Here Is The Oil In The Gulf Of Mexico?
A comprehensive analysis of oil in the Gulf of Mexico and determined how much of it occurs naturally and how much came from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill, has been developed by a Florida State...
View ArticleChina And Its Navy: Drifting Towards Normality? – Analysis
The proposed establishment of a Chinese naval base at Djibouti suggests that China is after all developing a normal major navy able to operate far outside its immediate area. Whether this should be...
View ArticleRe-Naming The Waters: ‘Southeast Asia Sea’ Or ‘South Sea’? – Analysis
As Secretary of State John Kerry visits East Asia in search of a solution to the South China Sea imbroglio, analysts debate whether new ways out should be explored. One proposal is to change the name...
View ArticleGreenland Ice Sheet Releasing ‘Mississippi River’ Worth Of Phosphorus
Not only is Greenland’s melting ice sheet adding huge amounts of water to the oceans, it could also be unleashing 400,000 metric tons of phosphorus every year – as much as the mighty Mississippi River...
View ArticleSouth China Sea Dispute Compels Washington To Ratify Sea Law – Analysis
By James Borton* The upcoming US-ASEAN summit on February 15-16 in Rancho Mirage, California provides an opportunity for the Obama administration to boldly demonstrate its rebalance towards Asia, and...
View ArticleGlobal Sea Levels Could Rise Due To Melting Antarctic Ice
Loss of ice in Antarctica caused by a warming ocean could raise global sea levels by three meters, research by Northumbria and Edinburgh universities suggests. Scientists carrying out fieldwork in the...
View ArticleIndia’s Growing Influence And Ambition – Analysis
By Sylvia Mishra* China’s growing naval presence in the Indian Ocean and assertiveness in maritime territorial disputes in East and South China Sea has once again heightened discussion about an...
View ArticleLand Reservoirs Helping Offset Sea Level Rise
Recent increases in the storage of excess groundwater may be helping to offset sea level rise by as much as 15%, a new study finds. While the capacity of land to store water is known to be an important...
View ArticleCatastrophic Failure Of South American Ice Age Dam Changed Pacific Ocean...
The catastrophic release of fresh water from a vast south American lake at the end of the last Ice Age was significant enough to change circulation in the Pacific Ocean according to research published...
View ArticleIce Sheet Modeling Of Greenland, Antarctica Helps Predict Sea-Level Rise
The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets will make a dominant contribution to 21st century sea-level rise if current climate trends continue. However, predicting the expected loss of ice sheet mass is...
View ArticleWhy Taiwan President Ma Ying-Jeou’s Day-Trip To Taiping Island Was Such A Big...
By Jacques deLisle* When Taiwan’s soon-to-step-down President Ma Ying-jeou made a pre-Lunar New Year’s visit to Itu Aba / Taiping Island in late January 2016, the international-lawyer-turned-president...
View ArticleMissiles Just Latest Chapter In South China Sea Saga – Analysis
By Robert Shines With the recent placement of surface-to-air missiles (SAMs) on Woody Island, a subset of the Paracel Islands, China has taken a major step toward militarization of the South China...
View ArticleNew Capability And Reach Of China’s Navy: Strategic And Tactical Implications...
By Commodore RS Vasan IN Retd* The PLA-Navy continues to be in the news as China is determined to add to its growing maritime capability to build a blue water navy of form and substance. The addition...
View ArticleSunnylands Or Rancho Mirage? ASEAN And The South China Sea – Analysis
ASEAN, with its timid stance on the South China Sea, risks irrelevance and Chinese dominance. By Donald K. Emmerson* It was meant to be a sunny summit. Welcoming ASEAN’s leaders at the Sunnylands...
View ArticleAsia’s Troubled Waters: Chinese Advances In South China Sea – OpEd
Satellite images show radar construction on China’s manmade island above Cuarteron Reef. And one US think tank says this is even more threatening than missiles. The US think tank says satellite images...
View ArticleScientists Warn Of Perils Of Sea-Level Rise – Analysis
By Rita Joshi During the past millennia sea level has never risen nearly as fast as during the last century, says a new study. It warns that even if ambitious climate policy follows the 2015 Paris...
View ArticleSouth China Sea Undercurrent Buffets Chinese-Cambodian Naval Operation
China is beefing up its naval commitment to Cambodia this week, just as the saber-rattling over the South China Sea hits a new high water mark. While Phnom Penh and Beijing said the two counties...
View ArticleFresh Tension In South China Sea Erupts – Analysis
The South China Sea issue, it seems, can never be off news. The most dangerous potential flashpoint in the Asia-Pacific continues to threaten undoing the delicately maintained peace in the region by...
View ArticleAmericans Would Pay More To Support Biodiversity, According To Survey
Most Americans are willing to pay more taxes to support biodiversity conservation in the Gulf of Mexico, according to a national survey conducted by researchers at Duke University and the University of...
View ArticlePatience And Denial: China’s Dual Strategies – Analysis
While the world has been busy and preoccupied with the conflict in the Middle-East, the refugee problem that it has spawned, finding a solution to the intransigent Syrian issue and coming to terms with...
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