Oceanography

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• Kuwait Bay Rapidly Warming

  
  Geology News — Authority: 443
  Average water temperatures in the Kuwait Bay are rising at a much faster rate than the rest of the world. Several factors influence this trend: human actions, climate change, and forces of nature.
  10 hours ago

• Birch Aquarium at Scripps

  
  San Diego Blog — Authority: 128
  Birch Aquarium at Scripps Unveils New ‘SEA Day’ Program Scripps Institution of Oceanography/University of California, San Diego   Experience Science, Exploration and Adventure for all ages through a new program at Birch Aquarium at Scripps. SEA Days features multi-generational learning about cutting-edge Scripps ...
  1 day ago

• Epic Big Wave Surfing Contest Hits Oahus North Shore

  
  Discovery News - Technology — Authority: 155
  Its possible that somewhere on the planet, something happened yesterday that was cooler than the Quicksilver Big Wave Invitational in Memory of Eddie Aikau, aka "the Eddie." Its possible, but I doubt it. The Eddie is named for the North ...
  1 day ago

• Climate Change and the Hard Parts of Marine Life

  
  Geology News — Authority: 443
  “A new study has yielded surprising findings about how the shells of marine organisms might stand up to an increasingly acidic ocean in the future.” Quoted from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution press release.
  2 days ago

• Marine Reserves Can Be An Effective Tool For Managing Fisheries

  
  OK4me2 — Authority: 153
  ScienceDaily (Dec. 7, 2009) — Studies conducted in California and elsewhere provide support for the use of marine reserves as a tool for managing fisheries and protecting marine habitats, according to biologists at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Monitoring of marine protected areas ranges from scuba ...
  3 days ago

• Top 10 National Geographic Galleries

  
  Geology News — Authority: 443
  This is a slideshow with selections from the top ten most viewed National Geographic photo galleries of 2009. These include rare rainforest animals, doomsday predictions, the Ardipithecus ramidus skeleton, “missing link” fossils, natural wonders of the world, and more.
  3 days ago

• Property Rights Along the Coast

  
  Geology News — Authority: 443
  An interesting article on the CNN website explores property rights along the water’s edge – after beach reclaiming has been done. If the state pays for the sand used to reclaim do they own the beach or do you still own to the waterline?
  4 days ago

• Worldwide Change in Blue Whale’s Song Baffles Scientists

  
  OK4me2 — Authority: 153
  The function of whale song, even the better-studied song of the humpback whale, has long baffled marine scientists. Songs of the blue whale, the planets largest living creature, can be divided into at least 10 types worldwide, each type retaining the same units and similar phrasing over decades, unlike humpback whale ...
  6 days ago

• Most Awesome Surfing Known to Woman

  
  Discovery News - Technology — Authority: 155
  This is one amazing video from Billabong. It shows one of the worlds most talented young woman surfers, Maya Gabeira of Rio de Janeiro, getting seemingly buried in a monstrous tube at Teahuapo, Tahiti, on October 14. But wait! Then ...
  6 days ago

• Bear vs. Ninja: Nota Bene #2009-43

  
  Scholars and Rogues — Authority: 614
  “Overture, curtain, lights / This is it. We’ll hit the heights / And oh, what sites we’ll hit / On with the links, this is it!” Enjoy! … “When he was on an operating table with his chest cracked open, everyone assumed Command Sgt. Maj. Thompson’s long Army career was over ” … “I felt at that ...
  6 days ago

• Taking the pulse of the North Atlantic

  
  Discovery News - Technology — Authority: 155
  Employing the services of commercial ships plying the North Atlantic, an international team of scientists has made the first detailed and large-scale measurements of the exchange -- or flux -- of carbon dioxide between the atmosphere and the oceans. Their ...
  6 days ago

• Rising sea level threatens Sunderbans inhabitants

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 731
  Sunderbans (West Bengal), Dec.3 (ANI): Rising sea levels has forced thousands of families to leave their ancestral houses and lands in the Sunderbans area of West Bengal, and many more are living in the constant fear of losing theirs.At least 10,000 inhabitants have been turned into environmental refugees and another ...
  1 week ago

• Atmosphere Affects Seafood Shells

  
  Geology News — Authority: 443
  Increased amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere can cause ocean acidification, which in turn affects aquatic life. Some “seafood” organisms – such as crabs, lobster, and shrimp – create more shell material in response to rising CO2 levels. Other organisms’ shells – like those of clams, urchins, and ...
  1 week ago

• In Carbon Dioxide-Rich Environment, Some Ocean Dwellers Increase Shell Production

  
  OK4me2 — Authority: 153
  The larger of these two pencil urchins was exposed to current CO 2 levels; the smaller was exposed to the highest CO 2 levels in the study. (Credit: Tom Kleindinst, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) ScienceDaily (Dec. 2, 2009) — In a striking finding that raises new questions about carbon dioxides (CO 2 ...
  1 week ago

• Seawater temperatures in Kuwait Bay rising alarmingly since 1985

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 731
  Washington, December 1 (ANI): In a new research, scientists have determined that since 1985, seawater temperature in Kuwait Bay, northern Arabian Gulf, has increased on average 0.6 degree Celsius per decade, which is about three times faster than the global average rate reported by the Intergovernmental Panel on ...
  1 week ago

• Younger Dryas Occurred Abruptly

  
  Geology News — Authority: 443
  Isotopes in a mud core from Lough Monreach, Ireland, show that the Younger Dryas may have occurred very abruptly. When glacial Lake Agassiz flowed into the North Atlantic Ocean almost 13,000 years ago, the “Big Freeze” set in at once, possibly chilling the ocean within mere months. Could a rapid melting of the ...
  1 week ago

• Rift at Afar, Ethiopia Will Become an Ocean

  
  Geology News — Authority: 443
  In 2005, a 35-mile-long rift broke open in Ethiopia. At the time, some geologists believed the rift was the beginning of a new ocean as two parts of the African continent pulled apart, but the claim was controversial. Now, scientists from several countries have confirmed that the volcanic processes at work beneath the ...
  1 week ago

• Antarctic Eye Candy (video)

  
  Discovery News - Technology — Authority: 155
  What better way to end/start your week than an eye-popping video of a seal carcass being devoured by a menagerie of starfish and ten-foot long carnivorous worms? Youve got to love the camerawork, especially the stop-motion bits, which makes this ...
  1 week ago

• Programming Note — URI On ‘60 Minutes’

  
  Providence Daily Dose — Authority: 483
  Finally, Rhode Island will get some national exposure for something really awesome. Tonight on 60 Minutes Lara Logan interviews Dr. Bob Ballard of the URI Graduate School of Oceanography. She joined a recent expedition last September when his crew discovered a new site, a 1400-year-old Byzantine wreck on the floor ...
  1 week ago

• Climate Action Urged Amid Controversy - WSJ.com

  
  Seven Generational Ruminations — Authority: 437
  A new report by some of the UNIPCC scientists urge action on climate change. They state the climate behavior currently seen is at the extreme end of the forecasts in the UNIPCC report from 2007. One of these scientists is among those whose emails were released in the climategate controversy. They say the release of ...
  1 week ago

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