• 珊瑚礁的减少彻底影响海洋食物网

    13-08-06 If history's closest analog(模拟) is any indication, the look of the oceans will change drastically in the future as the coming greenhouse world alters marine food webs and gives certain species advantages over others. Scripps Institution of Ocean...

  • 热带海洋中的物质通量

    13-08-05 How is vital oxygen supplied to the tropical ocean? For the first time, oceanographers at GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel were able to make quantitative statements regarding this question. They showed that about one third of the oxyg...

  • 某海洋化合物有对抗炭疽的潜力

    13-07-18 A team led by William Fenical at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego has discovered a new chemical compound from an ocean microbe in a preliminary research finding that could one day set the stage for new treatments for anthrax(炭疽...

  • 海洋涡流影响天气

    13-07-08 Ocean currents have a big impact on weather and climate. Without the Gulf Stream, the climate of Northern and Western Europe would be cooler. Scientists at ETH Zurich now uncovered that also relatively small swirling motions in the ocean, so called...

  • 减少碳排放以避免珊瑚礁消亡

    13-06-29 To prevent coral reefs around the world from dying off, deep cuts in carbon dioxide emissions are required, says a new study from Carnegie's Katharine Ricke and Ken Caldeira. They find that all existing coral reefs will be engulfed in inhospitable(...

  • 海洋酸化使珊瑚礁变脆弱

    13-06-19 Ocean acidification due to rising carbon dioxide levels will reduce the density of coral skeletons, making coral reefs more vulnerable to disruption and erosion, according to a new study of corals growing where submarine springs naturally lower the...

  • 温暖的海水使南极大部分冰架消融

    13-06-16 Ocean waters melting the undersides of Antarctic ice shelves, not icebergs calving into the sea, are responsible for most of the continent's ice loss, a study by UC Irvine and others has found. The first comprehensive survey of all Antarctic ice she...

  • 海洋的演变史及堪忧的未来

    13-06-16 The ocean the Titanic sailed through just over 100 years ago was very different from the one we swim in today. Global warming is increasing ocean temperatures and harming marine food webs. Nitrogen run-off from fertilizers is causing coastal dead zo...

  • 陆地上大量垃圾最终沉积于深海之中

    13-06-07 Surprisingly large amounts of discarded trash end up in the ocean. Plastic bags, aluminum cans, and fishing debris not only clutter our beaches, but accumulate in open-ocean areas such as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Now, a paper by researchers...

  • 科学家发现二氧化碳分离新方法

    13-05-29 Lawrence Livermore scientists have discovered and demonstrated a new technique to remove and store atmospheric carbon dioxide while generating carbon-negative hydrogen and producing alkalinity(碱性) , which can be used to offset ocean acidificatio...