New research has revealed why the oldest water in the ocean in the North Pacific has remained trapped in a shadow zone around 2km below the sea surface for over …read more Source:: Science
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What Earth’s climate system and topological insulators have in common
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•New research shows that equatorial waves — pulses of warm ocean water that play a role in regulating Earth’s climate — are driven by the same dynamics as the exotic …read more Source:: Science
Tsunami enabled hundreds of aquatic species to raft across Pacific
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•The 2011 Japanese tsunami set the stage for something unprecedented. For the first time in recorded history, scientists have detected entire communities of coastal species crossing the ocean by floating …read more Source:: Science
Ship exhaust makes oceanic thunderstorms more intense
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•Thunderstorms directly above two of the world’s busiest shipping lanes are significantly more powerful than storms in areas of the ocean where ships don’t travel, according to new research. …read more Source:: Science
No batteries required: Energy-harvesting yarns generate electricity
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•Scientists have developed high-tech yarns that generate electricity when they are stretched or twisted. ‘Twistron’ yarns have many possible applications, such as harvesting energy from the motion of ocean waves …read more Source:: Science
Ten million tons of fish wasted every year despite declining fish stocks
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•Industrial fishing fleets dump nearly 10 million tons of good fish back into the ocean every year, according to new research. …read more Source:: Science
A fertilizer dearth foiled animal evolution for eons?
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•Earth was inhospitable to complex life for billions of years, practically suffocating evolution in a nearly oxygen-free environment. Then came a shift in phosphorus concentrations to ocean shallows, and after …read more Source:: Science
Major ocean current is widening as climate warms
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•A new study found that the Indian Ocean’s Agulhas Current is getting wider rather than strengthening. The findings, which have important implications for global climate change, suggest that intensifying winds …read more Source:: Science
Saturn’s moon Dione harbors a subsurface ocean
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•A subsurface ocean lies deep within Saturn’s moon Dione, according to new data from the Cassini mission to Saturn. Two other moons of Saturn, Titan and Enceladus, are already known …read more Source:: Science
SpaceX rocket destroyed in failed ocean landing attempt
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•CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – A SpaceX Falcon rocket thrust a communications satellite into orbit on Friday before the reusable main-stage booster turned around, soared back toward Earth and was …read more Source:: UKScienceNews