oceanography
-
Monster 24-Metre Wave Recorded In The Southern Ocean
At 23.8m tall, and churned by a fierce storm, it’s the largest wave ever recorded in the southern hemisphere, New Zealand scientists report.
-
Australia Releases Trove Of Scientific Data From Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 Search
It can be hard to look for the bright side in a tragedy. But resolving tragedies often requires an immense amount of human effort, and that effort results in new knowledge. New genetic forensics techniques emerged from the identification of 9/11 victims, for example. Another tragedy, the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 three years…
-
The Oceans Are Running Low On Oxygen
File this under definitely not good: global warming is depleting the oceans of oxygen. You know, that little molecule that we, along with all other complex life forms, require in order to breathe and therefore live.
-
We Know Exactly Where All The Heat From The ‘Global Warming Hiatus’ Went
You might remember hearing about the global warming “hiatus” a few years back — a pause in Earth’s inexorably rising temperature, which some used as evidence that climate change is a hoax. But scientists are now completely sure that the pause never happened. And we know exactly where the missing heat wound up.