Oceanographic discontinuities (e. g. frontal systems, upwelling areas, ice edges) are often areas of enhanced biological productivity. Considerable research on the physics and biology of the physical boundaries defining these discontinues has been accomplished (see I D. The interface between water and sediment is the largest physical boundary in the ocean, but has not received a proportionate degree of attention. The purpose of the Nato Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) was to focus on soft-sediment systems by identifying deficiencies in our knowledge of these systems and defining key issues...

Mora and Max are at it again. Mora the poor Twizzle can't help herself. Delivered to the gates of Heaven on a gleaming Indian motorcycle by the renown Ferryman and past love, Connor Rhodes. Followed to those very gates by Max, the beloved Golden Retriever she enlisted to keep an eye on Shamus during his days on earth. In true Twizzle fashion it takes only a moment before she's drawn into a scuffle between Max and the keeper of the Book of Souls. Like any respectable brawl furniture is toppled, glassware is spilled and a few feathers get ruffled. Once safely behind the gates serenity is hard...