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Volcanic event responsible for Jurassic Period ice age

January 8, 2016
Scientists have uncovered the reason behind an ice age that took place around 170 million years ago – a large-scale volcanic event.

Deep ocean carbon mystery solved

November 13, 2015
Scientists have discovered that hydrothermal vents are the reason dissolved organic carbon (DOC) levels remain constant in the oceans throughout the year.

The oldest unevolved organism

April 20, 2015
Scientists have discovered a deep-sea microorganism that shows no evidence of evolution in the last 2 billion years. A research team at the University of California – Los Angeles (UCLA)...

Waves – a hidden factor influencing Arctic ice retreat?

January 7, 2015
The first detailed research on the impact of waves on Arctic sea ice will allow scientists to determine the areas more vulnerable to climate change.Research published in the Proceedings of...

Sea-level rise predictions could be flawed

August 7, 2013
Bristol researchers say the satellite record for the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets needs to improve if we are to examine ice loss correctly.It is currently too short to tell...

Oceanic turbulence affects marine food web

December 10, 2012
Numerical simulations have shown for the first time that the movement of seawater can directly affect the ability of marine bacteria to absorb organic material, such as that produced by...

Weighing the ocean

October 1, 2012
Scientists from the National Oceanography Centre and Newcastle University have proposed a method that will estimate the mass of the world ocean by weighing it at a single point.Global sea...

Sediment collapse explains scale of tsunami

September 13, 2012
Cambridge University seismologists have developed a model that may explain why some tsunamis are larger than predicted – such as the Japanese March 2011 tsunami that baffled earthquake experts. The...

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