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Mysterious Fate Of Vast Dissolved Organic Matter In Oceans May Mitigate The Greenhouse Effect
February 4, 1998 — Vast amounts of dissolved organic matter in the ocean, once though to be inert, may play a surprising role in mitigating the greenhouse effect, according to bioengineering researchers at the ... > full story -
El Niño May Provide A New Headache For Astronomers
February 2, 1998 — Astronomers in the Southern Hemisphere need to be extra cautious when doing precise observations during an El Niño event, according to a new study by an Ohio State University ... > full story -
Newly Declassified Submarine Data Will Help Study Of Arctic Ice
January 29, 1998 — A treasure-trove of formerly classified data on the thickness of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean, gathered by U.S. Navy submarines over several decades, is now being opened. Data from the first of ... > full story -
Wobbly Planet Means Climatologists Need To Rethink Long-Term Study Of Sea-Level Variations
January 22, 1998 — A grad student at the University of Toronto uses numerical simulations to show how long-term changes in the orientation of the Earth's rotation axis, or "wobbling" of the planet, can ... > full story -
1997 Warmest Year Of Century, NOAA Reports
January 13, 1998 — 1997 was the warmest year of this century, based on land and ocean surface temperature data, reports a team of scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National ... > full story -
UMR Researchers Tailgate At 37,000 Feet To Gather Data
January 12, 1998 — No head room. No leg room. No reclining seats. No magazines. No peanuts. No flight attendants. No temperature control. Turbulence, however, can be expected. Such are the flights that researchers from ... > full story -
How Will Increased Ultraviolet Radiation Affect Forests?
December 31, 1997 — We know next to nothing about what effect increased ultraviolet-B radiation will have on forests as the stratospheric ozone shield continues to disintegrate over the next century. Also, since global ... > full story -
Lakes And Bogs Reveal Historical Mercury Trends In Maine
December 29, 1997 — Rates of atmospheric mercury deposition in Maine appear to have reached a peak in the early to mid-1970s and to have declined significantly by 1982, according to a report by University of Maine ... > full story -
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Other Planets Influence Earth's Climate, University Of Toronto Scientist Says
December 18, 1997 — A University of Toronto professor says a better understanding of the Earth's climate requires a better understanding of the interaction between the planet's geophysical processes and the ... > full story -
Remote Cloud Observatory Tracks El Niño Changes
December 18, 1997 — Perhaps the largest El Niño of the century is currently underway, and a team of scientists is remotely watching the sky, hoping that they can learn from this event. ... > full story -
Computer Simulations Show That Certain Gasses Could Stimulate Global Cooling
December 16, 1997 — Contrary to the conventional wisdom, new computer modeling from the University of Michigan suggests that global warming might not be a product of human activity. Ironically, argues Joyce Penner, ... > full story -
Recent Abrupt Cold Event Could Shed Light On Future
December 11, 1997 — About 8,200 years ago, the world climate suddenly got colder and stayed that way for a few hundred years before temperatures returned to normal, according to a team of ... > full story
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