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Huge post-tropical Hurricane Igor drenched Newfoundland, Canada

Hurricane Igor may have transitioned into a post-tropical hurricane late yesterday, but when he approached Newfoundland, Canada and merged with an area of low pressure it resulted in heavy rainfall throughout ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

The lost voyage: First English-led expedition to North America

(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.

Other Sciences / Other

created Aug 27, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 5

Geoscientists back from expedition to Labrador Sea

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 ...

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created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Seaglider monitors waters from Arctic during record-breaking journey under ice (w/Video)

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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created Apr 28, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 1




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Global temperatures were seventh warmest on record for June

The globe experienced the seventh warmest June since record keeping began in 1880. The Arctic sea ice extent was the second smallest extent for June on record. 

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created Jul 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 38

Aquarius to illuminate links between salt, climate

When NASA's salt-seeking Aquarius instrument ascends to the heavens this June, the moon above its launch site at California's Vandenberg Air Force Base won't be in the seventh house, and Jupiter's latest alignment ...

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created May 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Large-scale assessment of the Arctic Ocean: Significant increase in freshwater content since 1990s

The freshwater content of the upper Arctic Ocean has increased by about 20 percent since the 1990s. This corresponds to a rise of approx. 8,400 cubic kilometres and has the same magnitude as the volume of freshwater annually ...

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created Mar 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New model changes view of climate change

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using new, high-resolution global ocean circulation models, University of Massachusetts Amherst geoscientist Alan Condron, with Peter Winsor at the University of Alaska, report this week that ...

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created Feb 11, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (22) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Atlantic currents have seen 'drastic' changes: study

Scientists have found evidence of a "drastic" shift since the 1970s in north Atlantic Ocean currents that usually influence weather in the northern hemisphere, Swiss researchers said on Tuesday.

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created Jan 04, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (43) | comments 38

Tagged narwhals track warming near Greenland

In a research paper published online Saturday in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, a publication of the American Geological Union (AGU), scientists reported the southern Baffin Bay off West Greenland has contin ...

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created Oct 27, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Nutrient shift occurring in the Gulf of Maine could affect planktonic ecosystem

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Gulf of Maine waters are cooler, fresher and lower in nitrate than they were 30 years ago, causing a nutrient shift that has potential implications for the structure of the planktonic ecosystem, according ...

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created Aug 26, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers unearth the truth about volcanic ash

(PhysOrg.com) -- The dispersal of large ash plumes from the Eyjafjallajökull eruption in Iceland has generated widespread interest due largely to the impact on air transport and reports of ash-fall throughout ...

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created May 05, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Researchers measure impacts of changing climate on ocean biology

A three-year field program now underway is measuring carbon distributions and primary productivity in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean to help scientists worldwide determine the impacts of a changing climate on ocean biology ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 25, 2010 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (4) | comments 3

Asian carp raises fear and loathing on Great Lakes

(AP) -- After nearly four decades as a fishing guide on the Great Lakes, Pat Chrysler has seen enough damage from invasive species to fear what giant, ravenous Asian carp could do to the nation's largest bodies of freshwater.

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1


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