Ocean in Motion - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
2024年11月14日 · Ocean currents are the reason London rarely has a white Christmas despite having a latitude on par with central Quebec’s. They’re the reason San Francisco can be a pleasant 65 degrees Fahrenheit (18 degrees Celsius) while Sacramento swelters in the hundreds. Ocean dynamics determine whether it will be a good year for wheat in India.
Ocean Topics - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
The ocean matters The ocean covers more than two-thirds of Earth's surface, it makes life as we know it possible, and it sustains human society. Yet the global ocean is largely unexplored and unknown. What we do learn never ceases to amaze or …
Ocean Topic: Biological Carbon Pump - Woods Hole …
2020年9月10日 · The ocean’s so-called biological carbon pump removes carbon from the atmosphere and stores it deep in the ocean on timescales that are important to the lifespan of humans. The solubility carbon pump, which stores much larger amounts of carbon, operates on timescales in the thousands of years and is a much slower mixing process.
Oceans - Science News
4 天之前 · Oceans The world’s largest coral was discovered in the South Pacific The behemoth coral, discovered in October in the Solomon Islands, is longer than a blue whale and older than the United States.
Ice – Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
2025年1月22日 · Ocean Encounters is made possible by the generous support of our sponsors the Avatar Alliance Foundation and Dalio Philanthropies and Seasons 4 and 5 are endorsed activities of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development.
Ocean Acidification - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
2021年2月9日 · Ocean acidification is a reduction in the pH of the ocean over an extended period of time, caused primarily by an increase of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
The 2004 tsunami killed hundreds of thousands. Are we better …
2024年12月11日 · An Indian Ocean tsunami blind spot. On December 26, 2004, a seismometer in Australia detected a large quake off the coast of northern Sumatra in the Indian Ocean (SN: 1/5/05). Researchers at the ...
Twilight Zone - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
2023年9月29日 · Animals in the twilight zone help support the ocean’s food web and transport huge amounts of carbon from surface waters into the deep ocean, helping to regulate global climate. So far, the twilight zone is largely unexplored and its rich biodiversity has remained mostly beyond the reach of commercial fishing—and the international laws that ...
Seamounts - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
2016年4月12日 · At mid-ocean ridges, plates are spreading apart and magma rises to fill the gaps. Near subduction zones, plates collide, forcing ocean crust down toward Earth’s hot interior, where this crustal material melts, forming magma that rises buoyantly back to the surface and erupts to create volcanoes and seamounts.
Carbon Cycle - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
2024年9月13日 · Such ocean acidification is harmful to ocean life, especially corals and other organisms whose shells are damaged by the acidic waters. When carbon sinks to the deep ocean, with some reaching the ocean floor, it can be locked away for millennia, so oceans can play a critical role in ultimately helping to fight climate change.