Science news articles about 'ocean areas'

Efforts to harness the energy potential of Earth's ocean winds could soon gain an important new tool ... of data from NASA's QuikSCAT satellite that reveal ocean areas where winds could produce wind energy ...

... why this study is so important. In this open ocean area near Hawaii, for example, phytoplankton ... barren regions comprise more than two-thirds of our oceans and nearly 40 percent of the entire Earth," ...

... "Every single spot of the ocean along the West Coast," said Ben Halpern, a marine ecologist ... moved to less sensitive areas, said Taylor. As management and conservation of the oceans turns toward marine ...

... data taken over the past 50 years. With the oceans currently absorbing over 40 percent of the CO2 ... surface temperatures and CO2 levels in tropical ocean areas. Conversely, in places with a lot of trees ...

... on some strings to a depth of one kilometer below the surface. Scientists also took this ocean area’s temperature and salinity readings for the first time since the 1960s, looking for climate- ...

... sea cucumbers, sea quirts, worms, sea stars, snails, and clams. Many other species familiar in other ocean areas had never been recorded around Hawaii. Among other global activities, CReef associates ...

... and mid-frequency sound it absorbs. Thus, as the oceans become more acidic, sounds will travel farther ... -term records of sound absorption over large ocean areas. However, the researchers cite a study ...

... or the other." The impact of these chemical changes may be minimal in well-oxygenated ocean areas, but as the authors point out in their paper, "We may anticipate a very large expansion of the oceanic ...