News tagged with ocean basins

The rise of oxygen caused Earth's earliest ice age

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

May 07, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (20) | 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- Geologists may have uncovered the answer to an age-old question - an ice-age-old question, that is. It appears that Earth's earliest ice ages may have been due to the rise of oxygen in Earth's ...

Seamounts may serve as refuges for deep-sea animals that struggle to survive elsewhere

Biology /

Feb 11, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (4) | 0

Over the last two decades, marine biologists have discovered lush forests of deep-sea corals and sponges growing on seamounts (underwater mountains) offshore of the California coast. It has generally been ...

Plate tectonics may take a break

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Jan 03, 2008 | 4.7 / 5 (14) | 2

Plate tectonics, the geologic process responsible for creating the Earth’s continents, mountain ranges, and ocean basins, may be an on-again, off-again affair. Scientists have assumed that the shifting of crustal plates has ...

Ocean 'supergyre' link to climate regulator

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Aug 15, 2007 | 4.5 / 5 (30) | 0

Australian scientists have identified the missing deep ocean pathway – or ‘supergyre’ – linking the three Southern Hemisphere ocean basins in research that will help them explain more accurately how the ocean ...

Formation of the Gulf of Corinth rift, Greece

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 22, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

A study of the structure and evolution of the Gulf of Corinth rift in central Greece will increase scientific understanding of rifted margin development and the tectonic mechanisms underlying seafloor spreading ...

New method of measuring ocean CO2 uptake could lead to climate change 'early warning system'

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 03, 2009 | 1.8 / 5 (5) | 1

An international team of scientists led by the University of East Anglia (UEA) has developed a new method of measuring the absorption of CO2 by the oceans and mapped for the first time CO2 uptake for the entire North Atlantic.

Science adopts a new definition of seawater

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Jul 20, 2009 | 3 / 5 (1) | 0

The world's peak ocean science body has adopted a new definition of seawater developed by Australian, German and US scientists to make climate projections more accurate.

Recipe for a storm: The ingredients for more powerful Atlantic hurricanes

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Nov 29, 2007 | 3.3 / 5 (28) | 2

As the world warms, the interaction between the Atlantic Ocean and atmosphere may be the recipe for stronger, more frequent hurricanes.

Science adopts a new definition of seawater

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Jul 07, 2009 | 2.8 / 5 (4) | 0

The world's peak ocean science body has adopted a new definition of seawater developed by Australian, German and US scientists to make climate projections more accurate.

Melting threat from West Antarctic Ice Sheet less than previously believed

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

May 14, 2009 | 4.2 / 5 (14) | 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- While a total or partial collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet as a result of warming would not raise global sea levels as high as some predict, levels on the U.S. seaboards would rise 25 percent more ...

Measuring water from space

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Nov 13, 2008 | 3 / 5 (5) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Observations from satellites now allow scientists to monitor changes to water levels in the sea, in rivers and lakes, in ice sheets and even under the ground. As the climate changes, this information will ...

Still a low chance of development for two lows

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Jul 22, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

The two areas of thunderstorms in the Caribbean from yesterday, July 21, are on the move. One area is now moving into out of the Caribbean and into the eastern Atlantic Ocean while the other is now moving ...

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