The Future of the Carbon Cycle in a Changing Climate - