Ocean currents may mitigate warming near handful of equatorial islands Coral reefs near the island nation of Kiribati may be somewhat protected from global warming. Credit and Larger Version Scientists predict ocean temperatures will rise in the equatorial Pacific by the end of the century, wreaking havoc on coral reef ecosystems. But a new study […]
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Global Warming Refuge
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Antarctica Ice Loss
Warm Ocean Currents Cause Majority of Ice Loss from Antarctica WASHINGTON, DC (USA) — Warm ocean currents attacking the underside of ice shelves are the dominant cause of recent ice loss from Antarctica, a new study using measurements from NASA’s Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) revealed. An international team of scientists used a […]
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