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Paleontologists Find Extinction Rates Higher in Open-Ocean Settings During Mass Extinctions
Researchers have uncovered a
strikingly pattern for
ancient mass extinctions:
extinctions rates during
mass extinctions were
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Oceans' Uptake of Human-Made Carbon May Be Slowing
The oceans play a key role
in regulating climate,
absorbing more than a
quarter of the carbon
dioxide that humans put into
the air. Now, the first
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Mysteriously Warm Times in Antarctica
A new study of Antarctica's
past climate reveals that
temperatures during the warm
periods between ice ages
(interglacials) may have
been higher than previously
thought. The latest analysis
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Research Challenges for Understanding Landscape Changes Identified
Nine research challenges and
four research initiatives
that are poised to advance
the study of how Earth's
landscapes change were
... > full story
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How Much Water Does the Ocean Have?
November 17, 2009 — The calculation of variations in the sea level is relatively simple. It is by far more complicated to then determine the change in the water mass. A team of geodesists and oceanographers have now, ... > full story -
Sea Stars Bulk Up to Beat the Heat
November 17, 2009 — A new study finds that a species of sea star stays cool using a strategy never before seen in the animal kingdom. The sea stars soak up cold sea water into their bodies during high tide as buffer ... > full story -
Penguins and Sea Lions Help Produce New Atlas
November 16, 2009 — Recording hundreds of thousands of individual uplinks from satellite transmitters fitted on penguins, albatrosses, sea lions, and other marine animals, the Wildlife Conservation Society and BirdLife ... > full story -
Optical Properties of the Antarctic System and New Radiation Information
November 16, 2009 — The Antarctic system comprises of the continent itself, Antarctica, and the ocean surrounding it, the Southern Ocean. In a new study, measurements were made during three Austral summers to study the ... > full story -
Lab Machine to Study Glacial Sliding Related to Rising Sea Levels Created
November 15, 2009 — Researchers have created a glacier in a freezer that could help scientists understand how glaciers slide across their beds. That could help researchers predict how climate change accelerates glacier ... > full story -
Cave Study Links Climate Change to California Droughts
November 15, 2009 — California experienced centuries-long droughts in the past 20,000 years that coincided with the thawing of ice caps in the Arctic, according to analysis of stalagmites from a cave in the Sierra ... > full story -
Warmer Means Windier on Lake Superior, World's Biggest Lake
November 15, 2009 — Rising water temperatures are kicking up more powerful winds on Lake Superior, with consequences for currents, biological cycles, pollution and more on the world's largest lake and its smaller ... > full story -
Greenland Ice Cap Melting Faster Than Ever
November 13, 2009 — Satellite observations and a state-of-the art regional atmospheric model have independently confirmed that the Greenland ice sheet is losing mass at an accelerating rate, according to a new study. ... > full story -
Bizarre Lives of Bone-Eating Worms
November 12, 2009 — It sounds like a classic horror story -- eyeless, mouthless worms lurk in the dark, settling onto dead animals and sending out green "roots" to devour their bones. In fact, such worms do exist in the ... > full story -
Earth's Early Ocean Cooled More Than A Billion Years Earlier Than Thought
November 12, 2009 — The global ocean covering the Earth 3.4 billion years ago was far cooler than has been thought, according to researchers who analyzed isotope ratios in rocks formed on that ancient ocean floor. ... > full story
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