From ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FÉDÉRALE DE LAUSANNE and the “adjusting the past” department: The oceans were colder than we thought A team of EPFL and European researchers has discovered a flaw in…
Category: Oceans
Current threats to our oceans are revealed
I don’t know where to start. I really don’t “text mining” oy ~ctm From Eurekalert Public Release: 3-Aug-2017 A new method of surveying published research, which has highlighted current issues…
"New study challenges prevailing theory about how deep-sea vents are colonized"… And hydrothermal oil!
Guest post by David Middleton July 24, 2017 New study challenges prevailing theory about how deep-sea vents are colonized An article just published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society…
The Role of ‘Ocean Upwelling’ and ‘The Deep Ocean’ in the Glacial Cycles
Guest Post by Wim Röst Abstract Glacial cycles show a gradual diminishing temperature during the slide into the glacial period, but a steep increase of temperature at the start of…
The Mother-of-all-Dead Zones: "Fossil site shows impact of early Jurassic's low oxygen oceans"
Guest post by David Middleton Science News Fossil site shows impact of early Jurassic’s low oxygen oceans Date: July 15, 2017 Source: University of Texas at Austin Summary: Using a…
FSU researcher makes deep-sea coral reefs discovery in depths of the North-Pacific
From Eurekalert Public Release: 14-Jul-2017 Florida State University TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Scientists have long believed that the waters of the Central and Northeast Pacific Ocean were inhospitable to deep-sea…
NASA-MIT study evaluates efficiency of oceans as heat sink, atmospheric gases sponge
Feature | June 13, 2017 From NASA NASA-MIT study evaluates efficiency of oceans as heat sink, atmospheric gases sponge Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. By Ellen Gray, NASA’s…
Robust relationship between solar wind speed and North Atlantic Oscillation discovered
Interdisciplinary studies reveal relationship between solar activity and climate change INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES The solar flux is considered the fundamental energy source of earth’s climate…
Good news! Study says the foundation of aquatic life can rapidly adapt to global warming
From the UNIVERSITY OF EXETER The foundation of aquatic life can rapidly adapt to global warming, new research suggests Important microscopic creatures which produce half of the oxygen in the atmosphere…
Warming by [less] Upwelling of Cold Ocean Water
Guest essay by Wim Röst The best kept secret in the ‘climate world’ probably is: the cooling capacity of the deep sea. Some attention is paid to the heat uptake…
Unexplored Ocean Depths Bustling with Life, Despite Extreme Conditions
Schmidt Ocean Institute’s new underwater vehicle SuBastian completes its first expedition discovering new hydrothermal vent sites and possible new species in the Mariana Back-Arc, an extreme deep-ocean environment. APRA HARBOR,…
Corals survived massive Caribbean climate change – likely to do so again
From the SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE Half of all coral species in the Caribbean went extinct between 1 and 2 million years ago, probably due to drastic environmental changes. Which…
Friday Funny: Impact of 'sea smell' overestimated by present climate models
From the LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH (TROPOS) and the “sea smell by the seashore” department. Most comprehensive study on the atmospheric oxidation of the natural climatic gas dimethyl sulfide…
Researcher succeeds creating a controlled rogue wave in realistic oceanic conditions
This is interesting, from AALTO UNIVERSITY: The 260-meter long German barge carrier MS München was lost mysteriously at sea in 1978. The final communication message was a garbled mayday message…
Great Barrier Reef bleaching study; Karoly et al (April 2016), Part A.
Guest essay by Bob Fernley-Jones Background: This headline image is for a publically released article (the article) in the Australian university-partnered blog The Conversation in which ‘the study’ cited therein…
Inconvenient: Giant Coral Reef That ‘Died’ In 2003 Teeming With Life Again
From the “global warming and ocean acidification will kill everything, forever” and the “nature always finds a way” department comes this inconvenient truth. Back From The Dead: Giant Coral Reef That…
The Unsinkable "Sinking Atolls" Meme
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach I’ve written before about the study of Arthur Webb and Paul Kench regarding the fact that coral atolls are not being swallowed by rising seas. Their…
Discovery: Wind-blown Antarctic sea ice helps drive ocean circulation
Study first to quantify influence of Antarctic sea ice Antarctic sea ice is constantly on the move as powerful winds blow it away from the coast and out toward the…
Understanding rogue ocean waves may be simple after all
From the GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY An international team of scientists has developed a relatively simple mathematical explanation for the rogue ocean waves that can develop seemingly out of nowhere to…
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