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SpaceX will attempt to land a Falcon 9 rocket on an ocean platform: A huge step towards cheap space travel
2014-12-17 14:56:39| Extremetech
On Friday, December 19, SpaceX will attempt one of the most exciting maneuvers in the entire history of space travel: The first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket will try to land on a giant platform in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Usually, the first stage just falls into the ocean, never to be used again; in this case, if the soft landing is successful, the rocket can be reused, massively cutting the costs of space launches.
Parts of Pacific Ocean close to El Nino thresholds: Australia weather bureau
2014-12-16 05:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Surface temperatures of the equatorial Pacific Ocean have exceeded El Nino thresholds for several weeks and there is a greater than 70 percent chance of the weather pattern emerging, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) said on Tuesday. The BOM had earlier projected at least a 70 percent chance of El Nino arriving by February 2015. The weather event occurs every four to 12 years and can trigger drought in some parts of the world while causing flooding in others. "Typically, after the ocean...
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More seafloor methane released into Pacific Ocean
2014-12-12 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Science Times: Water at intermediate depths is observed to be warming up as seafloor methane released into the Pacific Ocean is growing at an alarming rate, a recent study found. The said warming is happening at such a point where deposits of carbon will start to melt and free methane into the water. These deposits of methane gas, frozen in layers underneath the seafloor, are beginning to melt, thus, releasing methane into sediments and the surrounding waters, according to the University of Washington research....
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5 Trillion Pieces of Ocean Trash Found, But Fewer Particles Than Expected
2014-12-12 00:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: A new study on the amount of plastic pollution floating around the world's oceans found a lot of garbage but fewer small particles than researchers expected, raising new questions about how litter is interacting with the environment. Scientists from the nonprofit advocacy group 5 Gyres published their findings this week in the peer-reviewed journal PLOS ONE. The researchers collected plastic from parts of the ocean with nets and then used computer models to estimate the extent of the garbage problem...
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Study: over 5 trillion pieces of plastic now in the ocean
2014-12-11 15:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Researchers have measured how much plastic is now in the oceans and the findings show how huge the scale of the problem is. It is estimated that there are over 5 trillion pieces of plastic, ranging in size, in the oceans, collectively weighing 269,000 tons. The findings, which were collected by scientists from the US, France, Chile, Australia and New Zealand, have been published in the journal PLOS One. The research was conducted by collecting plastic with nets whilst on ships or observing from...
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