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Model explains huge recurring rainstorms in tropical Indian and Pacific oceans
2016-01-27 00:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: El Nio is fairly well understood, and by now it's a household word. But another huge system in the tropical Indian and Pacific oceans, which wreaks similar havoc in world weather, is relatively unknown and is just beginning to be explained. University of Washington scientists have published a mathematical model that could help explain and forecast the Madden-Julian Oscillation, a massive cluster of thunderstorms that plays a role in global weather. "Over the Indian Ocean and the Western Pacific...
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There Will Be More Plastic Than Fish In Oceans By 2050
2016-01-22 15:19:00| Waste Age
The Guardian Dame Ellen MacArthur is warning that there will be more waste plastic in the sea than fish by 2050, unless the industry cleans up its act. read more
Satellite launched to measure motions of the oceans
2016-01-17 17:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Spaceflight Now: A new satellite built to extend a 24-year series of joint U.S.-European ocean observatories climbed away from a foggy California launch pad and sailed into orbit more than 800 miles above Earth on Sunday aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The Jason 3 satellite is kicking off a five-year mission to precisely measure ocean waves, maritime winds, ocean currents and sea level rise for a consortium of scientific institutions in the United States and Europe. The spacecraft lifted off at 10:42:18 a.m....
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Humans adding less nitrogen to oceans than models predict
2016-01-09 00:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: A new study finds that human activities are likely contributing far less nitrogen to the open ocean than many atmospheric models suggest. That's generally good news, but it also nullifies a potential side benefit to additional nitrogen, says Meredith Hastings, associate professor of Earth, environmental and planetary sciences at Brown University and one of the study's co-authors. "People may not be polluting the ocean as much as we thought, which is a good thing," said Hastings, who is also a fellow...
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Climate change is impacting lakes faster than oceans
2015-12-22 14:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: Climate change is rapidly warming lakes around the world, threatening freshwater supplies and ecosystems, according to a new NASA and National Science Foundation-funded study of more than half of the world's freshwater supply. Using more than 25 years of satellite temperature data and ground measurements of 235 lakes on six continents, this study -- the largest of its kind -- found lakes are warming an average of 0.61 degrees Fahrenheit (0.34 degrees Celsius) each decade. The scientists say this...
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