Upcoming Events--Institute of Oceanology Chinese Academy of Sciences

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03 2014

Mar 03, 2014

In Chile, rival barnacles keep competition cool
From Brown University website
　　PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Here are two facts that make the lowly barnacle important: They are popular models for ecology research, and they are ve...
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03 2014

Mar 03, 2014

Chronology of geological events prior to the great extinction 66 million years ago
From ScienceDaily
　　Research at the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), entitled 'Detailed Correlation and Orbital Control of succession durin...
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03 2014

Mar 03, 2014

Volcanoes, including Mt. Hood, can go from dormant to active in a few months
A new study suggests that the magma sitting 4-5 kilometers beneath the surface of Oregon's Mount Hood has been stored in near-solid conditions for thousands of years, but that the time it takes...
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Mar 03, 2014

Increase in Arctic cyclones is linked to climate change
Winter in the Arctic is not only cold and dark; it is also storm season when hurricane-like cyclones traverse the northern waters from Iceland to Alaska. These cyclones are characterized by str...
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03 2014

Mar 03, 2014

Climate change: Unstable Atlantic deep ocean circulation may hasten 'tipping point'
A new study looking at past climate change, asks if these changes in the future will be spasmodic and abrupt rather than a more gradual increase in the temperature.
　　Today, deep waters forme...
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02 2014

Feb 21, 2014

Fish biomass in the ocean may be 10 times higher than estimated: Stock of mesopelagic fish changes from 1,000 to 10,000 million tons
From ScienceDaily
　　With a stock estimated at 1,000 million tons so far, mesopelagic fish dominate the total biomass of fish in the ocean. However, a team of researchers with the participatio...
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Feb 21, 2014

Pacific salmon inherit magnetic sense of direction
From ScienceDaily
　　A team of scientists last year presented evidence of a correlation between the migration patterns of ocean salmon and Earth's magnetic field, suggesting it may help explai...
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Feb 21, 2014

Toxin in seafood causes kidney damage in mice at levels considered safe for consumption
A chemical that can accumulate in seafood and is known to cause brain damage is also toxic to the kidneys, but at much lower concentrations. The findings, which come from a study appearing in a...
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Feb 21, 2014

Changing climate: How dust changed the face of Earth
From ScienceDaily
　　In spring 2010, the research icebreaker Polarstern returned from the South Pacific with a scientific treasure -- ocean sediments from a previously almost unexplored part o...
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Feb 21, 2014

Is there an ocean beneath our feet? Ocean water may reach upper mantle through deep sea faults
From ScienceDaily
　　Scientists at the University of Liverpool have shown that deep sea fault zones could transport much larger amounts of water from Earth's oceans to the upper mantle than pr...