Voyager Archives

Penguins on Southern Ocean sea ice

Voyager: Is There Really a Southern Ocean?

Asked by Michigan Center Junior High School 7th Grade class, Michigan Center, Mich.



Voyager: Are there any aquatic beetle species?



Photo: Marc Adams

Voyager: How are jellyfish connected to climate change?



Landsat image of Cyanobacteria in Lake Okeechobee, July 4, 2018. Photo: NASA Earth Observatory

Voyager: How is climate change affecting harmful algal blooms?



Monthly mean sea surface temperature maximums observed by Argo network 2004-2017

Voyager: Is there a limit to how much sea temperatures can rise?



Scripps Pier record of ocean temperature trend

Voyager: How Has Climate Change Affected the Oceans at a Local Level, Particularly La Jolla Shores (San Diego, Calif.)?



Voyager: How Long Can a Seadragon Live and are Seadragons Seahorses?



China air pollution drifts out to sea

Voyager: Why is China's Pollution Considered the "World's Pollution"?



May gray along the coast of La Jolla

Voyager: Can May Gray be Predicted?



ocean temperatures at various depths

Voyager: How Long until Ocean Temperature Goes up a Few More Degrees?

Question submitted by Lily S. of Austin, Texas



Beijing traffic at sunset. Photo: Buzrael

Voyager: Why Don't Global Surface Temperature Trends Match Atmospheric CO2 Increases?



Voyager: What would cause thermohaline circulation in the oceans to stop?



Voyager: How Do You Bring Organisms Back from Deep Depths Without the Organisms Exploding from the Change in Pressure?



Voyager: When an earthquake happens, do plates under the earth really rub against each other or what is really happening?



A man emerges from a deep-sea submersible

Voyager: How did James Cameron's successful dive (to the deepest part of the ocean) benefit us?



James Cameron

Voyager: How did James Cameron's successful dive (to the deepest part of the ocean) benefit us?



Voyager: How long does it take for a small island to be created?



Clouds in sky

Voyager: Why are clouds made of water? How do they form?



Voyager: What is a narwhal's tusk used for?



Why is the ocean blue

Voyager: Why is the ocean blue?



Voyager: In looking at a world map showing ocean surface currents, it appears that with very few exceptions, currents do not cross the equator. Why is this?



Voyager: Why Don't Ocean Surface Currents Cross the Equator?



Voyager: What is the biggest jellyfish?



Voyager: What materials cause the highest level of pollution in water ecosystems?

Voyager: What materials cause the highest level of pollution in water ecosystems?



Voyager: Does bioluminescence occur in just one color, or are there different colors? If so, how are the different colors produced?



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