water temperature
Deep-sea squid can 'jettison arms' as defensive tactic
Stephanie Bush said that when the foot-long octopus squid (Octopoteuthis deletron) found deep in the northeast Pacific Ocean “jettisons its arms” in…
Heat, rainfall affect pathogenic mosquito abundance in catch basins
Marilyn O’Hara Ruiz, a professor of pathobiology, led the study with graduate student Allison Gardner. The study was conducted using mosquito larvae collected…
Elephant seals help uncover slower-than-expected Antarctic melting
A team of scientists have drilled holes through an Antarctic ice shelf, the Fimbul Ice Shelf, to gather the first direct measurements regarding melting of the…
NASA infrared satellite imagery shows Tropical Storm Mawar strengthening
By June 1, 2012 at 1500 UTC (10 a.m. EDT), System 95W organized into Tropical Storm Mawar. It had maximum sustained winds near 35 knots (40 mph/65 kph) at that…
Nuclear and coal-fired electrical plants vulnerable to climate change
A study by European and University of Washington scientists published today in Nature Climate Change projects that in the next 50 years warmer water and lower…
The gut could reveal effect of climate change on fish
The gastrointestinal system in fish is much more sensitive to temperature changes than previously believed and may even be a limiting factor for the…