(Phys.org) -- Direct, reliable observations of atmospheric conditions stretch as far back as the mid seventeenth century, with otherwise consistent records being punctuated by periodic updates in methods, practitioners, and ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 6, 2012
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Tropical forests in South America lose their ability to absorb carbon from the atmosphere when conditions become exceptionally hot and dry, according to new research.
Earth Sciences
Sep 4, 2023
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It's official: An El Niño event is now underway across the Pacific.
Earth Sciences
Sep 21, 2023
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A new study published this week in the journal Nature reveals for the first time how the mixing of cold, deep waters from below can change sea surface temperatures on seasonal and longer timescales.
Earth Sciences
Jul 25, 2013
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Machine learning can be used to forecast when a geographical region might have a ground frost, according to new work published in the International Journal of Reasoning-based Intelligent Systems. Weather forecasting for a ...
Other
Nov 3, 2021
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Some Florida Keys coral reefs are losing their color weeks earlier than normal this summer because of record-high water temperatures, meaning they are under stress and their health is potentially endangered, federal scientists ...
Ecology
Jul 21, 2023
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Changes in the northern Alaskan Arctic ocean environment have reached a point at which a previously rare phenomenon—widespread blooms of toxic algae—could become more commonplace, potentially threatening a wide range ...
Ecology
Oct 5, 2021
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Since the advent of the industrial revolution in the early 19th century, increases in greenhouse gas emissions are thought by scientists to have steadily driven the increase in global-mean surface temperature, known as global ...
Environment
Aug 29, 2018
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Entire reefs in the Florida Keys are ghost towns, victims of an unseasonably early and severe marine heat wave that likely won't end anytime soon that's already bleached and killed thousands of corals.
Plants & Animals
Aug 4, 2023
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In early June 2011, NOAA Fisheries researchers and colleagues placed satellite tags on 26 loggerhead sea turtles in the Mid-Atlantic Bight. The tagging was part of ongoing studies of loggerhead movements and behavior. The ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 1, 2020
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