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Science adopts a new definition of seawater
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 07, 2009 |
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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.
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Aquatic creatures mix ocean water
Nov 22, 2009 |
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Understanding mixing in the ocean is of fundamental importance to modeling climate change or predicting the effects of an El Niño on our weather. Modern ocean models primarily incorporate the effects of winds and tides. However, ...
Southern Ocean resistant to changing winds
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 08, 2008 |
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Intensifying winds in the Southern Ocean have had little influence on the strength of the Southern Ocean circulation and therefore its ability to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, according to a study published in ...
Science adopts a new definition of seawater
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 20, 2009 |
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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.
Oceanic seesaw links Northern and Southern hemisphere during abrupt climate change
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 25, 2009 |
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Very large and abrupt changes in temperature recorded over Greenland and across the North Atlantic during the last Ice Age were actually global in extent, according to an international team of researchers led by Cardiff University.
Ice-free Arctic Ocean possible in 30 years, not 90 as previously estimated
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A nearly ice-free Arctic Ocean in the summer may happen three times sooner than scientists have estimated. New research says the Arctic might lose most of its ice cover in summer in as few ...
Ozone hole reduces atmospheric CO2 uptake in the Southern Ocean
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 24, 2009 |
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Does ozone have an impact on the ocean's role as a "carbon sink"? Yes, according to researchers from France. Using original simulations, they have demonstrated that the hole in the ozone layer reduces atmospheric carbon uptake ...
Ocean growing more acidic faster than once thought
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 24, 2008 |
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University of Chicago scientists have documented that the ocean is growing more acidic faster than previously thought. In addition, they have found that the increasing acidity correlates with increasing levels ...
How much water does the ocean have?
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 12, 2009 |
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The calculation of variations in the sea level is relatively simple. It is by far more complicated to then determine the change in the water mass. A team of geodesists and oceanographers from the University of Bonn, as well ...
Breakthrough made in assessing marine phytoplankton health
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May 28, 2009 |
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Researchers from Oregon State University, NASA and other organizations said today that they have succeeded for the first time in measuring the physiology of marine phytoplankton through satellite measurements ...
Dust plays larger than expected role in determining Atlantic temperature
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Mar 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The recent warming trend in the Atlantic Ocean is largely due to reductions in airborne dust and volcanic emissions during the past 30 years, according to a new study.
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