News tagged with ocean processes
Toxic mercury, accumulating in the Arctic, springs from a hidden source
(Phys.org) -- Environmental scientists at Harvard have discovered that the Arctic accumulation of mercury, a toxic element, is caused by both atmospheric forces and the flow of circumpolar rivers that carry ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 21, 2012 |
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Researchers find clue to explain how penguins know when to surface
(PhysOrg.com) -- Anyone who has ever swum around near the bottom of a swimming pool, or flippered along an ocean floor for any length of time without benefit of an air supply knows that there is a decision ...
Dec 09, 2011 |
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NASA gears up for airborne study of earth's radiation balance
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA scientists have successfully completed flight tests in preparation for deployment of a multi-year airborne science campaign to study the humidity and chemical composition of air entering the tropical ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 06, 2011 |
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New report offers broad approach to assessing impacts of ecological damage
The magnitude and depth of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill will require an unprecedented effort to determine the extent and severity of ecological damage and to develop restoration plans for affected areas in the Gulf of Mex ...
Nov 10, 2011 |
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Deep recycling in the Earth faster than thought
The recycling of the Earth's crust in volcanoes happens much faster than scientists have previously assumed. Rock of the oceanic crust, which sinks deep into the earth due to the movement of tectonic plates, ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 10, 2011 |
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New NASA salt mapper to spice up climate forecasts
Salt is essential to human life. Most people don't know, however, that salt -- in a form nearly the same as the simple table variety -- is just as essential to Earth's ocean, serving as a critical driver of ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 03, 2011 |
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Monsoons spinning the Earth's plates: study
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have for the first time shown a link between intensifying climate events and tectonic plate movement in findings that could provide a valuable insight into why huge tremors occur.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 13, 2011 |
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CO2 emissions causing ocean acidification to progress at unprecedented rate
The changing chemistry of the world's oceans is a growing global problem, says the summary of a congressionally requested study by the National Research Council, which adds that unless man-made carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions ...
Apr 22, 2010 |
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Oceanic crust formation is dynamic after all
Imagine the Earth's crust as the planet's skin: Some areas are old and wrinkled while others have a fresher, more youthful sheen, as if they had been regularly lathered with lotion.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 25, 2009 |
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Scientists to develop 'swarms' of miniature robotic ocean explorers (w/ Video)
In an effort to plug gaps of knowledge about key ocean processes, scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego have been awarded nearly $1 million from the National Science Foundation ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 10, 2009 |
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African desert rift confirmed as new ocean in the making
(PhysOrg.com) -- In 2005, a gigantic, 35-mile-long rift broke open the desert ground in Ethiopia. At the time, some geologists believed the rift was the beginning of a new ocean as two parts of the African continent pulled ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Jupiter's Moon Europa Has Enough Oxygen For Life
New research suggests that there is plenty of oxygen available in the subsurface ocean of Europa to support oxygen-based metabolic processes for life similar to that on Earth. In fact, there may be enough ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 16, 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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Seeking Life's Shadow
They haven't yet figured out how to draw blood from stones, but a group of French researchers is offering new insight that could change how scientists search for signs of life in Martian rocks.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 01, 2009 |
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Mystery Solved: Marine Microbe Is Source of Rare Nutrient
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study of microscopic marine microbes, called phytoplankton, by researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and the University of South Carolina has solved a ten-year-old ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 29, 2009 |
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