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Apr 20, 2022 · But a new modeling study fingers another culprit: the ocean’s own tendency to warm from top to bottom, leading to constricted surface layers where water flows faster, like blood in clogged arteries.
Aug 17, 2023 · CBC Explains. A Pacific marine heat wave has arrived in B.C. waters. Here's what it means for ocean life. This process also causes ocean stratification, where water is prevented from...
May 8, 2024 · A global coral bleaching event has been declared by scientists, with Australia's Great Barrier Reef seeing record damage. Unusually warm seas may also have taken a direct toll on one of the...
Nov 3, 2023 · In short, it’s true that water vapor is in some sense the “biggest” greenhouse gas involved in climate change, but it’s not in the driver’s seat. CO 2 is still the main culprit of the global warming we’re experiencing today.
Jul 13, 2020 · The ocean takes up about 93% of the global warming heat entering Earth’s climate system. In addition, the associated thermal expansion contributes substantially to sea-level rise.
- Gregory C. Johnson, John M. Lyman, John M. Lyman
- 2020
Jan 26, 2024 · Excess runoff eventually travels to larger bodies of water like lakes, estuaries, and the ocean, polluting the water supply and limiting water access for humans and ecosystems. When fertilizers from farming wash into lakes and the ocean, they promote the rapid growth of algae.
Here, we look at coral bleaching, and how warming waters are threatening the survival of a true wonder of the seas. Coral reefs are hives of activity in the ocean, where many different species...
