Oceans
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'Monster' Hurricane Florence takes aim at U.S. Southeast | Ernest Scheyder
Hurricane Florence. Credit: The Weather Channel. Sept. 12, 2018 -- WILMINGTON, N.C. (Reuters) -- Hurricane Florence, on track to become the first Category 4 storm to make a direct hit on North ...
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Small fish passes classic self-awareness test | Bob Yirka
Credit: Flickr/Mr. T in DC Sept. 4, 2018 (Phys.org) -- An international team of researchers has found a small tropical fish that is capable of passing a classic test of self-awareness. The results ...
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Fishing activity skyrocketed ahead of ban in South Pacific area | Grant R. McDermott
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Aug. 27, 2018 (Phys.org) -- Ahead of a full ban, fishing increased 130 percent in the Phoenix Islands Protected Area in the South Pacific, setting back projected efforts to ...
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Global warming may be twice what climate models predict | Alvin Stone
Sunset. Credit: Patrik Linderstam, Unsplash July 5, 2018 (Phys.org) -- A new study based on evidence from past warm periods suggests global warming may be double what is forecast. Future global ...
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What caused the mass extinction of Earth's first animals? | Feifei Zhang
Image from the American Museum of Natural History June 27, 2018 (TechXplore) -- Fossil records tell us that the first macroscopic animals appeared on Earth about 575 million years ago. Twenty-four ...
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Blackstone, BlackRock or a Public Bank? Putting California’s Funds to Work | Ellen Brown
California has more than $700 billion parked in private banks earning minimal interest, private equity funds that contributed to the affordable housing crisis, or shadow banks of the sort that ...
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Powerful hurricanes strengthen faster now than 30 years ago | Tom Rickey
A study led by PNNL shows that hurricanes intensify more quickly now than they did 30 years ago. Hurricanes like Irma (center), and Jose (right) are examples of these types of hurricanes. Hurricane ...
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Winter wave heights and extreme storms on the rise in Western Europe | Alan Williams
Waves crashing onto Chesil Beach in Dorset during the winter of 2013/14. Credit: Tim Poate/University of Plymouth Apr. 24, 2018 (Phys.org) -- Average winter wave heights along the Atlantic coast of ...
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Record concentration of microplastic in Arctic sea ice | Dr. Ilka Peeken
An AWI scientist is preparing an Arctic sea-ice core for a microplastic analysis in a lab at the AWI Helgoland. Credit: Alfred-Wegener-Institut/Tristan Vankann April 24, 2018 (Phys.org) -- Experts ...
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Scientists use NASA data to study link between solar storms and animal beachings | Lina Tran
Illustration of an Atlantic White-sided Dolphin and a Long-finned Pilot Whale, two marine mammal species that strand in Cape Cod. Credit: NASA GSFC/CIL/Brian Monroe Dec. 8, 2017 (Phys.org) -- The ...
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By 2100, oceans may hold enough carbon to launch sixth mass extermination of species | Daniel Rothman
Sedimentary rocks at Meishan, China. These rocks contain signatures of a disturbance in the carbon cycle immediately preceding Earth's greatest mass extinction. Credit: Shuzhong Shen Sept. 20, 2017 ...
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