October 14, 2007 – 7:43 am
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University of Wisconsin-Madison
Date:
October 14, 2007
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Water, Ecosystems, Oceanography, Geography, Ecology, Atmosphere
Why Is The Ocean Salty?
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071012104955.htm
Science Daily — The saltiness of the sea comes from dissolved minerals, especially sodium, chlorine, sulfur, calcium, magnesium, and potassium, says Galen McKinley, a UW-Madison professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences.
Pacific Ocean at dawn. Today’s ocean salt has ancient origins. As [...]
August 16, 2007 – 3:28 am
Climate Crisis Coalition
Australia Discovers Ocean Current ‘Missing Link’
By Michael Byrnes, Reuters, August 15, 2007
“Australian scientists have discovered a giant underwater current that is one of the last missing links of a system that connects the world’s oceans and helps govern global climate. New research shows that a current sweeping past Australia’s southern island of Tasmania [...]
August 13, 2007 – 10:08 am
Ocean Conservancy
Leonardo DiCaprio’s film explores environmental crises we face on Earth as seen through the eyes of prominent thinkers and activists
August 8th, 2007
Washington DC — Ocean Conservancy’s Senior Research Scientist, Wallace J. Nichols, appears in Leonardo DiCaprio’s environmental documentary film, “The 11th Hour,” to inform the film’s content on the issues of climate change and [...]
Ocean Conservancy
The ocean provides us with food, a prosperous economy and inspiration for all who come near it. But, the effects of global climate change are steadily taking their toll on the health of the ocean.
The ocean and coast are expected to be heavily impacted by climate change. Increased ocean warming, acidification, rising sea levels, [...]
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