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The world's peak ocean science body has adopted a new definition of seawater developed by scientists to make climate projections more accurate.

(CSIRO Australia) Australian scientists have sought the help of the United States and Australian navies to plug a critical gap in their Argo ocean and climate monitoring program caused by Somali pirates operating in the western Indian Ocean.

(CSIRO Australia) CSIRO has chosen the major science projects that its Australian SKA Pathfinder telescope will tackle in its first five years.

(National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (UK)) The chemical composition of our oceans is not constant but has varied significantly over geological time. In a study published this week in Science, researchers describe a novel method for reconstructing past ocean chemistry using calcium carbonate veins that precipitate from seawater-derived fluids in rocks beneath the seafloor. The research was led by scientists from the University of Southampton's School of Ocean and Earth Science hosted at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton.

(University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science) This summer, UNESCO's Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) adopted the introduction of a new international thermodynamic equation of state for seawater called TEOS-10. Dr. Frank Millero from the Univeristy of Miami was among the team of scientists enlisted to come up with this new equation. He is the only person on the team who was on the original 1980 team that created the equation used for the last 30 years.

Author(s): N Wu, J G Oakeshott, C J Easton, T S Peat, R Surjadi and Y ZhuAffiliation(s): CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering, Highett, VIC 3190, Australia; Research School of Chemistry, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia; CSIRO Entomology, Black Mountain, Canberra, ACT 6201, Australia; CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering, 343 Royal Parade, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia

(CSIRO Australia) Two CSIRO scientists have been honored at Australia's premier science awards -- the Prime Minister's Prizes for Science.

(CSIRO Australia) A major transformation in the food system is needed to address future threats to food security according to experts from some of the world's leading science organizations.

(CSIRO Australia) CSIRO scientists have produced the first preliminary predictions of the potential impact of climate change on the Australian seabed.