Sentences with phrase «in ocean climate»

We characterize impacts on heat in the ocean climate system from transient ocean mesoscale eddies.

The findings could also help scientists understand how the ocean sequesters carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and lead to updates in ocean climate models.

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Once a network of hundreds, or thousands, is in place, Jenkins says, Saildrone's potential will come together as it forms a constellation of interconnected data points in the ocean tracking Earth's climate from pole to pole.

The new report «Lights Out for the Reef», written by University of Queensland coral reef biologist Selina Ward, noted that reefs were vulnerable to several different effects of climate change; including rising sea temperatures and increased carbon dioxide in the ocean, which causes acidification.

The scientific agency, which is part of the Commerce Department, studies changes in climate, weather, oceans and coasts.

While this is bad news for the planet, it's good news for climate change scientists who have — for the last two decades — puzzled over warming trends in ocean surface temperatures for nearly 20 years.

After debuting at Art Basel Miami's «A Response to our Oceans» event in December, it was on display at the United Nations Paris Climate Conference.

Trump's stance on the environment contradicts thousands of scientists and decades of research, which has linked many observable changes in climate, including rising air and ocean temperatures, shrinking glaciers, and widespread melting of snow and ice, to an increase in greenhouse gas emissions from human activities.

In reality, earth science goes far beyond direct climate change research — and includes everything from the health of oceans to the threat of devastating solar storms in the upper atmospherIn reality, earth science goes far beyond direct climate change research — and includes everything from the health of oceans to the threat of devastating solar storms in the upper atmospherin the upper atmosphere.

These 15 risks are: Lack of Fresh Water, Unsustainable Urbanization, Continued Lock - in to Fossil Fuels, Chronic Diseases, Extreme Weather, Loss of Ocean Biodiversity, Resistance to Life - saving Medicine, Accelerating Transport Emissions, Youth Unemployment, Global Food Crisis, Unstable Regions, Soil Depletion, Rising Inequality, Cities Disrupted by Climate Change & Cyber Threats.

These concerns are further inter-related to the diminishing state of food stocks, farmlands, oceans, climate, bio-diversity and more that are adding to an overall decline of the planet's wealth thus making the probability associated with a massive die - off in some form much more likely.

People from elsewhere in California and the U.S. are drawn to San Diego due to its pleasing climate and ocean proximity — but also due to its strong economy.

Stanford Research Institute: «In the coming decade, science and technology will provide new means to use the vast resources of the oceans, to exploit the Arctic and Antarctic, to explore space, perhaps to affect climates.

What all these Calabrian varieties have in common is that they thrive in this particular climate characterized by a certain altitude, ocean air, and lots of sunshine.

In addition to climate change, animal agriculture is a major contributor to air and water pollution, water use, land degradation and deforestation, biodiversity decline, and ocean degradation.

Many brands produce their spirulina in toxic waters, and since our oceans are filled with mercury and toxins on so many accounts due to climate change and pollution, it's highly important to choose a brand of spirulina that has direct control over the growth and control of the production of their spirulina products.

Bill Ito, along with his brother and cousins, are second and third - generation farmers who grow fresh strawberries in the cool coastal climate near the Pacific Ocean.

It was and remains the original North Coast ocean - exposure area, allowing for high acidity along with the growth restraints from the climate and soil type to force lots of flavor in the grapes.

Some metal materials rust, so you must apply a corrosion protection every few years, especially in climates near the ocean where salt and humidity are an issue.

Among the most visible and dramatic effects of climate change in Massachusetts is sea level rise and ocean acidification.

A GOP lawmaker said this week that the rise in sea levels around the globe was not caused by climate change — but by rocks tumbling into the world's oceans and silt flowing from rivers to the sea.

This move would allow the agency to continue funding for several Earth Science missions slated for elimination in the request, including Orbiting Carbon Observatory - 3 (OCO - 3), Plankton, Aerosols, Clouds, ocean Ecosystem (PACE), and Climate Absolute Radiance and Refractivity Observatory (CLARREO) Pathfinder.

The birds» feathers and eggshells contain the chemical fingerprints of variations in diet, food web structure and even climate, researchers reported February 12 at the American Geophysical Union's 2018 Ocean Sciences Meeting.

Researchers have previously suggested that extreme weather in the midlatitudes might be linked to climate change's impacts on the Arctic (SN Online: 12/2/11), particularly the dramatically decreased sea ice cover in the Arctic Ocean.

The new proposed model could allow a better quantification of the impacts that will likely occur under changing climate and could be considered in future ocean resources and land use management.

Since these set of ocean currents are known to influence global climate, the researchers were interested to see if it correlated with rainfall in the Western Hemisphere, and how such a correlation could change over time.

Residents of low - lying islands in the Pacific and Indian oceans are among those who will feel the effects of climate change to the greatest degree in the coming decades.

In 2016, she received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) in part for bringing ocean and climate change science into K - 12 classroomIn 2016, she received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) in part for bringing ocean and climate change science into K - 12 classroomin part for bringing ocean and climate change science into K - 12 classrooms.

