A collection of answers to commonly-asked questions relating to our coasts and oceans work, including 'What is a mass spectrometer?' and 'What is ocean acidification?'
A powerful magnitude 8.0 earthquake ruptured the seafloor south of Samoa on 30 September 2009, unleashing a destructive tsunami on Samoa, American Samoa, and northern Tonga (Niuatoputapu).
Different groups of organisms need trained specialists (taxonomists) to distinguish a new species from one that is already named and scientifically described