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16-foot Waves Measured Arctic Ocean Where Once Only Ice
2014-07-31 00:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: Sixteen-foot waves are buffeting an area of the Arctic Ocean that until recently was permanently covered in sea ice-another sign of a warming climate, scientists say. Because wave action breaks up sea ice, allowing more sunlight to warm the ocean, it can trigger a cycle that leads to even less ice, more wind, and higher waves. (See "Shrinking Arctic Ice Prompts Drastic Change in National Geographic Atlas.") Scientists had never measured waves in the Beaufort Sea, an area north of Alaska, until...
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Sixteen-foot swells reported in once frozen region of Arctic Ocean
2014-07-30 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Big waves like those fit for surfing are not what we think of when contemplating the Arctic Ocean. The water is ice-covered most of the time -- and it takes large expanses of open sea plus wind to produce mighty surf. So the fact that researchers have now measured swells of more than 16 feet in the Arctics Beaufort Sea, just north of Alaska, is a bit of a stunner. Swells of that size, researchers say, have the potential to break up Arctic ice even faster than the melt underway there for decades...
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Southwest, Southeast Alaska face highest risks from ocean acidification
2014-07-30 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Alaska Public Media: Coastal communities in Alaska that depend on fisheries were warned Tuesday to prepare for the impacts of ocean acidification. A study from federal agencies says many of the science questions remain unanswered but changes are already happening. The first concern is likely shellfish, because when the chemistry of the ocean changes, it`s harder for them to form shells. But which commercial shellfish and when they might be affected and in what waters are questions they can`t answer yet. But what the...
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Humongous Waves in the Arctic Ocean Measured for the First Time Ever
2014-07-30 03:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Softpedia: A recent paper in the journal Geophysical Research Letter announces a world first for research projects focusing on the natural world and on how climate change and global warming are reshaping nature as we know it. In a nutshell, the paper in question details how, using a high-tech sensor anchored to the seafloor, scientist Jim Thomson and fellow researchers managed to measure the height of humongous waves in the Arctic Ocean. As detailed in a press release concerning this investigation, the sensor...
Product Launch - MAURITIUS/EUROPE/US: Indian Ocean Rum Co's Penny Blue Batch 2
2014-07-28 19:05:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
The Indian Ocean Co has released the second batch of its Penny Blue XO rum brand.
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