News tagged with ocean surface temperatures
Atlantic and East Pacific Ocean Hurricane Seasons Begin for 2009
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Jun 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Summer soon begins in the Northern Hemisphere and, on June 1st, the Atlantic hurricane season kicks off. What do Atlantic and Pacific Ocean surface temperatures and heights tell forecasters ...
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African dust forecast may help hurricane season predictions
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May 20, 2008 |
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As the official June 1 start of the Atlantic hurricane season approaches, forecasters are developing predictions about the severity of this year's season. For the first time this year, African dust may provide ...
Wind patterns could mask effects of global warming in ocean
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Feb 07, 2008 |
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Scientists at the University of Liverpool have found that natural variability in the earth’s atmosphere could be masking the overall effect of global warming in the North Atlantic Ocean. The research is published in journal ...
CO2 drop and global cooling caused Antarctic glacier to form
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Feb 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Global climate rapidly shifted from a relatively ice-free world to one with massive ice sheets on Antarctica about 34 million years ago. What happened? What changed? A team of scientists ...
Scientists unveil new seasonal hurricane forecasting model
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Jul 15, 2009 |
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Scientists at The Florida State University's Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies (COAPS) have developed a new computer model that they hope will predict with unprecedented accuracy how many hurricanes will occur ...
Worlds oceans warmest on record this summer
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Sep 16, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The world's in hot water. Sea-surface temperatures worldwide have been the hottest on record over the last three months, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Wednesday.
Storm killers: Earth Scan Lab tracks cold water upwellings in Gulf
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Sep 28, 2009 |
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Complex interactions between the ocean and overlying atmosphere cause hurricanes to form, and also have a tremendous amount of influence on the path, intensity and duration of a hurricane or tropical weather event. As researchers ...
Coral reefs may be protected by natural ocean thermostat
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Feb 07, 2008 |
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Natural processes may prevent oceans from warming beyond a certain point, helping protect some coral reefs from the impacts of climate change, new research finds. The study, by scientists at the National Center ...
Earth's seasons now arrive 2 days earlier, researchers report
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Jan 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Not only has the average global temperature increased in the past 50 years, but the hottest day of the year has shifted nearly two days earlier, according to a new study by scientists from the University ...
Without its insulating ice cap, Arctic surface waters warm to as much as 5 C above average
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Dec 12, 2007 |
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Record-breaking amounts of ice-free water have deprived the Arctic of more of its natural "sunscreen" than ever in recent summers. The effect is so pronounced that sea surface temperatures rose to 5 C above ...
Geoengineering could slow down the global water cycle
May 27, 2008 |
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As fossil fuel emissions continue to climb, reducing the amount of sunlight hitting the Earth would definitely have a cooling effect on surface temperatures.
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