News tagged with geological oceanographer

Great Lakes water level sensitive to climate change

Jan 13, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (3) | 0

The water level in the Great Lakes has varied by only about two meters during the last century, helping them to play a vital role in the region's shipping, fishing, recreation and power generation industries.

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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.

Global warming: Our best guess is likely wrong

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Jul 14, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (49) | 54

No one knows exactly how much Earth's climate will warm due to carbon emissions, but a new study this week suggests scientists' best predictions about global warming might be incorrect.

Scientists complete first geological global map of Jupiter's satellite Ganymede

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Sep 16, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (6) | 0

Scientists have assembled the first global geological map of the Solar System’s largest moon - and in doing so have gathered new evidence into the formation of the large, icy satellite.

End of an Era: New Ruling Decides the Boundaries of Earth's History

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Sep 22, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (4) | 0

After decades of debate and four years of investigation an international body of earth scientists has formally agreed to move the boundary dates for the prehistoric Quaternary age by 800,000 years, reports the Journal of ...

Tsunami waves reasonably likely to strike Israel

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Oct 26, 2009 | 3 / 5 (4) | 0

"There is a likely chance of tsunami waves reaching the shores of Israel," says Dr. Beverly Goodman of the Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences at the University of Haifa following encompassing geoarchaeological research ...

Fracture zones endanger tombs in Valley of Kings

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Oct 19, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 1

Ancient choices made by Egyptians digging burial tombs may have led to today's problems with damage and curation of these precious archaeological treasures, but photography and detailed geological mapping ...

Oceanographers Explain the Origins of Tampa Bay

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Nov 20, 2006 | 3.3 / 5 (12) | 0

What made Tampa Bay Tampa Bay? Geological oceanographer Al Hine and colleagues Beau Suthard and Stan Locker of the University of South Florida’s College of Marine Science explain the origins of Tampa Bay’s bottom, which dates ...

Conditions combined for devastating tsunami

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Sep 30, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

(AP) -- Because of a lethal combination of geology and geography, the people of American Samoa didn't stand much of a chance. Almost every condition that triggers bad tsunamis was in place this time, generating ...