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Fabled equatorial icecaps to disappear
Fabled equatorial icecaps will disappear within two decades because of global warming, a study led by UCL (University College London) has found. view more (2006-05-17)
Fabled equatorial African icecaps to disappear
Fabled equatorial icecaps will disappear within two decades, because of global warming, a study British and Ugandan scientists has found. view more (2006-05-16)
China monsoon rainfall prediction and Pacific surface-subsurface sea temperature anomalies
The Monsoon and Environment Research Group of Peking University submitted a report to Chinese Science Bulletin, recently, showed that regional summer monsoon rainfall in China can be predicted by 1-2 seasons ahead by using the signals of the sea surface temperature anomaly (SSTA) and the subsurface temperature anomaly (STA) in the central... view more... (2009-02-03)
March of the giant penguins
Giant prehistoric penguins? In Peru? It sounds more like something out of Hollywood than science, but a researcher from North Carolina State University along with U.S., Peruvian and Argentine collaborators has shown that two heretofore undiscovered penguin species reached equatorial regions tens of millions of years earlier than expected and... view more... (2007-06-26)
Global warming aided by drought, deforestation link
In the rainforests of equatorial Asia, a link between drought and deforestation is fueling global warming, finds an international study that includes a UC Irvine scientist. view more (2008-12-09)
A better understanding of equatorial Atlantic deep currents
One of the main components of the Atlantic's water-mass circulation is a cold water flow (at 4°C on average) -the North Atlantic Deep Water (NADW)- which is conveyed at depth (between 1500 and 4000 m), sweeping from the Labrador Sea, Norway and Greenland in the polar and sub-polar zones towards the Southern Hemisphere. Along the east coast of... view more... (2001-04-26)
Onchocerciasis treatment reduces prevalence and intensity by 38%
Onchocerciasis, river blindness or craw craw is an endemic disease in Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea. view more (2006-07-31)
Mars Express: no signal from Beagle 2 so far
ESA's Mars Express orbiter made its first attempt to establish contact with the Beagle 2 lander, after the two spacecraft separated on 19 December 2003. The orbiter made its first pass over the Beagle 2 landing site today at 13:13 CET, but could not pick up any signal from the tiny lander. More attempts to contact Beagle 2 are planned in the... view more... (2004-01-07)
Equatorial Atlantic Ocean Currents:Tracer Distribution Gives The Picture
The ocean has an immense capacity for storing heat. It therefore plays a major regulatory role in the Earth's heat-exchange mechanisms and climatic processes. From the global viewpoint, oceanic circulation involves the transport of water masses between the two hemispheres. In the Atlantic basin, a flux of cold water (at an average 4°C), the... view more... (2002-12-20)
FLUCTUATIONS IN BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION IN THE EQUATORIAL PACIFIC UNDERTHE EFFECT OF EL NINO
A region of the western equatorial Pacific, the Pacific warm pool, has exceptionally warm surface waters (an average 28.5°C) which have low salinity and are oligotrophic (nutrient-poor). At the Equator the Eastern edge of this pool comes into contact with cooler water (24°C on average) which is saline and nutrient rich (especially in... view more... (1999-05-11)
The striking deep current reversal in the tropical Pacific Ocean
The ocean's immense heat storage capacity means that it has a dominant role in the regulation of heat exchange and of the Earth's climate. And it is the ocean's currents that drive thermal exchanges between ocean and atmosphere and contribute to climate balance. view more (2006-11-14)
Four researchers awarded 'Dutch Nobel Prize'
NWO has announced the names of the four top researchers who will receive the NWO/SPINOZA Prize for 2001. This is the leading scientific prize in the Netherlands. Each of the four winners will receive the sum of EUR 1.5m. The official award ceremony will take place early in 2002. Twins researcher Professor Dorret Boomsma (born 1957), Professor of... view more... (2001-10-08)
AGU Journal European Highlights - 21 June 2002
American Geophysical Union AGU Journal European Highlights - 21 June 2002 ***** The following highlights are from Geophysical Research Letters (GRL) and the Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres (JGR-D). The research papers related to these Highlights will be printed in the next paper issues of the respective journals following their... view more... (2002-06-21)
Jupiter's massive winds likely generated from deep inside its interior, scientists report
A new computer model indicates Jupiter's massive winds are generated from deep within the giant planet's interior, a UCLA scientist and international colleagues report today in the journal Nature. view more (2005-11-14)
Glaciers adding more to global sea rise than ice sheets, says University of Colorado study
Despite growing public alarm over the shrinking Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, it is small glaciers and ice caps that have been contributing the most to rising sea levels in recent years, according to a new University of Colorado at Boulder study. view more (2006-12-12)
Getting Warmer? Prehistoric Climate Can Help Forecast Future Changes
The first comprehensive reconstruction of an extreme warm period shows the sensitivity of the climate system to changes in carbon dioxide (CO2) levels as well as the strong influence of ocean temperatures, heat transport from equatorial regions, and greenhouse gases on Earth's temperature. view more (2008-11-25)
How To Catch El-Nino
The scientists from Obninsk Institute of Experimental Meteorology know how to predict the coming of El-Nino - a phenomenon, which causes the ocean surface in Equatorial and South-East parts of the Pacific Ocean to heat too fast. The temperature rises on 3-4 degrees in 24 hours, but the consequences may be catastrophic - they may result in many... view more... (2002-04-02)
Cosmic engines surprise XMM-Newton
XMM-Newton has been surprised by a rare type of galaxy, from which it has detected a higher number of X-rays than thought possible. The observation gives new insight into the powerful processes shaping galaxies during their formation and evolution. view more (2008-04-08)
Researchers Make More Accurate Observation of Earth System Possible
Researchers at the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering of TU Delft have succeeded in modelling the rotational behaviour of two satellites with unprecedented accuracy. This makes it possible to model the orbit of the satellites much more accurately and this means that changes on earth observed by the satellite are also more accurate, for example,... view more... (2004-09-22)
Scientists aim to bring indigenous people into climate change monitoring and policy
Scientists at the Missouri Botanical Garden are calling for the inclusion of indigenous peoples around the world in helping monitor the effects of global climate change and develop policy. view more (2009-05-13)
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