Presents results of research designed to assess and predict the storm-related hazards of living on the coast. Findings suggest that certain sections of coastline are more vulnerable than others to storm damage. (WB)

Understanding the vagrancies of climate, a vast, complex subject, requires a multidisciplinary approach, focusing on the ocean's effects on the atmosphere and vice versa. (Author/BB)

El Nino is a complex periodic oceanographic event that occurs off the west coast of South America, adversely affecting climate not only in the local area but in other regions of the world. There is evidence that the equatorial regions hold the key to predicting this economically destructive phenomenon. (Author/BB)

Discusses sediment drift patterns on the North Atlantic Ocean floor. Includes photographs and a discussion of the wide variety of sediment formations. (CP)

A National Research Council committee recently concluded that atmospheric carbon dioxide levels will "most likely" double by late in the next century, causing an increase in the earth's average temperature. Effects of the increase on sea levels, global climate, and other parameters are discussed. (JN)

Estimates of undiscovered oil resources are developed in two general ways: historical-trend analysis and geological analogy. Each of these methods is discussed. Indicates that only well-defined and repeatable methods project a rather bleak future for United States oil discovery. (JN)

Discusses mechanisms which influence both rapid and gradual modifications of ocean beaches. Among factors described are storms, waves, currents, tides, sediment transport, and climate. Some effects of these forces upon coastline configurations are also presented. (WB)

Introduces a series of related articles on the study of ocean/continent boundaries (margins) within the framework of plate tectonics. Topics discussed include: early attempts to interpret ocean/continent boundaries, Atlantic-type margins, Pacific-type margins, the edges of ancient oceans, and future challenges in the study of continental margins.…

The development of the South Atlantic continental margins through geological time is discussed in a series of three time slices, all of which depict various characteristics in the initial formation of this margin during the Cretaceous period (180 to 65 million years ago) of the Mesozoic era. (BT)

Heat, like money, has its budgets. Income and outgo at the sea surface determines the balance. (Author/BB)

Through the study of ocean temperature anomalies, scientists are trying to determine whether the seas initiate climate change or follow the dictates of the atmosphere. (Author/BB)

Halfway through a five-year experimental program designed to test classical concepts of ocean/atmosphere climate dynamics, researchers are finding that the theories may conflict with new data on disturbances in the ocean thermal structure. (Author BB)

A great many atmospheric and oceanic events are involved in the growth of sea ice, an important but not completely understood influence on the climate system. (Author/BB)

With the use of graphs, the phenomenon of deep ocean water mixing is discussed. Research methodologies and findings are detailed. (CP)

Analyzes the distributions of particles and particle flux in the Atlantic Ocean. (CP)