CSIRO research has found global warming will make it more difficult to predict multi-year global climate variations, a consequence of changes to long-term climate variability patterns in the Pacific Ocean.
Earth Sciences
Dec 17, 2019
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A new IMAS study has identified potential benefits and risks for marine ecosystems from two of the key approaches for carbon removal proposed to cut atmospheric carbon levels and slow climate change.
Environment
Dec 10, 2019
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In contrast to most other species, reef-dwelling parrotfish populations boom in the wake of severe coral bleaching.
Ecology
Dec 2, 2019
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This week, the UN World Meteorological Organization announced that concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have reached yet another high. This ongoing trend is not only heating up the planet, but also affecting ...
Environment
Nov 29, 2019
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In an effort to reverse the decline in the health of the world's oceans, the United Nations (UN) has declared 2021 to 2030 to be the Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. One key requirement for the scientific ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 14, 2019
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World governments and other leadership bodies are taking vital steps to protect the ocean but more progress is urgently needed, Oregon State University scientists reported today at the Our Ocean Conference.
Environment
Oct 23, 2019
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Around 66m years ago, a giant asteroid struck the Earth, causing the extinction of the dinosaurs, ammonites, and many other species.
Earth Sciences
Sep 30, 2019
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A team of scientists have revealed that after the devastation caused by a mass extinction event on Earth 66 million years ago, the plankton at the base of the ocean ecosystem were disrupted for nearly two million years. It ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 30, 2019
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The effects of climate change already observed by scientists in recent decades include a doubling in the rate of ocean warming since 1993, increased frequency and intensity of marine heat waves, growing acidification and ...
Environment
Sep 26, 2019
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The IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate is a vital wake-up call for policy decision-makers.
Environment
Sep 25, 2019
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