Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse says the security risk along the U.S.–Mexican border pales compared with the security threat from the decline in ocean health.
Climate Change
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How Ningaloo Niño Supercharges the El Niño–Southern Oscillation
The warm current cools the tropical Pacific and strengthens trade winds.
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Rooftop Gardens Make Use of the Air We Breathe Below
Growing plants near building air vents may help them grow better, while reducing the carbon emissions from the people exhaling inside.
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Launching an Accessible Archive of Environmental Data
A new digital archive enables community use of terrestrial and subsurface ecosystem data sets.
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Climate Change and Sea Level Rise in the Mediterranean
1st National Workshop on Climate Change and Sea Level Rise in the Mediterranean; Rome, Italy, 5–6 July 2018
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Scientists Invited to Collaborate in Satellite Mission’s Debut
The Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission will begin by scanning Earth’s surface once a day. We invite ocean scientists to contribute ground-based measurements to compare with the satellite data.
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Organic Particles Affect Carbon Cycling in Boreal Waters
Dissolved organic carbon receives much of the focus in aquatic research, but a new study suggests that bulkier particulate matter may play a significant role in regulating carbon dioxide emissions.
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Taking Magnetotelluric Data out of the Drawer
Magnetic and electric field measurements at Earth’s surface provide information on Earth’s interior and on space weather. An open-source central repository of these data has received a major update.
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Drastic Shifts in Weather Give People “Winter Weather Whiplash”
False springs and freak snowstorms can flood towns, ruin crops, and shut down electrical grids. One research team is studying past events to prepare for the future.
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A Comprehensive Estimate on the Entropy Budget in the Ocean
An analysis of the energy budget in the ocean estimates the Carnot work to be 110 terawatts and the ocean’s Carnot efficiency to be 0.86%.