Expanding 'dead zone' in Arabian Sea raises climate change fears
In the waters of the Arabian Sea, a vast "dead zone" the size of Scotland is expanding and scientists say climate change may be to blame.
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Jul 17, 2018
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Cyclone Mekenu pummels Yemeni island, seven missing
Seven people were missing and hundreds of others evacuated from their homes after Cyclone Mekunu hit the Yemeni island of Socotra Wednesday night, causing severe flooding and damage to houses, officials said.
Environment
May 24, 2018
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NASA's Aqua satellite sees Tropical Cyclone Mekunu strengthen
Visible satellite imagery from NASA's Aqua satellite revealed that Tropical Cyclone 02A, now renamed Mekunu has continued to consolidate and organize off the coast of Oman in the Arabian Sea.
Earth Sciences
May 23, 2018
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NASA's Aqua satellite observes formation of Tropical Cyclone 02A
Tropical Cyclone 02A formed about 655 nautical miles south of Masirah Island, Oman. When NASA's Aqua satellite passed over the Arabian Sea, Northern Indian Ocean and captured a visible image of the newly developed storm.
Earth Sciences
May 22, 2018
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Growing 'dead zone' confirmed by underwater robots in the Gulf of Oman
Growing 'dead zone' confirmed by underwater robots in the Gulf of Oman
Earth Sciences
Apr 27, 2018
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Birth of a storm in the Arabian Sea validates climate model
Researchers from Princeton University and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) report in the journal Nature Climate Change that extreme cyclones that formed in the Arabian Sea for the first time in 2014 ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 6, 2017
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NASA gets a final look at Tropical Cyclone Ockhi's rainfall
Tropical Cyclone Ockhi is quickly weakening in the Arabian Sea and is expected to dissipate on Dec. 6 when it makes landfall in northwestern India. The Global Precipitation Measurement mission or GPM core satellite passed ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 5, 2017
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Hidden witnesses to climate history
They once inhabited the seafloor and have been steadily buried: Microorganisms in the sub-surface sediments at the bottom of the Arabian Sea reveal details of fluctuations in climate and environmental conditions over the ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 4, 2017
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DNA study of southern humpback finds calving ground loyalty drives population differences
Scientists conducting the first circum-global assessment of mitochondrial DNA variation in the Southern Hemisphere's humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) have found that whales faithfully returning to calving grounds ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 6, 2017
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The rapidly populating coastal region from the Gulf to Pakistan faces a huge tsunami risk
That tsunamis can cause death and devastation has become painfully clear over the past two decades. On Boxing Day, 2004, a magnitude 9 earthquake off the coast of Sumatra caused waves several metres high to devastate the ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 6, 2017
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