Coastal
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The US Geological Survey has an interesting story about the utility of Florida corals to track long-term variations in regional climate. Similar to tree rings, coral growth patterns can be used as proxy data to study changes in ocean temperature over time. These patterns show that there are multi-decade oscillations in sea surface temperature that…
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CBS News has a report and video describing changes that are expected to occur in sea level rise across the US in the next few decades under global warming. The mildest case is for a foot of sea level rise, while more severe scenarios show as much as 8 feet of rise in some locations.…
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A few months back I posted an article on a large crack in one of the Antarctic ice shelves called Larsen C that appeared to be expanding and was in the process of breaking off a large iceberg the size of the state of Delaware. Today I noticed a couple of articles updating us on…
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Do you love luscious lobsters? If so, you might be interested in this NOAA story on how the location of lobster fishing is changing over time. This is due to changes in water temperature which affects the growth of the tasty crustaceans. You can see the animation of where the critters have been caught over…
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A new NOAA-sponsored report shows that unprecedented warming air temperature in 2016 over the Arctic contributed to a record-breaking delay in the fall sea ice freeze-up, leading to extensive melting of Greenland ice sheet and land-based snow cover. The Arctic Report Card, released this week at the annual American Geophysical Union fall meeting in San Francisco,…
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NOAA has a (new to me) snazzy web site which provides access to 1792 data sets in 115 collections. It’s called the Digital Coast and you can see it and use it to search for your data needs at https://coast.noaa.gov/dataregistry/search/collection. The data range from bathymetry to aquaculture to sea bird counts. It also includes several climate-related…
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A beautiful new video from the Savannah College of Art and Design in cooperation with UGA’s Marine Extension, Georgia Sea Grant and the Georgia Forestry Commission explains the importance of natural landscapes and how they reduce stormwater runoff. Not only do they reduce erosion but they also trap pollution and help keep it from getting…