CSIRO research has found global warming will make it more difficult to predict multi-year global climate variations, a consequence of changes to long-term climate variability patterns in the Pacific Ocean.
Earth Sciences
Dec 17, 2019
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Stormquakes are a recently discovered phenomenon characterized by seismic activity originating at the ocean floor due to powerful storms.
Earth Sciences
Dec 6, 2019
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Coral reefs around the world are threatened by pan-tropical bleaching events that occur when the surrounding sea water temperatures increase due to ongoing climate change and extreme conditions like El Niño. However, patterns ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 20, 2019
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When a marine heat wave hit California's coast in 2014, it brought ocean temperatures that were high for Northern California but fairly normal for a Southern California summer. Much of the giant kelp in the north died in ...
Ecology
Nov 14, 2019
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A new study from Caltech finds that so-called "slow slip" or "silent" earthquakes behave more like regular earthquakes than previously thought. The discovery opens the door for geoscientists to use these frequent and nondestructive ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 23, 2019
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UNSW Sydney engineers are developing new satellite technology that can be used to determine the state of the seas as well as a number of other useful applications.
Earth Sciences
Sep 18, 2019
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A new scientific paper co-authored by the University of Plymouth has said that eight urgent, simultaneous actions are needed to head off potential ecological disaster in the global ocean, amid signs of steeper and faster ...
Environment
Jul 24, 2019
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The tides are turning in a quest to solve an earthquake mystery.
Earth Sciences
Jun 7, 2019
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While the impacts of climate change are reflected in the massive storms, heat waves and droughts that ravage communities around the world, the ocean too is feeling the heat.
Environment
Jun 4, 2019
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Extreme ocean winds and wave heights are increasing around the globe, with the largest rise occurring in the Southern Ocean, University of Melbourne research shows.
Earth Sciences
Apr 25, 2019
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