Topic: Scripps Institution of Oceanography
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Zombie worms eat whale bones — with acid
Zombie worms don't actually drill through bone, as was previously believed. Instead, their skin produces enough acid to dissolve the zombie worms' path through bone.
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Are human-caused and natural global warming different? Study says yes.
A study suggests that human-caused and natural global warming episodes affect rainfall rates differently. The finding could help scientists better forecast what's ahead.
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Northern winter not as cold as expected? It could be urban 'waste heat'
Waste heat has a smaller impact on global climate than does CO2, but heat from highly urbanized northern regions appears to explain observed deviations from climate forecasts, a study says.
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New York's heat may be warming Siberia
Heat from northern cities from New York to Tokyo could warm winters in Canada and Siberia, according to a new study, but cool the fall in the western US and Eastern Europe.
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Scientists confident moon born of colossal Earth collision that vaporized Zinc
Researchers examined rocks collected by astronauts during NASA's Apollo lunar landing missions, as well as a meteorite that originated on the moon to make the find.
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Are Colorado's wildfires caused by global warming?
The wildfires devastating Colorado have been linked to a streak of unusually hot weather, but they that does not necessarily mean that global warming is the culprit.
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Unexpected legacy of wildfires and other emergency events: innovation
While wildfires, hurricanes, tsunamis, and other emergency events leave behind devastation, they also create the impetus for investment in new technologies and life-saving innovation.
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Global News Blog Italy goes big to save Venice as it sinks into the sea
A multibillion-dollar flood-prevention system will be put in place starting next year, a decade after the project began.
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James Cameron dive launches race to the bottom of the world (+video)
Before James Cameron made a solo dive to the Challenger Deep – the deepest point in the ocean – only one mission had been there before. Now, several groups are planning deep-sea dives, and engineering advances could shed new light on the region.
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Unique hybrid deep sea creatures discovered off Costa Rica
Scientists found a pair of underwater environments where previously unknown hybrid creatures existed.
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Editor's Blog Green energy isn't always good energy
Wind, solar, hydro, and geothermal seem mostly benign -- in part because they are still a small part of the energy equation. But when green gets big, it can be controversial.
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Fishing ban brings species back to Mexico park. But can it rebuild a fishery?
A study finds that a fishing ban at a Mexican marine park – with critical help from local residents – has successfully restored the fish population. Whether it's enough to restore the industry is not clear.
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Naomi Oreskes: fierce defender of climate change science – and scientists
Naomi Oreskes has become a leading voice in defense of the science underlying global warming and the scientists who are researching it.
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Pacific Ocean trash patch mystery: How many fish eat plastic?
The finding, in a new study by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, could have implications for the food chain. The region of floating trash in the Pacific Ocean is double the size of Texas.
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How climate change models could get better, thanks to NASA
NASA is set to launch satellite Glory early Wednesday. It will measure incoming sunlight and atmospheric particles, both key to crafting better climate models.
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Penguins facing extinction, warn scientists
Of the 18 species of penguins, 13 are considered either threatened or endangered. Some species on the brink of extinction.
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Are we causing a mass extinction in our oceans?
Research shows that many areas of today's oceans have conditions that parallel those of 250 million years ago, when 95 percent of marine species quickly died out.
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Vital ocean phytoplankton a casualty of global warming?
A new study suggests that a global rise in ocean temperatures has cut the number of phytoplankton, which are the bedrock of the food chain, by 40 percent since 1950. Other scientists link the rise in ocean temperatures to global warming.
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Temperatures hit record highs globally. El Nino or global warming?
The first half of 2010 was the hottest six-month period recorded globally with temperatures around the globe 2 to 3 degrees Fahrenheit above averages.
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Alaskan glacier detaches itself from seafloor, goes rogue
The study of Columbia Glacier shows the first detailed observation of a glacier undergoing a transition from grounded to floating.
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BP oil spill: an unexpected laboratory for deep-sea disaster
The BP oil spill is a unique event, so scientists are converging on the Gulf to try to understand how best to combat deep-sea oil spills and what effects they have on the environment.
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Life on Mars? NASA wants Martian rocks to find clues
NASA discusses trip to Mars to bring back rock and soil samples back to Earth. Here, they could be analyzed for fossilized traces of alien bacteria.
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Gulf spill oil driven by complex ocean currents and eddies
The BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is far different than the Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska. The complex marine environment has currents and eddies that could carry the oil anywhere in the Gulf.
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A passion to clean up the Pacific Ocean's great 'garbage patch'
Avid sailor and educator Mary Crowley is recruiting help to clean up the North Pacific Trash Gyre, a 'garbage patch' of plastic and other trash in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
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Why Mexico earthquake, stronger than Haiti's, did much less damage
The magnitude 7.2 Mexico earthquake on Sunday, centered in northern Baja California, did not inflict nearly the damage that the 7.0 earthquake did in Haiti. Credit quake-resistant building standards and, perhaps, the distance of population centers from the epicenters.
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