News tagged with underwater observatory
First underwater observatory live online
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists, including those from the Natural History Museum, have developed the world's first underwater observatory connected to the internet.
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Sep 24, 2009 |
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Present ocean acidification rates are unprecedented: research
The world's oceans may be turning acidic faster today from human carbon emissions than they did during four major extinctions in the last 300 million years, when natural pulses of carbon sent global temperatures ...
Mar 01, 2012 |
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A new way to visualize Earth
As the state geologist for Arizona, Lee Allison knows granite from sandstone, a syncline from an anticline. But he has lacked the ability to look through rocks to visualize the inner workings of the Earth.
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Feb 17, 2012 |
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Sensing the deep ocean
(PhysOrg.com) -- Futuristic robots may be coming soon to an ocean near you. Sensorbots are spherical devices equipped with biogeochemical sensors, that promise to open a new chapter in the notoriously challenging ...
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Dec 20, 2011 |
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New York state may soon suffer outsize effects from climate, says report
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the first statewide climate change outlook for New York, scientists say that the state may suffer disproportionate effects in coming decades compared with other regions, due to its geography ...
Nov 17, 2011 |
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First controlled experiments on ocean acidification in the deep sea
(PhysOrg.com) -- After six years of design and testing, MBARI scientists have a sophisticated new tool for studying the effects of ocean acidification on deep-sea animals. This complex system, the Free-Ocean ...
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Nov 15, 2011 |
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Scientists predict faster retreat for Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier
The retreat of Antarctica's fast-flowing Thwaites Glacier is expected to speed up within 20 years, once the glacier detaches from an underwater ridge that is currently holding it back, says a new study in ...
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Oct 26, 2011 |
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Earth from Space: Volcanic Canaries
(PhysOrg.com) -- The subtropical Canary Islands off Africa’s west coast are pictured in this Envisat image.
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Oct 14, 2011 |
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Young and thin instead of old and bulky: Researchers report on changes in Arctic sea ice
In the central Arctic the proportion of old, thick sea ice has declined significantly. Instead, the ice cover now largely consists of thin, one-year-old floes. This is one of the results that scientists of the Alfred Wegener ...
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Oct 06, 2011 |
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Climate scientist studies ancient shorelines
The seas are rising, as they have during past periods of warming in earth’s history. Estimates of how high they will go in the next few thousand years range from five meters, putting greater Miami underwater, ...
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Sep 21, 2011 |
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Ocean Observatories Initiative streams live video of undersea volcano
Last spring, a volcano erupted 425 kilometers (about 265 miles) off the Oregon coast and far below the surface, at Axial Seamount. No one was aware for months.
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Aug 26, 2011 |
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