A new study suggests that Pluto and other large Kuiper belt objects started out with liquid oceans which have been slowly freezing over time. …read more Source:: Science
Tag: oceans
As the ocean warms, marine species relocate toward the poles
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•Since pre-industrial times, the world’s oceans have warmed by an average of one degree Celsius (1°C). Now researchers report that those rising temperatures have led to widespread changes in the …read more Source:: Science
Warming, acidic oceans may nearly eliminate coral reef habitats by 2100
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•Rising sea surface temperatures and acidic waters could eliminate nearly all existing coral reef habitats by 2100, suggesting restoration projects in these areas will likely meet serious challenges, according to …read more Source:: Science
Lightning ‘superbolts’ form over oceans from November to February
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•Lightning superbolts — which unleash a thousand times more low-frequency energy than regular lightning bolts — occur in dramatically different patterns than regular lightning, according to a new, nine-year survey …read more Source:: Science
Correcting historic sea surface temperature measurements
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•Why did the oceans warm and cool at such different rates in the early 20th century? New research points to an answer both as mundane as a decimal point truncation …read more Source:: Science
Evolution of life in the ocean changed 170 million years ago
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•New research identifies a previously overlooked global event which changed the course of the evolution of life in the oceans. It coincided with a rise in calcium carbonate-secreting plankton and …read more Source:: Science
Plastic’s carbon footprint
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•From campaigns against microplastics to news of the great Pacific garbage patch, public awareness is growing about the outsized effect plastic has on the world’s oceans. However, its effect on …read more Source:: Science
Climate change reshaping how heat moves around globe
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•The Earth’s atmosphere and oceans play important roles in moving heat from one part of the world to another, and new research is illuminating how those patterns are changing in …read more Source:: Science
Two new creatures discovered from dawn of animal life
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•Earth’s first complex animals were an eclectic bunch that lived in the shallow oceans between 580-540 million years ago. …read more Source:: Science
Scientists rethink co-evolution of marine life, oxygenated oceans
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•Researchers have confirmed that rising oceanic and atmospheric oxygen levels co-evolved with marine life hundreds of millions of years ago. …read more Source:: Science