TGIF: El Niño on YouTube
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By , on March 13th, 2009 3 comments   New Research, Pictures and Movies, Reviews, Scientist!, Weather   , ,  

It’s Friday, learn something. Concentrate on the soothing voice of the narrator. Relax. Breathe deeply. You are floating on a thermocline. Southern Fried Science has the low-down on this rather hypnotic series of YouTube videos by Taichiro Sakagami explaining the El Niño-La Niña Southern Oscillation phenomenon. This is Part One of Four. Collect them . . . → Read More: TGIF: El Niño on YouTube

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Freak ocean wave across the Pacific
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By , on January 10th, 2008 Leave a comment   New Research   , , , , ,  

Climate oscillations, even small ones like the Madden Julian Oscillation, can have a deep impact on the oceans, down to a mile deep. The Telegraph UK calls one newly revealed oceanographic mechanism a “freak” ocean wave because it travels underwater, with little or no surface expression. This was such a good spin I had to promote this to main title. . . . → Read More: Freak ocean wave across the Pacific

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25 Things You Should Know About the Deep Sea: #14 The Deep Sea Is Not Stable
25 Things You Should Know About the Deep Sea: #14 The Deep Sea Is Not Stable avatar

By , on December 28th, 2006 5 comments   The Basics   , , , , , , , , , ,  

The first new 25 Things at Sb! So grab a cup-o-joe and read on! The extremes of the physical deep-sea environment (temperature, pressure, and lack of light, low food) are more than a challenge for deep-sea organisms. Unfortunately, there is one more-disturbance. In ecology, hypotheses for how biodiversity is maintained generally fall into two categories, . . . → Read More: 25 Things You Should Know About the Deep Sea: #14 The Deep Sea Is Not Stable

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