Science & Technology - Briefs

Is the global warming ‘hiatus’ over?

There are many ongoing signs that the planet is heating up, even “on fire.”

Japan leads opposition to establishing marine sanctuary for whales

Proposal for a sanctuary in the South Atlantic Ocean has been repeatedly submitted to the International Whaling Commission in recent years, but …

Cyclones and climate change

Some climate models predict two- to seven- fold increase in the frequency of Hurricane Katrina magnitude events for a 1°C rise in global …

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A crab’s coup strategy

Control reproduction of competing species

Ocean’s dramatic past

Zeroing in on the evolution of the North Atlantic

Ocean seeding fails

A large, large catchment

Pacific and the Atlantic oceans: key controllers of monsoons

Science & Technology - Briefs

Atlantic cooling may be temporary respite

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Killing dust

African dust clouds cause red tides that kill millions of fish in the Gulf of Mexico

Oceans report card: Global ocean health scores 67 out of 100

Seas surrounding Indian peninsula score 61, lower than global average

NASA eyes warm sea surface

EU tightens rule to protect tuna

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