Sentences with phrase «ocean than previous studies»

The measurements are likely more representative of the troposphere above the global ocean than previous studies near coastlines.

Not exact matches

There may be more than 16 times as much plastic in the vortex than previous studies have estimated, according to the Ocean Cleanup researchers.

Previous studies have documented the impact of plastic debris on more than 660 marine species — from the smallest of zooplankton to the largest whales, including fish destined for the seafood market — but none have quantified the worldwide amount entering the ocean from land.

In a study out of the University of Arizona, researchers found that melting ice sheets had a greater impact on sea level rise than the thermal expansion of the oceans during the previous interglacial period 125,000 years ago.

Just pop around the site today and you'll see Amelia Urry's interesting piece explaining why a study finding vastly more fish in a deep ocean layer than previous estimates doesn't mean worries about overfishing are overblown.

Even the newly released study that makes clear oceans are rising 10 times faster than previous estimates still likely falls far short of the true gravity of what is unfolding.

«We know from previous studies that in few years the temperatures above Greenland could rise by more than 10 degrees Celsius, and during the Ice Age the ocean's water level rose and fell several times by as much as 10 to 20 metres», she says.

Lloyd claims that the study suggests «much less heat is being added to the oceans than has been claimed in previous studies».

Previous theoretical and model - based studies of the relationship between ocean bottom pressure (pb) and sea level (ζ) suggest primarily barotropic variability at mid to high latitudes for scales greater than a few hundred kilometers and periods less than a few months.