News tagged with pacific
Voyage to the centre of the 'Plastic Vortex'
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 25, 2009 |
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A group of conservationists and scientists is due to set sail for an obscure corner of the Pacific Ocean in the coming months to explore a vast swirl of waste known as the "Plastic Vortex."
Study shows strong evidence that cloud changes may exacerbate global warming
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 23, 2009 |
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The role of clouds in climate change has been a major question for decades. As the earth warms under increasing greenhouse gases, it is not known whether clouds will dissipate, letting in more of the sun's ...
Solar cycle linked to global climate
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 16, 2009 |
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Establishing a key link between the solar cycle and global climate, research led by scientists at the National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colo., ...
Scientists find 'great Pacific Ocean garbage patch'
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 27, 2009 |
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Scientists have just completed an unprecedented journey into the vast and little-explored "Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch."
Oscillation Rules as the Pacific Cools
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 10, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The latest image of sea-surface height measurements from the U.S./French Jason-1 oceanography satellite shows the Pacific Ocean remains locked in a strong, cool phase of the Pacific Decadal ...
Study: Small fluctuations in solar activity, large influence on the climate
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Subtle connections between the 11-year solar cycle, the stratosphere, and the tropical Pacific Ocean work in sync to generate periodic weather patterns that affect much of the globe, according ...
One word: bioplastics
Nov 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Every year, more than 250 billion pounds of plastic are produced worldwide. Much of it ends up in the world's oceans, a fact that troubles MIT biology professor Anthony Sinskey.
Hybrid remotely operated vehicle 'Nereus' reaches deepest part of the ocean
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 02, 2009 |
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A new type of deep-sea robotic vehicle called Nereus has successfully reached the deepest part of the world's ocean, reports a team of U.S. engineers and scientists aboard the research vessel Kilo Moana. The dive to 10,902 ...
Scientists set 2020 goal for improving Pacific Ocean's health
Jun 01, 2009 |
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The world faces well-known milestones for reducing carbon dioxide emissions in the coming decades to reduce the dangers of climate change. Now an international consortium is doing the same to demand action against threats ...
Simulations, ancient magnetism suggest mantle plumes may bend deep beneath Earth's crust
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 02, 2009 |
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Computer simulations, paleomagnetism and plate motion histories described in today's issue of Science reveal how hotspots, centers of erupting magma that sit atop columns of hot mantle that were once though ...
Massive quake moves NZealand closer to Australia
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 22, 2009 |
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A massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake last week has moved the south of New Zealand closer to Australia, scientists said Wednesday.
Leatherback turtles' newly discovered migration route may be roadmap to salvation
Biology /
Jul 15, 2008 |
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With a name like "Leatherback Turtle" you might think the sea turtles could stand up to just about anything the ocean can throw at them, and for more than a hundred million years, they have. But tough, long-lived critters ...
The Abyss: Deepest Part of the Oceans No Longer Hidden
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Abyss is a dark, deep place, but it's no longer hidden. At least when Nereus is on the scene. Nereus is a new type of deep-sea robotic vehicle, called a hybrid remotely operated vehicle ...
Antarctic climate: Short-term spikes, long-term warming linked to tropical Pacific
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 12, 2008 |
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Dramatic year-to-year temperature swings and a century-long warming trend across West Antarctica are linked to conditions in the tropical Pacific Ocean, according to a new analysis of ice cores conducted by scientists at ...
Global warming may dent El Nino's protective shield from Atlantic hurricanes, increase droughts
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- El Niño, the periodic eastern Pacific phenomenon credited with shielding the United States and Caribbean from severe hurricane seasons, may be overshadowed by its brother in the central Pacific ...
