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The Dolphin Institute - Dolphin Research Summaries
This pattern suggested that some whales use the prevailing clockwise surface currents in the upper North Pacific to aid their migration between Alaskan feeding grounds and Hawaii ...
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NRDC: OnEarth Magazine, Summer 2003 - Saving Maine
NASA beam down full-color images showing not only surface temperatures across New England's sea, but even concentrations of ... be able to figure out how lobster larvae travel on ocean currents (some think they come from as far away as Nova Scotia ...
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Water Levels
Level Forecasts Historic Water Levels Flows in Connecting Channels Precipitation Data Wave & Wind Data Surface Currents Ice Cover Reports Publications and Brochures IJC Boards of Control Water Temperature Quick Links ... precipitation (preliminary) and historic precipitation, by lake basin* Wave and Wind Data, and Surface Currents Recent data at wave buoys, and wind data at shore stations * Ice Cover ...
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The Rosenstiel School
Caribbean Coral Reef Research (NCORE) Noble Gas Isotope Lab Numerical Ocean Modeling Ocean Surface Currents Ocean Acoustics Oceans and Human Health Center Organic Biogeochemistry OTECH Pew Institute ... Key CSTARS METAR Forecasts Marine Forecasts Hurricanes Radar Imagery GOES Imagery CMAN Stations Surface Currents Info Bulletin of Marine Science Events Media files Press releases Shuttle Schedule ...
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Earth would be unbearably hot during the day and frozen at night. However, thanks to currents, the warm and cold waters move and mix, thus evening out temperatures, oxygenating deep ... depths. Warm or cold, currents are like rivers that flow within the ocean. Winds on surface waters cause surface currents, and temperature and salinity (salt) differences create deep ocean currents. You can think of ...
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Weather -- The Water Cycle
The oceans distribute heat around the planet, keeping heat and cold circulating by way of surface currents. Clouds Of the 326 million cubic miles of water on our planet, 3,100 cubic ... lightning. How can ocean cycles affect the weather? Find out about warm and cool ocean currents in "El Niño: Warming up the Waters." "Weather" is inspired by programs from Planet Earth ...
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Weather -- The Water Cycle
With less algae to feed on, fish populations decline. Making the connection: Water currents and weather events In 1957, Jacob Bjerknes, a scientist studying El Niño, discovered the ... increased in the eastern Pacific, pressure dropped in the western Pacific. As pressure changed, surface currents changed, causing either cooler or warmer waters to circulate. Scientists now refer to this ...
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Global Climate Change: Research Explorer - Sea Surface Temperatures
Viewing Ocean Currents with SST - A technical site containing sea surface temperature images that depict ocean currents. • Tropical Cyclone Watch - Contains still images and animations of hurricanes tracked using sea surface ...
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Global Climate Change: Research Explorer - Sea Surface Temperatures
Surface Temperatures Weekly Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly Sea surface temperature is affected by many things, including local weather, currents, and seasonal changes. One of the easiest ways to track changes in sea surface ... temperatures on earth. • Hotspot’s Sea Surface Temperature Charts - Explains the connection between sea surface charts and deep water fishing. home | atmosphere | hydrosphere ...
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Climate change, Ocean Currents and Fisheries
Temperature is not the only factor, as climate changes affecting ocean currents could cause upwelling and gyres, shifting salinity and phytoplankton distribution. Monitoring these and other ... climate change on our oceans and that resource so precious to humans, the fishery. Warm surface water cools as it flows into the North Atlantic, releasing heat to the atmosphere ...
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