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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...
Worrisome Arctic ocean methane leaks
2013-12-08 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Living on Earth: New research based in the East Siberian continental shelf of the Arctic Ocean finds the powerful greenhouse gas methane is escaping from the seabed into the atmosphere twice as fast as scientists previously thought, threatening runaway global warming. University of Alaska professor Natalia Shakhova talks with host Steve Curwood about the research. Transcript CURWOOD: From the Jennifer and Ted Stanley Studios in Boston, this is Living on Earth. I'm Steve Curwood. We begin this week with some...
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Arctic Ocean: Carbon Sink or Carbon Source?
2013-12-04 18:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: For the past three decades, as the climate has warmed, the massive plates of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean have shrunk: in 2007, scientists observed nearly 50 percent less summer ice than had been seen in 1980. While the Arctic Ocean as a whole seems to be storing more carbon than in previous years, the increase in carbon sink capacity may not be as large as scientists predicted. Photo credit: NASA`s Aqua satellite shows the receding Arctic sea ice, Sept. 3, 2010. Dramatic changes in ice cover...
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New study of the Arctic Ocean finds alarming increase in acidity
2013-09-15 15:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: If you ever had a marine aquarium (or a swimming pool) you know that it is very important to keep the level of acidity (ph) within a narrow range for optimum results. In the case of the pool, to minimize corrosion of the metal parts in a heater and to reduce damage to the pool lining or paint. In the case of the aquarium, the ph is directly related to the health of coral and fish. The ocean is no different. Acidity is an important parameter that relates to many other parameters including the health...
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Arctic Ocean Rapidly Acidifying
2013-05-23 17:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: After three years of ongoing research by an international team of scientists, a study commissioned by the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme for a first-ever comprehensive assessment of Arctic Ocean acidification was presented last week at a meeting of Arctic Council Ministers in Bergen, Norway. The research show that the cold waters of the Arctic sea are more vulnerable to acidification. Cold water more readily absorbs CO2 and combined with the precipitous drop in summer sea ice extent,...
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