The Aquarius instrument will measure the ocean's salinity in a bid to better understand the global water cycle — and climate change

Scicchitano described the warning as a scientific product based on work climate scientists did on the ocean - atmospheric phenomenon known as La Niña, finding that it would affect rainfall most severely in the Horn of Africa.

The precariously moored West Antarctic ice sheet probably won't collapse into the ocean all in one go as the climate warms.

In the current context of global warming it is important to assess the impacts that changes in ocean and climate may have on Antarctica, and reconstructing past climate fluctuations provides vital information on the responses and possible feedback mechanisms within the climate systeIn the current context of global warming it is important to assess the impacts that changes in ocean and climate may have on Antarctica, and reconstructing past climate fluctuations provides vital information on the responses and possible feedback mechanisms within the climate systein ocean and climate may have on Antarctica, and reconstructing past climate fluctuations provides vital information on the responses and possible feedback mechanisms within the climate system.

You could argue [on] the climate change [one], but [on nutrient] pollution we have used so much [fertilizer] and so much nitrogen compounds are loose in the environment, it is hard to recognize our coastal oceans anymore; of the species that are gone [and] that kind of thing.

Gerald Meehl, a climate scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research who was also an author on the paper, said this research expanded on past work, including his own research, that pointed to the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation as a factor in a warming slowdown by finding a mechanism behind how the Pacific Ocean was able to store enough heat to produce a pause in surface warming.

Looking at this rainfall signal, Abrams and her colleagues were able to determine historical climate patterns in the Indian Ocean region.

But even earlier readings can provide a record of natural climate variation caused by volcanic eruptions or cycles in ocean circulation.

The cycle of Pacific Ocean surface water warming and cooling has become more variable in recent decades, suggesting El Niño may strengthen under climate change

Some climate models suggest that summer blocking activity and ocean temperatures around Greenland might decline in the next several decades, but it remains uncertain.

When ocean cycle shifts, globe is likely to warm up When climate models were run that included the stronger winds, they were able to reproduce the slowdown in surface temperatures.

The properties of the climate system include not just familiar concepts of averages of temperature, precipitation, and so on but also the state of the ocean and the cryosphere (sea ice, the great ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica, glaciers, snow, frozen ground, and ice on lakes and rivers).

«Antarctica: Return of the Weddell polynya supports Kiel climate model: After 40 years, a large ice - free area appears again in the Southern Ocean in mid-winter.»

In the analysis — this was [all] originally published as a scientific paper in Nature last fall and then we see it again here in Scientific American in a more a distilled form — what we show is that in terms of climate change, in terms of nitrogen pollution into our waterways and oceans, and in terms of biodiversity loss, we have already caused irreparable harm to the planeIn the analysis — this was [all] originally published as a scientific paper in Nature last fall and then we see it again here in Scientific American in a more a distilled form — what we show is that in terms of climate change, in terms of nitrogen pollution into our waterways and oceans, and in terms of biodiversity loss, we have already caused irreparable harm to the planein Nature last fall and then we see it again here in Scientific American in a more a distilled form — what we show is that in terms of climate change, in terms of nitrogen pollution into our waterways and oceans, and in terms of biodiversity loss, we have already caused irreparable harm to the planein Scientific American in a more a distilled form — what we show is that in terms of climate change, in terms of nitrogen pollution into our waterways and oceans, and in terms of biodiversity loss, we have already caused irreparable harm to the planein a more a distilled form — what we show is that in terms of climate change, in terms of nitrogen pollution into our waterways and oceans, and in terms of biodiversity loss, we have already caused irreparable harm to the planein terms of climate change, in terms of nitrogen pollution into our waterways and oceans, and in terms of biodiversity loss, we have already caused irreparable harm to the planein terms of nitrogen pollution into our waterways and oceans, and in terms of biodiversity loss, we have already caused irreparable harm to the planein terms of biodiversity loss, we have already caused irreparable harm to the planet.

«Numerous changes in climate have been observed at the scales of continents or ocean basins.

Coral cores stretching back more than 6,000 years reveal that climate change in the Indian Ocean may mean greater droughts in Indonesia and Australia

Findings published today in the journal Nature Climate Change reveal that water temperature has a direct impact on maintaining the delicate plankton ecosystem of our oceans.

The oceans near Antarctica that absorb carbon and protect our planet from climate change have been working robustly in the past decade, finds a new study published yesterday in Science.

Looking at shifts in Manley's winter temperatures from year to year, he says, gives a good reading of important natural cycles that influence climate, such as changes in ocean circulation like the North Atlantic Oscillation.

Climate scientists find the last glacial period interesting because ice cores in Greenland and ocean sediment cores have shown that during this period there were sharp shifts in global temperatures.

«As the climate goes up, the amount of oxygen will go down, but it's really hard to look in the ocean to see that change,» he said.

The goal is a better appreciation of the huge role that jellies play in the marine food web, as well as a more complete inventory of how carbon (fundamental to both life and climate) is distributed in the ocean.