1 of deep ocean's most turbulent areas has big impact on climate
...ulence is produced when water flows quickly though oceanic passages. The turbulence stirs the almost freezing-water near the bottom with warmer water that is closer to the surface much as you would mix cream into coffee by stirring it with a spoon. We know that the mixing of warm surface water with very co...Uncovering the secrets of the deep
...taset is composed of 28 million DNA sequences from oceanic microbes and predicts nearly 6 million proteins. By combining the predicted protein sequences with automatic classification by InterPro, the EBIs integrated resource for protein families, domains and functional sites, UniMES uniquely provides free ac...New perspectives for the geosciences and climate research
...esses and concerning the course and development of oceanic and atmospheric currents. This makes them of fundamental importance for researching global climate change, Kleiner underlined. However, such studies are only possible using highly sophisticated equipment. The few accelerator mass spectrometers that...Arctic Observing Network as a tool for understanding Arctic change
...on Richard W. Spinrad, assistant administrator for oceanic and atmospheric research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Martin Jeffries, National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs When: Tuesday, July 10, 2007, 8:00 a.m. Where: The U.S. Navy Memorial & Heritage Center, 701 Pennsylv...The kapok connection -- Study explains rainforest similarities
...hough single seeds are very unlikely to survive an oceanic voyage and then successfully become established el...ca. He plans to continue investigating the role of oceanic dispersal to see if the same is true for other species and for entire plant communities. "This tre...Climate change signal detected in the Indian Ocean
..." said CSIRO oceanographer Dr Gael Alory. "These oceanic changes are almost certainly linked to changes in the heat structure of the atmosphere and have led to a rise in water temperatures in the sub-tropical Indian Ocean of around two degrees celsius. "At the same time, we are seeing changes in ocean ci...Study warns deep-sea mining may pose serious threat to fragile marine ecosystems
... hydrothermal vents in these areas occur where new oceanic crust is formed through undersea volcanic activity. Until the late 1970s, scientists had assumed that life required sunlight, but the discovery of these vent communities showed that life could exist on thermal and chemical energy. Since oceans have e...'Short-circuit' found in ocean circulation
...larly important for this process. Understanding oceanic circulation is important because it distributes heat, carbon and nutrients around the globe and therefore plays a central role in regulating Earth's climate. The findings show that much of the overturning circulation - how water moves and mixes ve...Arctic ice retreating more quickly than computer models project
...o fail to fully capture changes in atmospheric and oceanic circulation that transport heat to polar regions. March ice Although the loss of ice for March is far less dramatic than the September loss, the models underestimate it by a wide margin as well. The study concludes that the actual rate of sea ice...Puzzling plankton yield secrets to role in evolution/global photosynthesis
... of the plankton, nevertheless play major roles in oceanic biomass production. "With even more picoplankton genomes in the sequencing queue at DOE JGI, were positioned to secure a better grasp on the mechanisms of species adaptation and the great diversity of biological pathways operating in the oceans," s...Satellites shed light on global warming
...xtremely beneficial to scientists in understanding oceanic planetary waves, which are internal waves that hav...te. These very long waves travel slowly across the oceanic basins influencing the major oceanic currents and are believed to play a role in the complex planeta...Ancient coral reef tells the history of Kenya's soil erosion
...rings, are natural archives of climate change. But oceanic corals also provide a faithful account of how people make use of land through history, says Robert B. Dunbar of Stanford University. In a study published in the Feb. 22 issue of Geophysical Research Letters, Dunbar and his colleagues used coral sam...The global carbon budget -- proper accounting means paying attention to inland waters
...n than all natural lake basins combined and exceed oceanic organic carbon burial by more than 1.5-fold. These findings debunk the concept that inland waters are inconsequential when accounting for the global carbon budget; instead they are places of complex and active carbon transformation. The take home ...Overfishing large sharks impacts entire marine ecosystem, shrinks shellfish supply
...f top predators is critical for sustaining healthy oceanic ecosystems," says Peterson. "Despite the vastness of the oceans, its organisms are interconnected, meaning that changes at one level have implications several steps removed. Through our work, the ocean is not so unfathomable, and we know better now ...Overfishing great sharks wiped out North Carolina bay scallop fishery
...f top predators is critical for sustaining healthy oceanic ecosystems," said Peterson. "Despite the vastness of the oceans, its organisms are interconnected, meaning that changes at one level have implications several steps removed. Through our work, the ocean is not so unfathomable, and we know better now ...MIT's ocean model captures diversity of underwater forests
...el questions and test hypotheses about the role of oceanic microbes in global processes. This will help guide decisions about responsible use of the oceans in this era of global change." ...Tracking sperm whales and jumbo squid
...tal role that jumbo squid and sperm whales play in oceanic ecosystems and fisheries, many aspects of their lifestyleincluding feeding and huntingare as mysterious today as they were when Melville made the following observation in Moby-Dick: "For though other species of whales find their food above water, and......ically changed natural patterns in atmospheric and oceanic ecosystems. "This paper is really a broad look a... invest more time and energy," Millero said. "With oceanic and atmospheric carbon dioxide being the highest it has ever been in over 600,000 years, scientists ...Scientists uncover link between ocean's chemical processes and microscopic floating plants
...centrations have resulted in unexpected changes in oceanic chemical processes. Their research results are published in the March 7, 2007, issue of the journal Geophysical Research Letters. Oliver Wingenter of New Mexico Tech and his colleagues conducted a month-long field experiment. The researchers simulate...How do marine turtles return to the same beach to lay their eggs?
...he sensory channels involved in this long-distance oceanic travel, the researchers have conducted a multidisciplinary study, involving biology and physical oceanography, in two series of experiments. In the Mozambique Channel, between the east coast of Africa and Madagascar, on the beaches of the French Isl...