Molecular fossils and machine learning have enabled scientists to build the first charts of Antarctic ocean temperatures over the past 45 million years, offering important insights into future sea level changes.
Earth Sciences
Sep 15, 2022
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After weeks of anticipation, it's finally official: the Bureau of Meteorology has declared another La Niña is underway. This means Australia's east coast will likely endure yet another wet, and relatively cool, spring and ...
Environment
Sep 13, 2022
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In the last 50 years, oxygen-deficient zones in the open ocean have increased. Scientists have attributed this development to rising global temperatures: Less oxygen dissolves in warmer water, and the tropical ocean's layers ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 31, 2022
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In a paper published in Science China Earth Sciences, Prof. Wenjun Zhang from Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology demonstrated that the ENSO combination mode plays an important role in maintaining the ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 26, 2022
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Kelp forms vast seaweed forests along temperate coastlines, which sequester large amounts of atmospheric carbon. But according to a study by Karen Filbee-Dexter at the University of Western Australia and the Institute of ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 24, 2022
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While vacationers might enjoy the Mediterranean Sea's summer warmth, climate scientists are warning of dire consequences for its marine life as it burns up in a series of severe heat waves.
Environment
Aug 21, 2022
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The world's oceans are absorbing more than 90% of the excess heat and energy generated by rising greenhouse gas emissions.
Ecology
Aug 18, 2022
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Climate change is a complicated phenomenon with a variety of both abrupt and gradual effects that scientists are working hard to uncover. Emerging findings on how various ecosystems are responding to a changing climate, stemming ...
Ecology
Aug 17, 2022
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It's not just the land that is groaning under the heat—the ocean is also suffering from heatwaves. In the Mediterranean Sea along the Italian and Spanish coasts, for example, water temperatures are currently up to 5 °C ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 16, 2022
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The world's biggest ice sheet could cause "several meters" of sea-level rise over centuries if the global temperature rises more than 2°C, according to a British study published Wednesday.
Environment
Aug 13, 2022
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