From itnews By Liz Tay Submarine cable network of use to Sydney scientist. Scientists have called for telecommunications companies to open up their old and new submarine cables to climate…
Category: Oceans
Glacier loss in Hawaii tied to change in North Atlantic AMOC current
From an Oregon State University press release: Ancient Hawaiian glaciers reveal clues to global climate impacts CORVALLIS, Ore. – Boulders deposited by an ancient glacier that once covered the summit…
Generating energy from ocean waters off Hawaii
This seems like an interesting idea, the feasibility may drop with scale though. College Park, MD (August 3, 2010) — Researchers at the University of Hawaii at Manoa say that…
Now it's a Phytoplanktonic panic
Borrowing a phrase from NSIDC’s Dr. Mark Serreze, Phytoplankton are now apparently in a “Death Spiral”. See Death spiral of the oceans and the original press release about an article…
New peer reviewed paper refutes claims of blizzards of last winter being driven by "global warming"
Paging Joe Romm: In fact, this record-breaking snowstorm is pretty much precisely what climate science predicts. Since one typically can’t make a direct association between any individual weather event and…
Ship Tracks – what do they do to albedo?
From NASA Science News: I’ve always wondered what cumulative effect increased global shipping might have on low level clouds over the ocean. These NASA images suggest ship cloud tracks are…
Botanist claims to overturn established ocean phytoplankton theory – cites global warming as a concern for new theory
Via Eurekalert: “A new study concludes that an old, fundamental and widely accepted theory of how and why phytoplankton bloom in the oceans is incorrect. The findings challenge more than…
From DMSP munching microbes to global climate
From the University of Technology Sydney press release (Note: unfortunately the actual paper was not provided with the press release) Tiny marine microbes exert influence on global climate 16 Jul…
Now it's CO2 killing "Nemo"
From the “CO2 is the most deadly omnipotent force in the Universe department”, comes this tragic story of poor Nemo the clownfish, so disoriented by CO2 that he can’t choose…
AGW Mathematics : -30 + 5 = 0
By Steven Goddard, From The Vancouver Sun, a survey of leading climate scientists. “More than half the experts think there is a more than 10 per chance we’ll get five…
La Niña Is Not The Opposite Of El Niño – The Videos
Reposted from: Bob Tisdale on Climate Change and Global Warming Blog By Bob Tisdale Thursday, June 10, 2010 La Niña Is Not The Opposite Of El Niño – The Videos…
What happens if a hurricane hits the Gulf Oil Slick?
There’s been a lot of worry and speculation over what will happen if a hurricane and the gulf oil spill collide. In response, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) has prepared…
"The decrease in upper ocean heat content from March to April was 1C – largest since 1979"
Recent Variations In Upper Ocean Heat Content – Information From Phil Klotzbach By Dr. Roger Pielke Senior Phil Klotzbach has graciously permitted me to post an update on upper ocean heat content…
Predictions Of Global Mean Temperatures & IPCC Projections
Guest post by Girma Orssengo, B. Tech, MASc, PhD The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) claims that human emission of CO2 causes catastrophic global warming. When such extraordinary claim…
March Global Sea Surface Temperatures
“Hot” on the heels (ahem) of the March UAH global temperature anomaly, we have the likely primary driver of that number, a persistent El Nino in the Pacific. WUWT contributor…
Ocean acidification: the "evil twin of global warming"
From the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies James Cook University “Evil twin” threatens world’s oceans, scientists warn The rise in human emissions of carbon dioxide is driving…
Atlantic conveyor belt – still going strong and will be the day after tomorrow
The Gulf Stream does not appear to be slowing down, say US scientists who have used satellites to monitor tell-tale changes in the height of the sea. Confirming work by…
'Foamenting' climate change
From the American Association for the Advancement of Science, more ideas on geoengineering: PACIFIC GROVE, CALIFORNIA—In an effort to curb global warming, scientists have proposed everything from launching sunlight-blocking dust…
Tsunami threat for the Pacific
Of course the big news today is the 8.8 earthquake in Chile and the Tsunami warning stemming from it. There’s not much I could add that’s not already being covered,…
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