木星的卫星木卫二可能是太阳系中最有希望寻找到生命的地方之一。一项新的研究探讨了热量是如何从木卫二的地幔通过海洋转移到其冰壳中的。
Oceans
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The Not-So-Silent Depths
A new book reveals that ocean depths are far from silent voids, but are actually alive with noise.
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How Did We Miss 20% of Greenland’s Ice Loss?
The ice loss was hidden in places existing monitoring methods can’t reach, such as hard-to-map fjords. Machine learning helped scientist revise mass loss estimates and uncover patterns in glacial retreat.
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Los microplásticos son el ingrediente no tan secreto de la nieve marina
Partículas diminutas de plástico degradadas y cubiertas por biopelículas se hunden hasta el fondo marino llevando consigo carbono.
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Metals Could Reveal Corals’ Past Lives
Examining the role of stable metal isotopes in biological activities such as photosynthesis provides a promising new avenue of research into how coral responds to environmental stressors.
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Oceans May Have Already Seen 1.7°C of Warming
The global warming clock started ticking decades earlier than current estimates assume, according to Caribbean sponges.
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New Satellite Will Help NASA Keep PACE with Earth Systems
Color and light measurements will help scientists better assess how our oceans and atmosphere interact.
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Cuando los bosques en la tierra arden, los bosques submarinos sienten el impacto
El kelp es un hábitat, un sumidero de carbono y un agente aglomerante en tu helado. Pero estudios recientes muestran que los bosques de kelp en California son afectados por el destino de sus contrapartes sobre tierra.
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Shallow Seawater Chemistry May Make Reefs More Resistant to Ocean Acidification
Research from the Florida Keys reveals geographic and seasonal variation in the effects of acidification on corals.
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Deep Learning Tackles Deep Uncertainty
A new method based on artificial intelligence could help accelerate projections of polar ice melt and future sea level rise.