Summer winds are intensifying along the west coasts of North and South America and southern Africa and climate change is a likely cause, a new study says.
Earth Sciences
Jul 4, 2014
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Tropical marine species venturing into new areas as the climate changes could fall victim to another effect of the phenomenon—as bursts of cold water from the deep sea suddenly kill them.
Plants & Animals
Apr 16, 2024
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They are among the most productive and biodiverse areas of the world's oceans: coastal upwelling regions along the eastern boundaries of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. There, equatorward winds cause near-surface water to ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 26, 2024
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The first-ever study to look at drivers of both marine heatwaves and cold spells in the shallow nearshore along the California Current—coordinated by California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly) and ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 2, 2023
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For California's Central Coast, wind is much more than weather.
Ecology
Mar 29, 2023
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For thousands of years, cold waters in tropical upwelling zones have hindered the growth and survival of coral species which thrived in warm seas. New research from Florida Tech shows that corals living in cooler waters are ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 7, 2023
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A handful of hyper-productive fisheries provide sustenance to a billion people and employ tens of millions. These fisheries occur on the eastern edges of the world's oceans—off the West Coast of the U.S., the Canary Islands, ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 27, 2023
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A study by MBARI researchers and their collaborators published today in Ecology Letters sheds new light on the movements of mysterious, endangered blue whales. The research team used a directional hydrophone on MBARI's underwater ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 5, 2022
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Oceanographers have discovered more about why the eastern Great Australian Bight supports a year-round abundance of marine predators, including different whale species and white sharks which attract cage divers and filmmakers ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 16, 2022
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Upwelling and downwelling play an important role in transporting the heat, carbon, and nutrients that affect Earth's climate. Many studies have focused on these vertical motions in the ocean, including in eastern boundary ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 15, 2022
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