(PhysOrg.com) -- CSIRO scientists have produced the first preliminary predictions of the potential impact of climate change on the Australian seabed.
Earth Sciences
Oct 15, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The kelp forests off southern California are considered to be some of the most diverse and productive ecosystems on the planet, yet a new study indicates that today's kelp beds are less extensive and lush ...
Ecology
Nov 10, 2009
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During the last ice age, when thick ice covered the Arctic, many scientists assumed that the deep currents below that feed the North Atlantic Ocean and help drive global ocean currents slowed or even stopped. But in a new ...
Earth Sciences
May 29, 2013
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The new research study led by scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego suggests that by improving overall ocean health, corals are better able to recover from bleaching events, which occur when rising ...
Environment
Jul 22, 2009
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The world's largest Bakchar iron ore deposit is located in an ancient sea in West Siberia, Russia. Its proven reserves are over 28 billion tons. Scientists seek to explain the accumulation of such a huge amount of iron. Now, ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 28, 2018
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Every year, sea ice cover in the Arctic Ocean shrinks to a low point in mid-September. This year it measures just 1.44 million square miles (3.74 million square kilometers) – the second-lowest value in the 42 years since ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 30, 2020
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The Deepwater Horizon explosion on April 20, 2010, caused the largest marine oil spill in history, with several million barrels of crude oil released into the Gulf of Mexico over the course of three months. Soon after the ...
Environment
Jul 9, 2013
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The world's river deltas take up less than 0.5 percent of the global land area, but they are home to hundreds of millions of people. Many live in major fast-growing cities such as Kolkata in the Ganges delta, Bangkok in the ...
Environment
Nov 1, 2019
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The 'Coastland Map' produced by scientists from Durham University and published in the Journal GSA Today, charts the post Ice-Age tilt of the UK and Ireland and current relative sea-level changes. According to the map, the ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 6, 2009
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What will be the impact to the ocean if humans are to mine the deep sea? It's a question that's gaining urgency as interest in marine minerals has grown.
Earth Sciences
Sep 21, 2022
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