By examining a set of fossil corals that are as much as 7,000 years old, scientists have dramatically expanded the amount of information available on the El Nino-Southern Oscillation, a Pacific Ocean climate cycle that affects ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 3, 2013
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Global warming could impact the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO), altering the cycles of El Niño and La Niña events that bring extreme drought and flooding to Australia and many other Pacific-rim countries.
Earth Sciences
Sep 11, 2013
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Sea-levels are rising 60 per cent faster than the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) central projections, new research suggests.
Environment
Nov 28, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The climate of the Pacific region will undergo significant changes as atmospheric temperatures rise but scientists can not yet identify the influence it will have on the El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) ...
Earth Sciences
May 24, 2010
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The region east of the Philippine coast has energetic mesoscale eddies and high eddy kinetic energy (EKE) in the subsurface layer. These eddies play essential roles in the intraseasonal variation of western boundary currents ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 8, 2022
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Marine heat waves driven by climate change have fueled a dramatic increase in market squid along the Washington and Oregon coast over the past two decades, new research shows.
Plants & Animals
Feb 7, 2022
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The nine years spanning 2013-2021 all rank among the 10 hottest on record, according to an annual report a US agency released Thursday, the latest data underscoring the global climate crisis.
Environment
Jan 15, 2022
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La Nina—which often means a busier Atlantic hurricane season, a drier Southwest and perhaps a more fire-prone California—has popped up in the Pacific Ocean.
Environment
Sep 10, 2020
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Upwelling is a process in which deep, cold water rises toward the surface. Typically, water that rises to the surface as a result of upwelling is colder and rich in nutrients. This is the reason why coastal upwelling ecosystems ...
Environment
Apr 15, 2020
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It's called "the blob," and some blame it for the thousands of dead seabirds and emaciated sea lion pups that have washed ashore on California beaches since late last year.
Earth Sciences
Apr 24, 2015
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