Each spring, powerful dust storms in the deserts of Mongolia and northern China send thick clouds of particles into the atmosphere. Eastward winds sweep these particles as far as the Pacific, where dust ultimately settles ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 27, 2015
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Understanding the planet's history is crucial if we are to predict its future. While some records are preserved in ice cores or tree rings, other records of the climate's ancient past are buried deep in the seafloor.
Earth Sciences
Aug 26, 2015
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The El Nino weather phenomenon that began this year could be among the strongest in 65 years, US government scientists said Thursday.
Earth Sciences
Aug 13, 2015
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A scientific research team spent seven years tracking the movements of skyscraper-high waves in the South China Sea. University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science scientists were part of the ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 21, 2015
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A new study, by scientists from the University of Southampton and National Oceanography Centre (NOC), implies that the global climate is on the verge of broad-scale change that could last for a number of decades.
Earth Sciences
May 28, 2015
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Geoengineering of the climate may be the only way to save coral reefs from mass bleaching, according to new research.
Environment
May 25, 2015
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New research, led by the University of Southampton, has questioned the role played by ocean acidification, produced by the asteroid impact that killed the dinosaurs, in the extinction of ammonites and other planktonic calcifiers ...
Earth Sciences
May 11, 2015
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Once a day, a wave as tall as the Empire State Building and as much as a hundred miles wide forms in the waters between Taiwan and the Philippines and rolls across the South China Sea – but on the surface, it is hardly ...
Earth Sciences
May 7, 2015
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To combat global climate change caused by greenhouse gases, alternative energy sources and other types of environmental recourse actions are needed. There are a variety of proposals that involve using vertical ocean pipes ...
Environment
Mar 19, 2015
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Acoustic-gravity waves—a special type of sound wave that can cut through the deep ocean at the speed of sound—can be generated by underwater earthquakes, explosions, and landslides, as well as by surface waves and meteorites. ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 3, 2015
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