water temperature
Earth's lakes warming due to climate change
Philipp Schneider and Simon Hook of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., used satellite data to measure the surface temperatures of 167 large…
Speed installation of system to monitor vital signs of global ocean
The ocean surface is 30 percent more acidic today than it was in 1800, much of that increase occurring in the last 50 years – a rising trend that could both…
Whale Poop Pumps Up Ocean Health
And this liquid fecal matter, rich in nutrients, has a huge positive influence on the productivity of ocean fisheries, Roman and his colleague, James McCarthy…
Smithsonian reports regional sea temperature rise and coral bleaching event in Western Caribbean
Although the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, issued an advisory in July announcing above-average sea surface temperatures in the…
Climate Change Remains a Real Threat to Corals
The research shows, for the first time, that while hard corals can take up from the environment new stress-tolerant algae that provide critical nutrients, the…
Oceans acidify much faster than ever before in Earth’s history
For four days the topic of ocean acidification will be the focus of marine and polar research. The Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in…