News tagged with ocean temperature

NASA infrared satellite imagery shows Tropical Storm Mawar strengthening

The infrared instrument on NASA's Aqua satellite captured temperature data on Tropical Storm Mawar in the western North Pacific Ocean and showed that the cloud top temperatures were growing colder. That's ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

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Heavy ice could delay start of Shell Alaska's Arctic drilling

The heaviest polar ice in more than a decade could postpone the start of offshore oil drilling in the Arctic Ocean until the beginning of August, a delay of up to two weeks, Shell Alaska officials said.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 38

Typhoon Sanvu had a bad weekend

Typhoon Sanvu had a bad weekend. It went from Typhoon status on May 25 to an extra-tropical storm and finally into a remnant low pressure area by May 29, 2012.

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created May 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Earth's water cycle intensifying with atmospheric warming

A clear change in salinity has been detected in the world's oceans, signalling shifts and an acceleration in the global rainfall and evaporation cycle.

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created May 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Bering Strait may be global temperature stabilizer

(Phys.org) -- A diverse group of climate researchers has found after running computer simulations that the strait that separates North America and Russia might be serving as a global temperature stabilizer. ...

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created Apr 10, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 61 | with audio podcast report

New research brings satellite measurements and global climate models closer

One popular climate record that shows a slower atmospheric warming trend than other studies contains a data calibration problem, and when the problem is corrected the results fall in line with other records ...

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created May 07, 2012 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (13) | comments 13 | with audio podcast

NOAA study suggests aerosols might be inhibiting global warming

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study led by the U.S, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows that tiny particles that make their way all the way up into the stratosphere may be offsetting a global ...

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created Jul 22, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (17) | comments 28 | with audio podcast report

April 2012 heats up as 5th warmest month globally

(AP) -- Unseasonable weather pushed last month to the fifth warmest April on record worldwide, federal weather statistics show.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 12

Growing risks from hatchery fish

A newly published collection of more than 20 studies by leading university scientists and government fishery researchers in Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California, Russia and Japan provides ...

Biology / Ecology

created May 14, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Taking the temperature of the ancient earth

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new technique has allowed scientists to pin down the timing of ancient glaciations, linking them more firmly to two bursts of extinction.

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created Mar 08, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Pacific islands may become refuge for corals in a warming climate, study finds

Scientists have predicted that ocean temperatures will rise in the equatorial Pacific by the end of the century, wreaking havoc on coral reef ecosystems. But a new study shows that climate change could cause ocean currents ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 29, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Protein adaptation shows that life on early earth lived in a hot, acidic environment

A new study reveals that a group of ancient enzymes adapted to substantial changes in ocean temperature and acidity during the last four billion years, providing evidence that life on Early Earth evolved from ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 04, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (9) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Tropical Atlantic sees weaker trade winds and more rainfall: study

Earth's global temperature has been rising gradually over the last decades, but the warming has not been the same everywhere. Scientists are therefore trying to pin down how the warming has affected regional ...

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created Feb 06, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (9) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Warming North Atlantic water tied to heating Arctic, according to new study

The temperatures of North Atlantic Ocean water flowing north into the Arctic Ocean adjacent to Greenland -- the warmest water in at least 2,000 years -- are likely related to the amplification of global warming ...

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created Jan 27, 2011 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (24) | comments 26 | with audio podcast

Antarctic sea temperatures cooled in Holocene but now rising: study

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study of an ocean sediment core taken from deep water off the coast of the western Antarctic Peninsula is beginning to fill in some of the gaps in our knowledge of climate variability ...

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created Feb 10, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (18) | comments 20 | with audio podcast report