News tagged with water temperature
Warming ocean melts Greenland glaciers
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 23, 2009 |
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(AP) -- With whale fins splashing in the distance, Ruth Curry hauls up her catch from the blustery deck of an icebreaker.
Digging deeper below Antarctica's Lake Vida
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Antarctica's Lake Vida, a geologic curiosity that is essentially an ice bottle of brine, is home to some of the oldest and coldest living organisms on Earth. Perpetually covered by more than 60 feet of ice, ...
Mass. center to build ocean monitoring stations
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 07, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A Massachusetts ocean studies institute is building underwater data collection stations to help researchers understand the ocean's role in climate change.
Elevated water temperature and acidity boost growth of key sea star species
Jun 01, 2009 |
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New research by zoologists at the University of British Columbia indicates that elevated water temperatures and heightened concentrations of carbon dioxide can dramatically increase the growth rate of a keystone species of ...
Climate change reduces nutritional value of algae
Mar 11, 2009 |
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Micro-algae are growing faster under the influence of climate change. However, the composition of the algae is changing, as a result of which their nutritional value for other aquatic life is decreasing. And because algae ...
