temperature (SST). This peak is shown to be associated with an irregular oscillation that i...