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Climate Change Stories from the Abyss: Ancient Climate Mirrored and Influenced by Geochemical Processes Deep Within Ocean
August 29, 2012 — Scientists have shed new light on the world's history of climate change. The Pacific Ocean has remained the largest of all oceans on the planet for many million years. Scientists have now recovered ... > full story -
Cooler Waters Help Diminish Isaac's Punch
August 29, 2012 — Seven years after the powerful Category 3 Hurricane Katrina caused widespread devastation along the Gulf Coast, a Category 1 Hurricane Isaac, with maximum sustained winds of 80 miles per hour (70 ... > full story -
NASA's IceBridge Seeking New View of Changing Sea Ice
August 28, 2012 — This year scientists working on NASA's Operation IceBridge, a multi-year airborne science mission to study changing ice conditions at both poles, debuted a new data product with the potential to ... > full story -
One Third Less Life on Planet Earth? Scientists Offer Better Estimate of Living Biomass
August 27, 2012 — Previous estimates about the total mass of all life on our planet have to be reduced by about one third, according to the results of a study by a German-U.S. science ... > full story -
Darwin Discovered to Be Right: Eastern Pacific Barrier Is Virtually Impassable by Coral Species
August 27, 2012 — Coral from the eastern Pacific rarely crosses a deep-ocean barrier to reach the west coast of the Americas, according to new research. The finding has important implications for climate-change ... > full story -
Arctic Sea Ice Reaches Lowest Extent Ever Recorded
August 27, 2012 — The blanket of sea ice floating on the Arctic Ocean melted to its lowest extent ever recorded since satellites began measuring it in 1979, according to new ... > full storyMore: -
How Ocean Currents Affect Global Climate Becoming Better Understood
August 27, 2012 — Oceanographers have developed a "new paradigm" for describing how the world's oceans circulate -- and with it they may help reshape science's understanding of the processes by which wind, water, ... > full story -
Good News from the Bad Drought: Gulf 'Dead Zone' Smallest in Years
August 24, 2012 — The worst drought to hit the United States in at least 50 years does have one benefit: It has created the smallest "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico in years, say ... > full story -
New Survey of Ocean Floor Finds Juvenile Scallops Are Abundant in Mid-Atlantic
August 23, 2012 — Researchers are getting a comprehensive view of the ocean floor using a new instrument, and have confirmed that there are high numbers of young sea scallops off of Delaware ... > full story -
Past Tropical Climate Change Linked to Ocean Circulation
August 23, 2012 — A new record of past temperature change in the tropical Atlantic Ocean's subsurface provides clues as to why the Earth's climate is so sensitive to ocean circulation ... > full story
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