News tagged with ocean temperature

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.

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created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (93) | comments 23

Energy secretary: Islands could disappear

(AP) -- U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu is warning that if countries don't do something about climate change, "some island states will simply disappear."

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created Apr 19, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (61) | comments 6

British team trek to North Pole to measure sea ice

Three British explorers have set out on a 90-day skiing expedition to the North Pole, measuring sea ice thickness the whole way to find out exactly how fast it is disappearing, according to the Catlin Arctic ...

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created Mar 01, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (36) | comments 3

June Earth's hottest ever: US monitors

Last month was the hottest June ever recorded on Earth, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday, amid global climate warming worries.

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created Jul 15, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (39) | comments 40

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.

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created Jan 21, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (48) | comments 100 | with audio podcast

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.

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created Dec 06, 2009 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (53) | comments 91

Solar cycle linked to global climate

Establishing a key link between the solar cycle and global climate, research led by scientists at the National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colo., ...

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created Jul 16, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (30) | comments 47

Mediterranean Sea level could rise by 61 cm

A Spanish-British research project has come up with three future scenarios for the effects of climate change on the Mediterranean over the next 90 years, using global models from the Intergovernmental Panel ...

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created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (32) | comments 0

Ice sheet melt identified as trigger of Big Freeze

The main cause of a rapid global cooling period, known as the Big Freeze or Younger Dryas - which occurred nearly 13,000 years ago - has been identified thanks to the help of an academic at the University of Sheffield.

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created Mar 31, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (28) | comments 25 | with audio podcast

Long debate ended over cause, demise of ice ages -- may also help predict future

Researchers have largely put to rest a long debate on the underlying mechanism that has caused periodic ice ages on Earth for the past 2.5 million years - they are ultimately linked to slight shifts in solar radiation caused ...

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created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (24) | comments 63

Present ocean acidification rates are unprecedented: research

The world's oceans may be turning acidic faster today from human carbon emissions than they did during four major extinctions in the last 300 million years, when natural pulses of carbon sent global temperatures ...

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created Mar 01, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (25) | comments 43 | with audio podcast

Rate of ocean acidification the fastest in 65 million years

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new model, capable of assessing the rate at which the oceans are acidifying, suggests that changes in the carbonate chemistry of the deep ocean may exceed anything seen in the past 65 million ...

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created Feb 15, 2010 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (28) | comments 26 | with audio podcast

Rising oceans - too late to turn the tide?

Melting ice sheets contributed much more to rising sea levels than thermal expansion of warming ocean waters during the Last Interglacial Period, a UA-led team of researchers has found. The results further ...

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created Jul 15, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (20) | comments 45 | 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

Arctic ice cap 'to disappear in future summers'

The Arctic ice cap will disappear completely in summer months within 20 to 30 years, a polar research team said as they presented findings from an expedition led by adventurer Pen Hadow.

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created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (32) | comments 21