Upcoming Events--Institute of Oceanology Chinese Academy of Sciences

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01 2016

Jan 13, 2016

In Arctic winter, marine creatures migrate by the light of the moon
The behavior is most likely an attempt by zooplankton to avoid predators hunting by moonlight, the researchers say.
　　"During the permanently dark and extremely cold Arctic winter, [these] ti...
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01 2016

Jan 13, 2016

Melting of massive ice 'lid' resulted in huge release of carbon dioxide at the end of the ice age
The study includes the first detailed reconstruction of the Southern Ocean density of the period and identified how it changed as the Earth warmed. It suggests a massive reorganisation of ocean...
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01 2016

Jan 13, 2016

The Anthropocene: Hard evidence for a human-driven Earth
An international group of scientists is studying whether human activity has driven Earth into a new geological epoch -- the Anthropocene. They ask: to what extent are human actions recorded as ...
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01 2016

Jan 13, 2016

Giant icebergs play key role in removing carbon dioxide from atmosphere
This activity, known as carbon sequestration, contributes to the long-term storage of atmospheric carbon dioxide, therefore helping to slow global warming.
　　During the study, which is the fi...
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01 2016

Jan 05, 2016

An ice core study to determine the timing and duration of historical climate stages
Ice core records are rich archives of the climate history during glacial-interglacial cycles over timescales of up to ~800 kyr before the current age. In ice core studies, the accurate and prec...
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12 2015

Dec 18, 2015

Geologists focus on extraterrestrial mineral for clues to beginning of biological life on Earth
In previous work, Pasek and colleagues suggested that the ancient meteorites contained the iron-nickel phosphide mineral "schreibersite," and that when schreibersite came into contact with Eart...
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12 2015

Dec 18, 2015

Earth's tilt influences climate change
"I took the data and put it through a mathematical prism so I could look at the patterns and that's where we see the obliquity cycle, that 41,000-year cycle. From that, we can go in and look at...
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12 2015

Dec 18, 2015

Spread of algal toxin through marine food web broke records in 2015
Investigations led by scientists at the University of California, Santa Cruz, help explain the extraordinary duration and intensity of the 2015 domoic acid event, the spread of the toxin throug...
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12 2015

Dec 18, 2015

Brain’s GPS depends on visual landmarks to triangulate location, researchers find
This also expands on an earlier finding that neurons responsible for creating spatial maps react differently in virtual reality than they do in the real-world environments. Researchers again us...
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12 2015

Dec 18, 2015

Hagfish heart offers cardiovascular health insight: Study
It is the first known study to examine how the isolated hagfish heart functions for extended time periods with little or no oxygen, said Prof. Todd Gillis, Integrative Biology.
　　Hagfish are ...