ocean

Scientists Discover New Ocean Current

harminka — Thu, 01 May 2008 02:04:43 -0500

Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have discovered a new climate pattern called the North Pacific Gyre Oscillation. This new pattern explains, for the first time, changes in the water that are important in helping commercial fishermen understand fluctuations in the fish stock.

Giant ocean eddy shadows Sydney

harminka — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:12:44 -0500

The giant ocean eddy that cooled Sydney’s shores a year ago has been superseded by another 300 km diameter giant.

Ancient climate secrets raised from ocean depths

harminka — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 06:39:54 -0600

Using a remotely operated submersible vehicle the international research team captured images of life found on deep-sea pinnacles and valleys up to three kilometres beneath the Ocean’s surface.

Sargasso Sea: NASA Satellites On Barren Mid-Ocean Regions

admin_huliq — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 20:58:21 -0500

NASA satellite data have helped scientists solve a decades-old puzzle about how vast blooms of microscopic plants can form in the middle of otherwise barren mid-ocean regions. A research team led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Mass., has used the data in its work to show that episodic, swirling current systems known as eddies act to pump nutrients up from the deep ocean to fuel such blooms.

Antarctic Lakes Sustain Flow of Ice To Ocean

harminka — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 12:02:32 -0600

a clam that acts like plant deep in ocean

harminka — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 10:35:40 -0600

Ocean sampling yields environmental sources of coral symbionts

harminka — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 13:29:48 -0600