News tagged with global ocean
More tropical cyclones in past could play role in warmer future
(PhysOrg.com) -- A question central to research on global warming is how warmer temperatures caused by increased greenhouse gases could influence climate. Probing the past for clues about this potential effect, ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 24, 2010 |
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Ocean geoengineering scheme no easy fix for global warming
Pumping nutrient-rich water up from the deep ocean to boost algal growth in sunlit surface waters and draw carbon dioxide down from the atmosphere has been touted as a way of ameliorating global warming. However, ...
Feb 18, 2010 |
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NASA Research Finds Last Decade was Warmest on Record, 2009 One of Warmest Years
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new analysis of global surface temperatures by NASA scientists finds the past year was tied for the second warmest since 1880. In the Southern Hemisphere, 2009 was the warmest year on record.
Jan 21, 2010 |
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What's so funny about global warming?
Ian Leung has wanted to do something about global warming for almost two decades. Ever since he switched careers in 1991 from science advisor to the Ontario Ministry of Environment to pursue a career as an actor, the environment-and ...
Dec 10, 2009 |
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Giant iceberg spotted south of Australia
A monster iceberg nearly twice the size of Hong Kong island has been spotted drifting towards Australia in what scientists Wednesday called a once-in-a-century event.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 09, 2009 |
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Study: Earth more sensitive to carbon dioxide than previously thought
In the long term, the Earth's temperature may be 30-50% more sensitive to atmospheric carbon dioxide than has previously been estimated, reports a new study published in Nature Geoscience this week.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 06, 2009 |
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Obama science advisers grilled over hacked e-mails
(AP) -- House Republicans pointed to controversial e-mails leaked from climate scientists and said it was evidence of corruption. Top administration scientists looking at the same thing found no such sign, saying it doesn't ...
Dec 03, 2009 |
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Oceans' uptake of manmade carbon may be slowing
The oceans play a key role in regulating climate, absorbing more than a quarter of the carbon dioxide that humans put into the air. Now, the first year-by-year accounting of this mechanism during the industrial ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 18, 2009 |
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Climate variability impacts the deep sea
Deep-sea ecosystems occupying 60% of the Earth's surface could be vulnerable to the effects of global warming warn scientists writing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Statistics experts reject global cooling claims
(AP) -- Have you heard that the world is now cooling instead of warming? You may have seen some news reports on the Internet or heard about it from a provocative new book.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 26, 2009 |
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Deep-Sea Microbes May Answer Long-Standing Question About Earth's Nitrogen Cycle
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have identified an unexpected metabolic ability in a symbiotic community of deep-sea microorganisms. It may help solve a lingering mystery about the world's nitrogen cycle.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 15, 2009 |
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Acidic clouds nourish world's oceans
Scientists at the University of Leeds have proved that acid in the atmosphere breaks down large particles of iron found in dust into small and extremely soluble iron nanoparticles, which are more readily used by plankton.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 05, 2009 |
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Dinosaur-Killer was Soft on Algae
The asteroid impact that many researchers claim was the cause of the dinosaur die-off was bad news for marine life at the time as well. But new research shows that microalgae - one of the primary producers ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 02, 2009 |
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Global warming may dent El Nino's protective shield from Atlantic hurricanes, increase droughts
(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 ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 23, 2009 |
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Ocean acidification: impact on key organisms of oceanic fauna
In addition to global warming, carbon dioxide emissions cause another, less well-known but equally serious and worrying phenomenon: ocean acidification. Researchers in the Laboratoire d'Océanographie ...
Sep 15, 2009 |
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