News tagged with sea temperature
Cuts in greenhouse gas emissions would save Arctic ice, reduce sea level rise
The threat of global warming can still be greatly diminished if nations cut emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases by 70 percent this century, according to a new analysis. While global temperatures would ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 14, 2009 |
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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 ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 01, 2009 |
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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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Jul 15, 2010 |
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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 ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 04, 2009 |
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2001-2010 warmest decade on record: WMO
Climate change has accelerated in the past decade, the UN weather agency said Friday, releasing data showing that 2001 to 2010 was the warmest decade on record.
Mar 23, 2012 |
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Mysteriously warm times in Antarctica
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study of Antarctica's past climate reveals that temperatures during the warm periods between ice ages (interglacials) may have been higher than previously thought. The latest analysis ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 18, 2009 |
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Study: Greenland ice sheet may melt completely with 1.6 degrees global warming
The Greenland ice sheet is likely to be more vulnerable to global warming than previously thought. The temperature threshold for melting the ice sheet completely is in the range of 0.8 to 3.2 degrees Celsius ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 11, 2012 |
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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 ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 15, 2011 |
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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 ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 27, 2011 |
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Expect more rain, heat and hurricanes, say scientists
Hungry polar bears gathering along the tundra, twice as many record-breaking temperatures and stronger hurricanes are among the latest signs of climate change, scientists say.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 18, 2010 |
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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.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 15, 2009 |
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Earth's climate future may be etched in Greenland bedrock
Scientists hit Greenland bedrock this week after five years of drilling through 2.5 kilometres (1.6-mile) of solid ice, a 14-nation consortium announced Wednesday.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 28, 2010 |
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Coral face 'a stormy future'
As global warming whips up more powerful and frequent hurricanes and storms, the world's coral reefs face increased disruption to their ability to breed and recover from damage.
Jun 23, 2009 |
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Study: Small fluctuations in solar activity, large influence on the climate
(PhysOrg.com) -- Subtle connections between the 11-year solar cycle, the stratosphere, and the tropical Pacific Ocean work in sync to generate periodic weather patterns that affect much of the globe, according ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 27, 2009 |
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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 ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 10, 2011 |
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