Oceanography

Mid-Atlantic Ridge Turbulence Has Big Impact On Climate

fact, the turbulence packs an energy wallop equal to about five million watts-- comparable to output ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 10 2007 - 4:05pm

Study: Global Warming May Mean Smaller Fish

dioxide. “Right now, the ocean biology is sort of on our side,” Hutchins said. “About 50 percent of fossil ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 11 2008 - 5:53pm

Study: Antarctic Ice Loss Rate Nearly Matches Greenland

A gigatonne is one billion metric tons, or more than 2.2 trillion pounds. These new results are about 20 ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 24 2008 - 11:56am

Researchers Warn Of A Methane Clathrate Destabilization Time Bomb Due To Global Warming

called marsh gas, methane is a colorless, odorless gas. As a greenhouse gas, it is about 30 times more ...

Article - News Staff - May 28 2008 - 11:29pm

The Issues In Predicting Accurate Glacier Movement

crystals. All crystalline solids, including metals, are comprised of grains, which are about 1 to 3 cms ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 28 2008 - 9:29am

Receding Arctic Ice Not The Only Problem- It's Also Thinning

degrees, which is about 600 miles shy of the North Pole. But a team, including Laxon, at the Centre for ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 27 2008 - 7:30pm

Ocean's Acidity Rising Much Quicker Than Expected

about earlier. H 2 CO 3 ⇌ HCO 3 − + H + HCO 3 − ⇌ CO 3 2− + H + CO2(aq) is strong enough to dissolve ...

Article - Ashley Cox - Jan 17 2009 - 2:33am

Ocean Acidification Poses Real Threat, Actress Warns

approximately 0.1 unit-- from about 8.2 to 8.1-- making them more acidic. Models project an additional 0.2 to ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 22 2010 - 7:11pm

Biotransport And Ocean Mixing

jellyfish can have such effects, what about cephalopods?  Finned octopods, known technically as cirrates, ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - Oct 3 2010 - 4:17pm

Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier Loss May Speed Up

Glacier's floating ice tongue and discovered a ridge about half the size of the one off Thwaites Glacier. ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 28 2011 - 10:15pm