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Researchers at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science developed a new method to estimate fish movements using ocean heat content images, a dataset commonly used in hurricane intensity forecasting. With Atlantic tarpon as the messenger, this is the first study to quantitatively show that large migratory fishes, such as yellowfin and bluefin tunas, blue and white marlin, and sailfish have affinities for ocean fronts and eddies.
More than 167,000 hectares of coastland -- about 0.6% of the country's total area -- are projected to go underwater in the Philippines, especially in low-lying island communities, according to research by the University of the Philippines.
Low-lying countries with an abundance of coastlines are at significant risk from rising sea levels resulting from global warming. According to data by the World Meteorological Organisation, the water levels around the Philippines are rising at a rate almost three times the global average due partly to the influence of the trade winds pushing ocean currents.
On average, sea levels around the world rise 3.1 centimetres every ten years. Water levels in the Philippines are projected to rise between 7.6 and 10.2 centimetres each decade.
On hot, humid days, you might jump into water to cool down, but for the tiny mangrove rivulus fish, cooling down means jumping out of water, according to a new study from the University of Guelph.
In the study published today in the journal Biology Letters, the researchers describe how these fish air-chill themselves on solid ground in order to drop their body temperatures. The researchers also found that fish exposed to higher temperatures for a week tolerated warmer water better.
The fish jump out of the water to escape rising temperatures, said integrative biology professor Pat Wright, senior author of the study.
La buena noticia para Volkswagen es que entregó casi 7,5 millones de vehículos a clientes durante los tres primeros trimestres de 2015. La mala noticia es que los 8,5 millones de coches de VW lo más probable es que sean objeto de una retirada obligatoria…y eso es sólo en Europa.
Las consecuencias del escándalo de las emisiones de Volkswagen continúan resaltando, cuatro semanas después de las revelaciones acerca de la instalación de un software de "desactivación de...
As debate roils over EPA regulations proposed this month limiting the release of the potent greenhouse gas methane during fracking operations, a new University of Vermont study funded by the National Science Foundation shows that abandoned oil and gas wells near fracking sites can be conduits for methane escape not currently being measured.
The study, to be published in Water Resources Research on October 20, demonstrates that fractures in surrounding rock produced by the hydraulic fracturing process are able to connect to preexisting, abandoned oil and gas wells, common in fracking areas, which can provide a pathway to the surface for methane.
A recent paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Science showed that methane release measured at abandoned wells near fracking sites can be significant but did not investigate how the process occurs.
La buena noticia para Volkswagen es que entregó casi 7,5 millones de vehículos a clientes durante los tres primeros trimestres de 2015. La mala noticia es que los 8,5 millones de coches de VW lo más probable es que sean objeto de una retirada obligatoria…y eso es sólo en Europa.
Las consecuencias del escándalo de las emisiones de Volkswagen continúan resaltando, cuatro semanas después de las revelaciones acerca de la instalación de un software de "desactivación de...
