News tagged with warm ocean

Researchers to study hidden lakes beneath West Antarctic ice sheet

Oct 21, 2009 | 5 / 5 (3) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- UC Santa Cruz researchers are among the leaders of a major Antarctic research project in which scientists will drill through a half-mile of ice to penetrate subglacial Lake Whillans and study ...

Study Finds 'Pre-Existing Condition' Fueled Killer Cyclone

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Feb 26, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A "pre-existing condition" in the North Indian Ocean stoked the sudden intensification of last year's Tropical Cyclone Nargis just before its devastating landfall in Burma, according to a ...

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NASA's TRMM satellite sees Tropical Storm Cleo form in southern Indian Ocean

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

13 hours ago | 2.5 / 5 (2) | 1

The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission or TRMM satellite captured the birth of Tropical Storm Cleo in the southern Indian Ocean today, December 7.

Researchers finds hidden sensory system in the skin

Medicine & Health / Research

18 hours ago | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

Researchers report that the human body has an entirely unique and separate sensory system aside from the nerves that give most of us the ability to touch and feel. Surprisingly, this sensory network is located throughout ...

UN: 2000-2009 likely warmest decade on record (AP)

UN: 2000-2009 could be Earth's warmest decade ever

Space & Earth / Environment

19 hours ago | 3.6 / 5 (7) | 13

(AP) -- A leaked Danish document at the U.N. climate conference provoked angry criticism Tuesday from developing countries who feared it would shift more of the burden to curb greenhouse gases on poorer countries.

First comprehensive review of the state of Antarctica's climate

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 01, 2009 | 3.7 / 5 (11) | 3

The first comprehensive review of the state of Antarctica's climate and its relationship to the global climate system is published this week by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). The review - Antarctic ...

Superior Super Earths

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 30, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (54) | 15

Super Earths are named for their size, but these planets - which range from about 2 to 10 Earth masses - could be superior to the Earth when it comes to sustaining life. They could also provide an answer to ...

Marine ecosystems get a climate form guide

Space & Earth / Environment

Nov 27, 2009 | 3.4 / 5 (5) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The first-ever Australian benchmark of climate change impacts on marine ecosystems and options for adaptation is being released in Brisbane today.

Past regional cold and warm periods linked to natural climate drivers

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Nov 26, 2009 | 3.8 / 5 (19) | 31

Intervals of regional warmth and cold in the past are linked to the El Niño phenomenon and the so-called "North Atlantic Oscillation" in the Northern hemisphere's jet stream, according to a team of climate scientists. These ...

NASA's Aqua satellite sees Nida explode into a category 5 Super typhoon

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Nov 25, 2009 | 4 / 5 (3) | 0

Typhoon Nida is in a favorable environment that has enabled it to intensify faster and stronger than previously forecast, and has now exploded into a Super typhoon. NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Nida and ...

Oceans absorbing carbon dioxide more slowly, scientist finds

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Nov 24, 2009 | 3 / 5 (6) | 9

The world's oceans are absorbing less carbon dioxide (CO2), a Yale geophysicist has found after pooling data taken over the past 50 years. With the oceans currently absorbing over 40 percent of the CO2 emitted by human activity, ...