News tagged with ocean flow
How the Pacific Ocean leaks (w /Video)
A state-of-the-art ocean model has been used in a new study to conduct the first detailed investigation of oceanic water flow between the Pacific and Indian Oceans via the south of Australia.
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Apr 17, 2012 |
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Mathematical methods help predict movement of oil and ash following environmental disasters
When oil started gushing into the Gulf of Mexico in late April 2010, friends asked George Haller whether he was tracking its movement. That's because the McGill engineering professor has been working for years ...
Mar 12, 2012 |
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Brazil warns Chevron over offshore oil well seepage
Brazilian authorities warned US energy giant Chevron Thursday that it faces severe punishment if it fails to completely seal an offshore well that has been seeping oil in waters off Rio de Janeiro state.
Nov 17, 2011 |
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Lava rocks from three continents and oceanic plateau traced to same lava plume
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Sylhet Traps lava flows of the Shillong Plateau in northeastern India lie some 340 miles to the east of the Rajmahal Traps at the bend of the Ganges River as it flows south to the Bay ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 19, 2011 |
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Researchers predict record Gulf of Mexico 'dead zone' due to Mississippi River flooding
ANN ARBOR, Mich.---Extreme flooding of the Mississippi River this spring is expected to result in the largest Gulf of Mexico "dead zone" on record, according to a University of Michigan aquatic ecologist and his colleagues.
Jun 15, 2011 |
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First study of dispersants in Gulf spill suggests a prolonged deepwater fate
(PhysOrg.com) -- To combat last year's Deepwater Horizon oil spill, nearly 800,000 gallons of chemical dispersant were injected directly into the oil and gas flow coming out of the wellhead nearly one mile ...
Jan 26, 2011 |
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Faster water flow means greater diversity of invertebrate marine life
One of biggest factors promoting the diversity of coastal ocean life is how fast the water flows, according to new research by ecologists at Brown University. Experiments and observation in Palau, Alaska, ...
Nov 17, 2010 |
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Scientists Explore Origins of 'Supervolcanoes' on the Sea Floor
(PhysOrg.com) -- "Supervolcanoes" have been blamed for multiple mass extinctions in Earth's history, but the cause of their massive eruptions is unknown.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 09, 2010 |
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Changes in net flow of ocean heat correlate with past climate anomalies
Physicists at the University of Rochester have combed through data from satellites and ocean buoys and found evidence that in the last 50 years, the net flow of heat into and out of the oceans has changed ...
Aug 14, 2009 |
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The Earth's magnetic field remains a charged mystery
400 years of discussion and we’re still not sure what creates the Earth’s magnetic field, and thus the magnetosphere, despite the importance of the latter as the only buffer between us and deadly solar wind ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 15, 2009 |
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Turning the tide to energy
NASA researchers who developed a new way to power robotic underwater vehicles believe a spin-off technology could help convert ocean energy into electrical energy on a much larger scale. The researchers hope ...
Mar 06, 2009 |
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