oceans

Global Warming Over Last Decade Hidden Below the Ocean

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New research, published in the journal Nature Geoscience, has detected a sustained energy surplus in Earth’s climate and warming below the sea surface since 2000 that is consistent with the continued build up of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Despite an apparent slow down in the rate of global surface warming over the last decade, … Read more

National Ocean Policy Adopted by the US

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History was made in the US yesterday when President Obama signed an Executive Order to implement a National Ocean Policy that will provide a planning framework and governance structure to guide uses of the oceans, coasts and Great Lakes. The new policy is expected to benefit marine ecosystems and fish, as well as the fishermen … Read more