Tag Archives: Ocean
Competitive fitness of a predominant pelagic calcifier impaired by ocean acidification
Nature Geoscience 10, 19 (2017). doi:10.1038/ngeo2854 Authors: Ulf Riebesell, Lennart T. Bach, Richard G. J. Bellerby, J. Rafael Bermúdez Monsalve, Tim Boxhammer, Jan Czerny, Aud Larsen, Andrea Ludwig & Kai G. Schulz Nature Geoscience – Issue – nature.com science feeds
Evidence for an early wet Moon from experimental crystallization of the lunar magma ocean
Nature Geoscience 10, 14 (2017). doi:10.1038/ngeo2845 Authors: Yanhao Lin, Elodie J. Tronche, Edgar S. Steenstra & Wim van Westrenen Nature Geoscience – Issue – nature.com science feeds
Rapid Arctic warming has in the past shifted Southern Ocean winds
Ice core records from the two poles show that during the last ice age, sharp spikes in Arctic temperatures shifted the position of winds around Antarctica. Geology News — ScienceDaily
Video: Lava flow viewing area collapses into ocean
Visiting Hawaii Island and hoping to see red-hot lava flowing into the Pacific? Sorry, but the ever-dangerous Mother Nature may thwart those plans. Twenty-six new acres of Hawaii Island—a so-called “lava delta” formed by the latest flow of lava from … Continue reading
Exciting new creatures discovered on ocean floor
Scientists have discovered six new animal species in undersea hot springs 2.8 kilometres deep in the southwest Indian Ocean. Geology News — ScienceDaily
Earth’s magnetic fields could track ocean heat
Track of Sanba overlaid on Sea Surface Temperature + Ocean Heat Content products As Earth warms, much of the extra heat is stored in the planet’s ocean — but monitoring the magnitude of that heat content is a difficult task. … Continue reading
Carbon cycle: Ocean dissolved organics matter
Nature Geoscience 9, 864 (2016). doi:10.1038/ngeo2841 Author: Rainer M. W. Amon Large quantities of organic carbon are stored in the ocean, but its biogeochemical behaviour is elusive. Size–age–composition relations now quantify the production of tiny organic molecules as a major … Continue reading
Getting to the bottom of the ocean
Nature Geoscience 9, 857 (2016). doi:10.1038/ngeo2850 Authors: Casimir de Lavergne, Gurvan Madec, Xavier Capet, Guillaume Maze & Fabien Roquet Nature Geoscience – Issue – nature.com science feeds
Sediments control methane release to the ocean
Scanning Electron Microscope image shows a detail of a shell of a benthic foraminifera. Detailed inspection of the foraminifera shell, or tests as they are called, provide useful information on methane seepage in the area of the ocean where the … Continue reading
Microplastics discovered in the deep, open ocean
Ethyl-acrylate particle collected at 10m depth from the PAP site. A unique study by scientists at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) will provide valuable new insights into the concentrations of microplastics in the open ocean from surface to the sea … Continue reading