Sentences with phrase «studying ocean phenomena»

This was confirmed by an international campaign carried out by six ships and two aircraft in the early 1970s — another example of how studying ocean phenomena needed international cooperation.

Not exact matches

The wave - powered sub Papa Mau not only set a record while crossing the Pacific Ocean autonomously, it also studied rogue waves and other marine phenomena invisible to eyes in the sky

While the phenomenon sounds like the stuff of horror films, it is common practice for these «butterflies of the ocean,» a new University of Queensland - led study published today in PLOS One has found.

But he cautions that the rapid increase in the extent of worms» burrowing modeled in the new study may have been limited to some areas of the ancient ocean and has yet to be shown to be a global phenomenon.

Yet complex atmospheric and ocean phenomena such as hurricanes remain a difficulty in such studies, in part because of the computing power required.

A new study of the temporary slowdown in the global average surface temperature warming trend observed between 1998 and 2013 concludes the phenomenon represented a redistribution of energy within the Earth system, with Earth's ocean absorbing the extra heat.

There's a link to an observational study and to the 2 part SkS series by Rob Painting highlighting the Meehl et al model - based study that suggests this is a HUGE phenomenon occurring in the ocean gyres explaining 700 - 2000m warming.

The oceans have risen by around 2.5 cm over the last decade, emphasising just how warm the seas and the atmosphere have become already As ice caps glaciers and sea ice show us the trend in rather obvious ways, scientists studying the phenomena have been shocked.

The aim of the book was to drag the attention on the oceans, to explain the real cause of the global rising of temperatures, phenomenon that scientists started to study in the 1980's.

The Pacific, and what happens in local waters in its east and west is the focus of ENSO studies and these phenomena are commonly compared to the march in global temperatures but its what happens in the global ocean that is really important for temperature gain and loss on a global basis.