News tagged with warm water
The hot atmosphere of Venus might cool its interior: study
The heat in the atmosphere of Venus, induced from a strong greenhouse warming, might actually have a cooling effect on the planet's interior. This counter-intuitive theory is based on calculations from a new ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 21, 2010 |
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Climate: Risks loom for China: study
Climate change could reduce key harvests in China by a fifth if the gloomiest scenarios prove true, according to a study on Wednesday.
Sep 01, 2010 |
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Global warming spells doom for Asia's rivers
The livelihood of thousands of Tibetans living on China's highest plateau is under threat as global warming and environmental degradation dry up water sources for three mighty Asian rivers, experts say.
Jun 10, 2010 |
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Oceans Smaller And Warmer
Two new studies out this week give the best scientific estimates of the average depth of the world's oceans, the total amount of water they contain, and the extent to which this water warmed over the last ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 20, 2010 |
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Stratospheric Water Vapor is a Global Warming Wild Card
A 10 percent drop in water vapor ten miles above Earth’s surface has had a big impact on global warming, say researchers in a study published online January 28 in the journal Science. The findings might help e ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 28, 2010 |
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Trees invading warming Arctic will cause warming over entire region, study shows
(PhysOrg.com) -- Contrary to scientists' predictions that, as the Earth warms, the movement of trees into the Arctic will have only a local warming effect, University of California, Berkeley, scientists modeling ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 12, 2010 |
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Mexico's conch shells yield clues into effects of warming
Divers plumb the turquoise depths of ocean waters some 100 kilometers south of this vacation paradise, in search of the distinctive queen conch shell prized by vacationers and souvenir-seekers.
Dec 22, 2009 |
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Global warming likely to be amplified by slow changes to Earth systems
Researchers studying a period of high carbon dioxide levels and warm climate several million years ago have concluded that slow changes such as melting ice sheets amplified the initial warming caused by greenhouse ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 20, 2009 |
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Global warming may require higher dams, stilts
(AP) -- With the world losing the battle against global warming so far, experts are warning that humans need to follow nature's example: Adapt or die.
Dec 03, 2009 |
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Warming drives off Cape Cod's namesake, other fish
(AP) -- Fishermen have known for years that they've had to steam farther and farther from shore to find the cod, haddock and winter flounder that typically fill dinner plates in New England.
Nov 12, 2009 |
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Measuring the effects of temperature increases in the Antarctic fauna
Researchers from the British Antarctic Survey subjected species found in Antarctic waters to increasing levels of water temperature to learn how well they would cope with a warmer ocean. The study, to be presented at the ...
Jun 30, 2009 |
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Warmer ocean brings fewer sardines to S.Africa
Millions of sardines have begun their annual migration down South Africa's east coast, but fewer fish are making the journey due to rising ocean temperatures, a researcher said Monday.
Jun 22, 2009 |
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Too many fail to follow hand-washing guidelines
Everyone knows how to wash their hands. Warm water, lots of soap, a vigorous and thorough scrubbing, a good drying. Moms pound it into us from the time we're toddlers.
May 30, 2009 |
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Unstated assumptions color Arctic sovereignty claims
Settling the growing debate over ownership of Arctic Ocean resources is complicated by the fact that the various countries involved have different understandings of the geography of the place.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 28, 2009 |
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Melting Greenland ice sheets may threaten Northeast United States, Canada
Melting of the Greenland ice sheet this century may drive more water than previously thought toward the already threatened coastlines of New York, Boston, Halifax, and other cities in the northeastern United ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 27, 2009 |
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