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By Degrees: In the Ocean, Clues to Change
2014-08-11 23:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: A few weeks ago, some 300 miles off the coast of New Zealand, scientists aboard the research vessel Tangaroa gently lowered two funky-looking orange orbs into the sea. Soon they disappeared, plunging of their own accord toward the depths of the Pacific Ocean. They were prototypes, specialized robots designed to record temperature and other conditions all the way to the sea bottom, more than three miles down. Every few days since that June voyage, they have been surfacing, beaming their data to a...
Will Atlantic Ocean Oil Prospecting Silence Endangered Right Whales?
2014-08-11 12:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: Whales talk. But what makes them stop talking? Scientists have long known that the marine mammals use creaks, groans, growls, and buzzes to communicate with each other-often over long distances-to find food, and even for mothers to keep track of their calves. But what happens when the watery echosphere of their communication is filled with a drumbeat of undersea booms? To the dismay of some who study whales, they may soon find out. The Obama administration this month gave the go-ahead for...
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Atlantic Ocean warming linked to Pacific trade winds
2014-08-10 18:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: New research has found rapid warming of the Atlantic Ocean, likely caused by global warming, has turbocharged Pacific Equatorial trade winds. Currently the winds are at a level never before seen on observed records, which extend back to the 1860s. The increase in these winds has caused eastern tropical Pacific cooling, amplified the Californian drought, accelerated sea level rise three times faster than the global average in the Western Pacific and has slowed the rise of global average surface...
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Ocean acidification poses imminent threat to Alaskan fishing communities
2014-08-09 12:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Salon: Keeping Alaskas fisheries wild and sustainable is going to be a serious challenge in the years ahead as our oceans become more acidic, and that in turn, is going put many Alaskans subsistence way of life at risk, says a new report. Many of the nutritionally and economically valuable marine fisheries in the state are located in waters that are already experiencing ocean acidification, says the report, Ocean Acidification Risk Assessment for Alaskas Fishery Sector that was published online...
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HMS Ocean completes intensive sea acceptance trials and training
2014-08-06 01:00:00| Naval Technology
The UK Royal Navys amphibious assault ship HMS Ocean (L12) has successfully completed intensive sea acceptance trials and training.
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