A 1.5-million-year record of orbital and millennial climate variability in the North Atlantic by D. A. Hodell, S. J. Crowhurst, L. Lourens, V. Margari, J. Nicolson, J. E. Rolfe, L. C. Skinner, N. C. Thomas, P. C. Tzedakis, M. J. Mleneck-Vautravers, E. W. Wolff

“…A strong correlation exists between millennial increases in planktic <span class="inline-formula"><i>δ</i>¹⁸O</span> (cooling) and decreases in benthic <span class="inline-formula"><i>δ</i>¹³C</span>, indicating that millennial variations in North Atlantic surface temperature are mirrored by changes in deep-water circulation and remineralization of carbon in the abyssal ocean. We find strong evidence that climate variability on millennial and orbital scales is coupled<span id="page608"/> across different timescales and interacts in both directions, which may be important for linking internal climate dynamics and external astronomical forcing.…”
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State of the climate in 2010 by Ganesan, Anita Lakshmi, Blunden, Jessica, Arndt, Derek, Baringer, M. O.

“…Global integrals of upper ocean heat content for the past several years have reached values consistently higher than for all prior times in the record, demonstrating the dominant role of the ocean in the Earth's energy budget. Deep and abyssal waters of Antarctic origin have also trended warmer on average since the early 1990s. …”
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Multistage origin of dunite in the Purang ophiolite, southern Tibet, documented by composition, exsolution and Li isotope characteristics of constituent minerals by F. Xiong, F. Xiong, J. Yang, H.-P. Schertl, H.-P. Schertl, Z. Liu, X. Xu

“…</p> <p>We suggest that the Purang ophiolite developed during two main stages of formation. In the first stage, abyssal peridotites formed in a mid-ocean-ridge environment. …”
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Report of the workshop Evaluating the nature of midwater mining plumes and their potential effects on midwater ecosystems by Jeffrey Drazen, Craig Smith, Kristina Gjerde, Whitlow Au, Jesse Black, Glenn Carter, Malcolm Clark, Jennifer Durden, Pierre Dutrieux, Erica Goetze, Steven Haddock, Mariko Hatta, Chris Hauton, Paul Hill, Julian Koslow, Astrid Leitner, Chris Measures, Aude Pacini, Frank Parrish, Thomas Peacock, Jessica Perelman, Tracey Sutton, Celine Taymans, Verena Tunnicliffe, Les Watling, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Emily Young, Amanda Ziegler

“…The International Seabed Authority (ISA) is developing regulations to control the future exploitation of deep-sea mineral resources including sulphide deposits near hydrothermal vents, polymetallic nodules on the abyssal seafloor, and cobalt crusts on seamounts. …”
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Human Health and Ocean Pollution by Philip J. Landrigan, John J. Stegeman, Lora E. Fleming, Denis Allemand, Donald M. Anderson, Lorraine C. Backer, Françoise Brucker-Davis, Nicolas Chevalier, Lilian Corra, Dorota Czerucka, Marie-Yasmine Dechraoui Bottein, Barbara Demeneix, Michael Depledge, Dimitri D. Deheyn, Charles J. Dorman, Patrick Fénichel, Samantha Fisher, Françoise Gaill, François Galgani, William H. Gaze, Laura Giuliano, Philippe Grandjean, Mark E. Hahn, Amro Hamdoun, Philipp Hess, Bret Judson, Amalia Laborde, Jacqueline McGlade, Jenna Mu, Adetoun Mustapha, Maria Neira, Rachel T. Noble, Maria Luiza Pedrotti, Christopher Reddy, Joacim Rocklöv, Ursula M. Scharler, Hariharan Shanmugam, Gabriella Taghian, Jeroen A. J. M. van de Water, Luigi Vezzulli, Pál Weihe, Ariana Zeka, Hervé Raps, Patrick Rampal

“…Chemical pollutants are ubiquitous and contaminate seas and marine organisms from the high Arctic to the abyssal depths. Ecosystem Findings: Ocean pollution has multiple negative impacts on marine ecosystems, and these impacts are exacerbated by global climate change. …”
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