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Climate Clues in Diatoms
A University of Rhode Island oceanographer is studying microscopic organisms at the bottom of Narragansett Bay that could help determine how climate change is changing the bay’s ecosystem. Rebecca Robinson’s research is on diatoms, single-celled organisms found in abundance in the oceans. Diatoms—a type of phytoplankton—are at the base of the food web, feeding everything […]
Continue reading "Climate Clues in Diatoms"Winds Hide Atlantic Variability from Europe’s Winters
Shifting winds may explain why long-term fluctuations in North Atlantic sea surface temperatures have no apparent influence on Europe’s wintertime temperatures. The findings, published in Nature Communications, could also have implications for how Europe’s climate will evolve amid global warming. In the mid-1990s, scientists assembled the first century-long record of North Atlantic sea surface temperatures […]
Continue reading "Winds Hide Atlantic Variability from Europe’s Winters"2015 temperatures in Narragansett Bay reflect climate change trends
If you have any doubt that climate change is affecting our planet, consider the research of Jeremy Collie, an oceanographer at the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography. Collie says that temperatures in Narragansett Bay hit record highs and lows in 2015, which he calls the “most extreme’’ fluctuations observed since GSO started […]
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