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Linking Climate Change in Siberia and Britain

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Mar 23, 2009 | 3.3 / 5 (14) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have for first time demonstrated a critical link between the Siberian climate and the circulation of the major current system which gives us our mild winters here in the UK. This new understanding ...

Sunlight has more powerful influence on ocean circulation and climate than North American ice sheets

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Nov 06, 2008 | 4.7 / 5 (33) | 11

A study reported in today's issue of Nature disputes a longstanding picture of how ice sheets influence ocean circulation during glacial periods.

Mediterranean Sea dried up five million years ago

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Feb 16, 2009 | 4.4 / 5 (9) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Upward movement of the Earth's crust transformed the Straits of Gibraltar into a dam. Approximately five million years ago, the Mediterranean Sea dried up after it was sealed off from the Atlantic Ocean. ...

Pacific shellfish ready to invade Atlantic

Biology /

Aug 07, 2008 | 3.3 / 5 (3) | 0

As the Arctic Ocean warms this century, shellfish, snails and other animals from the Pacific Ocean will resume an invasion of the northern Atlantic that was interrupted by cooling conditions three million years ago, predict ...

Saharan dust storms sustain life in Atlantic Ocean

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Jul 18, 2008 | 4.4 / 5 (16) | 0

Research at the University of Liverpool has found how Saharan dust storms help sustain life over extensive regions of the North Atlantic Ocean.

New report explains sea level anomaly this summer along the US Atlantic coast

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Sep 02, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

Persistent winds and a weakened current in the Mid-Atlantic contributed to higher than normal sea levels along the Eastern Seaboard in June and July, according to a new NOAA technical report.

The Agulhas Current, in the southern hemisphere, may influence climate in Europe

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Mar 10, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (5) | 0

The PhD project presented by Gema Martínez-Méndez from the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona focuses on the Agulhas Current and the ensuing warm water ...

Increased hurricane activity linked to sea surface warming

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Jan 30, 2008 | 3 / 5 (18) | 4

The link between changes in the temperature of the sea’s surface and increases in North Atlantic hurricane activity has been quantified for the first time. The research - carried out by scientists at UCL (University ...

The key to quieter Atlantic hurricane seasons may be blowing in the wind

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Feb 16, 2008 | 4.3 / 5 (7) | 2

Every year, storms over West Africa disturb millions of tons of dust and strong winds carry those particles into the skies over the Atlantic. According to a recent study led by University of Wisconsin-Madison atmospheric ...

Evidence found for climate-driven ecological shifts in North Atlantic, says Cornell study

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Nov 06, 2008 | 4.2 / 5 (6) | 1

While Earth has experienced numerous changes in climate over the past 65 million years, recent decades have experienced the most significant climate change since the beginning of human civilized societies about 5,000 years ...

Pacific El Nino equals Atlantic hurricane calm: experts

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Oct 18, 2009 | 3.3 / 5 (4) | 0

The Pacific's El Nino ocean-warming phenomenon has resulted in an especially calm Atlantic hurricane season -- a welcome respite for Caribbean and southeastern US residents still smarting from a 2008 pounding.

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