News tagged with labrador sea
The lost voyage: First English-led expedition to North America
Aug 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Evidence of a previously unknown voyage to North America in 1499, led by a Bristol explorer, is to be published this week in the academic journal Historical Research.
Geoscientists back from expedition to Labrador Sea
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Jul 22, 2009 |
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Scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute have researched the geology of the seabed in the Labrador Sea on board of the research vessel Maria S. Merian. They have studied the so-called Eirik Drift at the ...
Seaglider monitors waters from Arctic during record-breaking journey under ice (w/Video)
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Apr 28, 2009 |
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The University of Washington has surpassed its 2-year-old world record for operating a glider under the ice, this time by successfully operating one of its seagliders for six months as it made round trips ...
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Ocean Circulation Doesn't Work As Expected
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The familiar model of Atlantic ocean currents that shows a discrete "conveyor belt" of deep, cold water flowing southward from the Labrador Sea is probably all wet.
Signals from the Atlantic salmon highway
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Aug 18, 2008 |
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For years scientists have struggled to understand the decline and slow recovery of Atlantic salmon, a once abundant and highly prized game and food fish native to New England rivers. Biologists agree that poor marine survival ...
Professor explores Greenland's impact on weather systems
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Feb 21, 2007 |
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Science doesn’t always happen at a lab bench. For University of Toronto Mississauga physicist Kent Moore, it happens while strapped into a four-point harness, flying head-on into hurricane-force winds off the ...
Sea level is rising along US Atlantic coast, say environmental scientists
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Dec 10, 2009 |
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An international team of environmental scientists led by the University of Pennsylvania has shown that sea-level rise along the Atlantic Coast of the United States was 2 millimeters faster in the 20th century ...
Study: Sea stars bulk up to beat the heat
Nov 17, 2009 |
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A new study finds that a species of sea star stays cool using a strategy never before seen in the animal kingdom. The sea stars soak up cold sea water into their bodies during high tide as buffer against potentially damaging ...
Sea Level Is Rising Along U.S. Atlantic Coast, According to New Data Analysis
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Dec 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of environmental scientists led by the University of Pennsylvania has shown that sea-level rise along the Atlantic Coast of the United States was 2 millimeters faster in the 20th century ...
Sea lions killed, but Columbia salmon toll rises
Nov 07, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Killing or removing 25 California sea lions over the past two years has not reduced the toll on salmon at the base of Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River.
Ancient pygmy sea cow discovered
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Dec 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The discovery of a Middle Eocene (48.6-37.2 million years ago) sea cow fossil by McGill University professor Karen Samonds has culminated in the naming of a new species. This primitive "dugong" ...
SEA to conduct expedition dedicated to measuring plastic marine debris in the North Atlantic Ocean
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Nov 12, 2009 |
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Sea Education Association (SEA) is preparing to conduct the first-ever research expedition dedicated solely to examining the accumulation of plastic marine debris in the North Atlantic Ocean.
Timing is Everything for Northern Shrimp Populations in the North Atlantic
May 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Even for Northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis), which support commercial fisheries worldwide, timing is everything in life. The tiny creatures, eaten in shrimp rolls and shrimp salad, occupy ...
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