El Niño and La Niña: What's it all about?
It's official: An El Niño event is now underway across the Pacific.
Earth Sciences
Sep 21, 2023
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News tagged with ocean temperatures
Long-lasting La Niña events more common over past century
Multiyear La Niña events have become more common over the last 100 years, according to a new study led by University of Hawai'i (UH) at Mānoa atmospheric scientist Bin Wang. Five out of six La Niña events since 1998 have ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 21, 2023
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Dolphins, seals and whales managed by the US are highly vulnerable to climate change, study finds
According to a study published in PLOS ONE, 72% of cetacean and pinniped stocks managed under U.S. jurisdiction are highly or very highly vulnerable to climate change. The research was led by Matthew D. Lettrich at NOAA Fisheries, ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 20, 2023
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NZ's vital kelp forests are in peril from ocean warming—threatening the important species that rely on them
Years of almost non-stop marine heat waves are stressing New Zealand's kelp forests. But as we show in our new research, ongoing ocean warming is only one of several threats to these unique and important coastal seaweed ecosystems.
Plants & Animals
Sep 12, 2023
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Study reveals previously unknown mechanism impacting Earth's climate
A study has unveiled a previously unknown mechanism that significantly influences Earth's climate.
Earth Sciences
Sep 12, 2023
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Helicopter-based observations uncover warm ocean flows toward Totten Ice Shelf in Southeast Antarctica
An international team of scientists has successfully conducted large-scale helicopter-based observations along the coast of East Antarctica and has identified pathways through which warm ocean water flows from the open ocean ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 11, 2023
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Hurricane Lee is charting a new course in weather and could signal more monster storms
Hurricane Lee is rewriting old rules of meteorology, leaving experts astonished at how rapidly it grew into a goliath Category 5 hurricane.
Environment
Sep 9, 2023
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International report confirms record-high greenhouse gases, global sea levels in 2022
Greenhouse gas concentrations, global sea level and ocean heat content reached record highs in 2022, according to the 33rd annual State of the Climate report.
Earth Sciences
Sep 6, 2023
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Adapt now as hotter marine heat waves hit: scientists
Conservationists and the fishing and tourism industries must take pre-emptive measures to protect wildlife and livelihoods as the El Niño phenomenon amplifies marine heat waves already made more intense and frequent by climate ...
Environment
Sep 6, 2023
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Alaska fishers fear another bleak season as crab populations dwindle in warming waters
Gabriel Prout worked four seasons on his father's crab boat, the Silver Spray, before joining his two brothers in 2020 to buy a half-interest plus access rights for a snow crab fishery that's typically the largest and richest ...
Ecology
Sep 6, 2023
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