Icebergs contribute more meltwater to Greenland's fjords than previously thought, losing up to half of their volume as they move through the narrow inlets, according to new research.
Earth Sciences
Nov 21, 2016
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Researchers from David Karl's laboratory at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa (UHM) and from Professor Jens Nielsen's laboratory at Chalmers University of Technology in Göteborg, Sweden, developed a computer model which ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 15, 2016
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A complex system of surface and deep water currents circulates in the North Atlantic, between Iceland and the Azores, called the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). The Gulf Stream, which transports heat to ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 24, 2016
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A new device for studying tumor cells can trap 10,000 individual cells in a single chip.
Analytical Chemistry
Sep 23, 2016
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Checking the daily weather forecast is something most of us do out of habit. Now, fishermen, offshore oil workers and even surfers can do the same with the Atlantic's "ocean weather," thanks to a model prediction tool created ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 7, 2016
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Elephant seals have helped scientists to demonstrate that fresh water from Antarctic's melting ice shelves slows the processes responsible for the formation of deep-water ocean currents that regulate global temperatures.
Earth Sciences
Aug 24, 2016
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Research conducted by a team from the University of South Florida College of Marine Science and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conversation Commission suggests conditions are such that no major red tide outbreaks should be ...
Environment
Aug 9, 2016
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Shorebirds breeding in Alaska are being exposed to mercury at levels that could put their populations at risk, according to new research from The Condor: Ornithological Applications.
Ecology
Jul 13, 2016
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Europe will be spared the worst economic impacts of climate change by a slowing down of the Gulf Stream, new research predicts.
Earth Sciences
Jul 11, 2016
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There was a period during the last ice age when temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere went on a rollercoaster ride, plummeting and then rising again every 1,500 years or so. Those abrupt climate changes wreaked havoc on ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 30, 2016
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