News tagged with sea level fluctuations
New map reveals giant fjords beneath East Antarctic ice sheet
Scientists from the U.S., U.K. and Australia have used ice-penetrating radar to create the first high- resolution topographic map of one of the last uncharted regions of Earth, the Aurora Subglacial Basin, ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 01, 2011 |
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New predictions for sea level rise
Fossil coral data and temperature records derived from ice-core measurements have been used to place better constraints on future sea level rise, and to test sea level projections.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 27, 2009 |
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Close relationship between past warming and sea-level rise
Scientists from the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, along with colleagues from Tuebingen and Bristol have reconstructed sea-level fluctuations over the last 520,000 years. Comparison of this record with data on ...
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Jun 22, 2009 |
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UCLA life scientists view biodiversity through a whole new dimension
(Phys.org) -- How can blue whales, the largest animals on the planet, survive by feeding on krill, shrimp-like creatures that are the size of a penny? According to UCLA life scientists, it's all a matter of ...
May 31, 2012 |
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Greenland's current loss of ice mass
The Greenland ice sheet continues to lose mass and thus contributes at about 0.7 millimeters per year to the currently observed sea level change of about 3 mm per year. This trend increases each year by a further 0.07 millimeters ...
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May 29, 2012 |
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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 ...
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May 21, 2012 |
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There's not always safety in numbers when it comes to extinction risk
A basic tenet underpinning scientists' understanding of extinction is that more abundant species persist longer than their less abundant counterparts, but a new University of Georgia study reveals a much more complex relationship.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 08, 2012 |
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Were dinosaurs undergoing long-term decline before mass extinction?
Despite years of intensive research about the extinction of non-avian dinosaurs about 65.5 million years ago, a fundamental question remains: were dinosaurs already undergoing a long-term decline before an ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 01, 2012 |
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Researchers use weather model to recommend East Coast offshore wind farms
Most energy experts agree that cheap, clean, renewable wind energy holds great potential to help the world satisfy energy needs while reducing harmful greenhouse gases. But how can fluctuating wind power be ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Apr 25, 2012 |
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1981 climate change predictions were eerily accurate
A paper published in the journal Science in August 1981 made several projections regarding future climate change and anthropogenic global warming based on manmade CO2 emissions. As it turns out, the authors’ ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 09, 2012 |
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Declines in Caribbean coral reefs pre-date damage resulting from climate change
The decline of Caribbean coral reefs has been linked to the recent effects of human-induced climate change. However, new research led by scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego suggests ...
Mar 30, 2012 |
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3Qs: What is 'global weirding'?
Auroop Ganguly — an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering who heads Northeastern’s Sustainability and Data Sciences Lab — explains how global climate change and extreme ...
Mar 22, 2012 |
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Amount of coldest Antarctic water near ocean floor decreasing for decades
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have found a large reduction in the amount of the coldest deep ocean water, called Antarctic Bottom Water, all around the Southern Ocean using data collected from 1980 to 2011. ...
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Mar 21, 2012 |
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