News tagged with sea water
New study probes mystery of loop current in eastern Gulf of Mexico
A study released by the Minerals Management Service today examines the circulation in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico (GOM) and sheds new light on the behavior of the Loop Current (LC) and Loop Current Eddies (LCEs), the relation ...
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Jan 06, 2010 |
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Antarctic nations plan tough new shipping controls
(AP) -- Countries that manage Antarctica plan tough new controls on ships visiting the southern oceans and the fuels they use to reduce the threat of human and environmental disasters as tourist numbers rise, ...
Dec 12, 2009 |
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Understanding ocean climate
High-resolution computer simulations performed by scientists at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (NOCS) are helping to understand the inflow of North Atlantic water to the Arctic Ocean and how ...
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Dec 10, 2009 |
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Mediterranean Sea filled in less than two years: study
The Mediterranean Sea was mostly filled in less than two years in a dramatic flood around 5.33 million years ago in which water poured in from the Atlantic, according to a study published Wednesday.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 09, 2009 |
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Dead Sea needs world help to stay alive
The Dead Sea may soon shrink to a lifeless pond as Middle East political strife blocks vital measures needed to halt the decay of the world's lowest and saltiest body of water, experts say.
Nov 24, 2009 |
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Study: Sea stars bulk up to beat the heat
A new study finds that a species of sea star stays cool using a strategy never before seen in the animal kingdom. The sea stars soak up cold sea water into their bodies during high tide as buffer against potentially damaging ...
Nov 17, 2009 |
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How much water does the ocean have?
The calculation of variations in the sea level is relatively simple. It is by far more complicated to then determine the change in the water mass. A team of geodesists and oceanographers from the University of Bonn, as well ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 12, 2009 |
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15,000 reasons to worry about invasive species
A day at the beach in Wisconsin's North Woods didn't used to go like this. Candy Dailey spent a Fourth of July holiday splashing with grandkids on the sandy shore of Lake Metonga when she felt a nasty sting on her foot.
Nov 09, 2009 |
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From ecological Soviet-era ruin, a sea is reborn
(AP) -- Standing on the shore under the relentless Central Asian sun, Badarkhan Prikeyev drew on a cigarette and squinted into the distance as one fishing boat after another returned with the day's catch.
Oct 25, 2009 |
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Warming ocean melts Greenland glaciers
(AP) -- With whale fins splashing in the distance, Ruth Curry hauls up her catch from the blustery deck of an icebreaker.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 23, 2009 |
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World's first floating wind turbine opens in Norway
The world's first floating full-scale offshore wind turbine has been inaugurated in the North Sea off the coast of Norway, Norwegian energy giant StatoilHydro said Tuesday.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Sep 08, 2009 |
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Wind, current combined to raise E Coast sea level
(AP) -- Folks living along the East Coast were in higher water early this summer thanks to a change in the wind and current flow.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 31, 2009 |
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NASA Heads Out to Sea
NASA scientists Maury Estes and Mohammad Al-Hamdan have been seafaring in the Gulf of Mexico, and one of them grew a bit green around the gills. It's not surprising that a space agency scientist might have ...
Aug 24, 2009 |
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Commerce secretary approves Arctic fisheries plan
(AP) -- The nation's secretary of commerce has approved a plan that would prohibit an expansion of commercial fishing in the Arctic, at least until more is known about the area.
Aug 21, 2009 |
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'Benchmark glaciers' shrinking at faster rate, study finds
Climate change is shrinking three of the nation's most studied glaciers at an accelerated rate, and government scientists say that finding bolsters global concerns about rising sea levels and the availability of fresh drinking ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 07, 2009 |
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