Category Archives: oceans

Carbon Sequestration in Oceans Makes them More Acidic

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Rashid Faridi

Carbon sequestration is “The process of removing carbon from the atmosphere and depositing it in a reservoir.” When carried out deliberately, this may also be referred to as carbon dioxide removal, which is a form of geoengineering. The term carbon … Continue reading →

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Detecting Noise Pollution in the Sea

Posted on December 31, 2010 by Rashid Faridi

The Applied Bioacoustics Laboratory (LAB) of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) has developed the first system equipped with hydrophones able to record sounds on the seafloor in real time over the Internet. The system detects the presence of cetaceans … Continue reading →

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Oceans on Earth and Other Planets were made by Traces of Water

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Rashid Faridi

A recent study by an MIT planetary scientist suggests that the planetesimals themselves provided the water that created oceans. As Lindy Elkins-Tanton, the Mitsui Career Development Assistant Professor of Geology in MIT’s Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, reports … Continue reading →

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