News tagged with sea level anomaly

New report explains sea level anomaly this summer along the US Atlantic coast

Persistent winds and a weakened current in the Mid-Atlantic contributed to higher than normal sea levels along the Eastern Seaboard in June and July, according to a new NOAA technical report.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

GOCE launch: Mapping the Earth’s gravity as never before

(PhysOrg.com) -- ESA is about to launch the most sophisticated of Earth Observation satellites to investigate the Earth’s gravitational field with unprecedented resolution and accuracy.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0




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ESA declares end of mission for Envisat satellite

Just weeks after celebrating its tenth year in orbit, communication with the Envisat satellite was suddenly lost on 8 April. Following rigorous attempts to re-establish contact and the investigation of failure ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NASA's new 'Earth now' app: your world, unplugged

A free, new iPhone app from NASA literally puts the whole world in the palm of your hands. "Earth Now" immerses cyber explorers in dazzling visualizations of near-real-time global climate data from NASA's ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Birds' diverse traits survive Amazon fires

Research in the Amazon has shown that wildfires are less of a threat to the functional diversity of rainforest birds than you might expect.

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study: Arctic sea ice decline may be driving snowy winters seen in recent years

A new study led by the Georgia Institute of Technology provides further evidence of a relationship between melting ice in the Arctic regions and widespread cold outbreaks in the Northern Hemisphere. The study's ...

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created Feb 27, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (18) | comments 61 | with audio podcast

Seeking a pot of geological gold

Researchers are moving a step closer to solving one of the greatest murder mysteries of all time. It happened roughly 200 million years ago, marking the boundary between the Triassic and Jurassic periods, ...

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created Dec 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 3

2010 spike in Greenland ice loss lifted bedrock, GPS reveals

(PhysOrg.com) -- An unusually hot melting season in 2010 accelerated ice loss in southern Greenland by 100 billion tons – and large portions of the island's bedrock rose an additional quarter of an inch ...

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created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (21) | comments 20 | with audio podcast

Interactive map of sea level changes launched

A new interactive map that allows users to explore changes in sea level worldwide over five decades has been launched by the UK's Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level (PSMSL).

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created Nov 23, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Massive volcanoes, meteorite impacts delivered one-two death punch to dinosaurs: study

(PhysOrg.com) -- A cosmic one-two punch of colossal volcanic eruptions and meteorite strikes likely caused the mass-extinction event at the end of the Cretaceous period that is famous for killing the dinosaurs ...

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created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 11 | with audio podcast

Fastest sea-level rise in two millennia linked to increasing temperatures

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international research team including University of Pennsylvania scientists has shown that the rate of sea-level rise along the U.S. Atlantic coast is greater now than at any time in the ...

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created Jun 20, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (17) | comments 32 | with audio podcast

Researchers use GPS data to model effects of tidal loads on Earth's surface

(PhysOrg.com) -- For many people, Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite technology is little more than a high-tech version of a traditional paper map. Used in automobile navigation systems and smart phones, ...

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created Apr 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3 | with audio podcast


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