How salty is your ocean? How loose is your plume?
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By , on March 5th, 2013 2 comments   Gadgets & Gear, Uncategorized   , , ,  

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AQUARIUS! You’ve been measuring sea surface salinity from space for over a year now. It must feel good to be a grown up satellite giving oceanographers a whole new view of the ocean. Keep on tracking that fresh Amazon Plume, the salty subtropical seas and seasonal freshening in northern latitudes due to melting . . . → Read More: How salty is your ocean? How loose is your plume?

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The Origins of Deep-Sea Fauna
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By , on October 5th, 2009 4 comments   Adaptations, Biology, Cephalopods, Conservation & Environment, Coral, Environmental Sciences, Geology, Organisms, Paleobiology   , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  

If you would understand anything, observe its beginning and its development. –Aristotle To understand the biogeography of the modern deep sea, we must examine the history of the ocean floor and the establishment of deep-sea fauna. The paleoceanography of the deep-sea is an account of intense fluctuations in temperature, oxygen, and circulation. In the past . . . → Read More: The Origins of Deep-Sea Fauna

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Seawater Redefined
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By , on July 28th, 2009 Leave a comment   Environmental Sciences   , , , , , , , , , ,  

Daytime CTD cast by Coolskipper on Flickr, CC licensed image. What do you think of when see the term “seawater”? Salty water? Perhaps fish-poo-covered-bacterial-ooze-slime-haven-so-salty-I-puke-in-my-snorkel-every-time-it-touches-my-tongue? Well, the definition of seawater has been limited by how we can measure it and what type of information that we wish to glean from knowing something about seawater. For over . . . → Read More: Seawater Redefined

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