Category Archives: oceans

Antarctica and Greenland Loosing Ice Fast

Posted on December 1, 2012 by

Science Daily reports that the planet’s two largest ice sheets have been losing ice faster during the past decade, causing widespread confusion and concern.Dozens of climate scientists have reconciled their measurements of ice sheet changes in Antarctica and Greenland over … Continue reading →

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Lilypad: The eco-friendly floating city(link)

Posted on November 25, 2012 by

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Tokyo Upset Over Survey of India for not Recognising ‘Sea of Japan’

Posted on November 11, 2012 by

An upset Tokyo has lodged a protest with New Delhi against the Survey of India not indicating ‘Sea of Japan’ on its maps by that name. India’s official map-making agency, the Survey of India has omitted naming the water body … Continue reading →

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And Now Danger of Plastic Litter in Arctic Ocean

Posted on October 24, 2012 by

Plastic does not easily decompose. That darn plastic bag can move many thousands of miles. The sea bed in the Arctic deep sea is increasingly strewn with litter and plastic waste as reported in the advance online publication of the … Continue reading →

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Sea Levels WILL Rise for Thousands of Years!!: Study

Posted on October 2, 2012 by

Greenhouse gas emissions up to now have triggered an irreversible warming of Earth that will cause sea levels to rise for thousands of years to come, new research has shown. read more

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Blooms Of Ocean Plant Life Discovered in NASA Oceanographic Expedition

Posted on June 8, 2012 by

NASA Scientists have made a biological discovery in Arctic Ocean waters as dramatic and unexpected as finding a rainforest in the middle of a desert. A NASA-sponsored expedition punched through three-foot thick sea ice to find waters richer in phtoplanktons, … Continue reading →

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Ground Water is Also Responsible for Sea Level Rise

Posted on May 11, 2012 by

We use ground water for a lot purposes. Large-scale groundwater extraction for irrigation, drinking water or industry may result in an annual rise in sea levels of approximately 0.8 mm, accounting for about one-quarter of total annual sea-level rise (3.1 mm). According … Continue reading →

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Great Pacific Garbage Patch : World’s Biggest Landfill in the Pacific Ocean?

Posted on April 24, 2012 by

Great Pacific Garbage Patch, also known as the Pacific Trash Vortex, is a gyre of marine litter in the central North Pacific Ocean located roughly between 135°W to 155°W and 35°N to 42°N. The patch runs over an indeterminate area, … Continue reading →

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