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The world’s oceans are heading towards peak acidity?

A Greener Life

Our oceans are acidifying. A new report has warned that the level of acidity in the world’s oceans is higher now than it has been for the past 26,000 years. ” How the oceans absorb carbon and store the heat. Oceans bear much of the brunt of the warming climate and increasing climate emissions. By Anders Lorenzen.

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Dr. Marco Hatch: Merging Ocean Science and Community-Driven Environmental Restoration

Washington Nature

By Anya Blaney Ocean scientist and TNC in Washington trustee Marco Hatch creates opportunities for under-resourced students to pursue higher education while revitalizing ancestral clam gardens. His connection to the ocean and marine ecology began in early life.

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A distraction due to errors, misunderstanding and misguided Norwegian statistics

Real Climate

The physics-based models describe how energy flows through the atmosphere and ocean, as well as how the forces from different air masses push against each other. Furthermore, the volume of the oceans increases from the melting of land ice. The global sea level acts like the mercury in a thermometer because warmer water expands.

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Cheers to Pipefish

Ocean Conservancy

You don’t need to be an expert to recognize these small, odd-looking critters—their long faces are really unique in the ocean. These fish used to be an unusual sight in northern Norway, but in 2002, they expanded their range pole-ward. The post Cheers to Pipefish appeared first on Ocean Conservancy. Or are they?

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$402,021 Awarded By DEP To Support Delaware Estuary Coastal Zone Projects

PA Environment Daily

Pennsylvania’s Coastal Resources Management Program (CRMP) receives an annual grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). A portion of this award is used to fund eligible projects that address CRMP priorities. Partnership For The Delaware Estuary Science & Environmental Summit Feb. 12 (In-Person), Dec.

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The Stream, January 25, 2022: Agricultural Experts Ask For Proactive Climate Investment in British Columbia

Circle of Blue

Stalin, who served as mayor of Chennai between 1996 and 2002, vowed to fix Chennai’s chronic flooding issues, and has been seen visiting construction sites to ensure proper measures are being taken before next monsoon season. In Recent Water News.

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Antarctic extreme events: ‘All-time records are being shattered not from decades ago, but from the last few years and months’

Frontiers

In addition, it stores vast quantities of freshwater that if released to the ocean would rise sea level by tens of meters and interfere with saline-driven ocean currents that transfer heat around the planet. In the ocean, 19 marine heatwaves have been recorded between 2002 and 2018. Prof Martin Siegert in Antarctica.

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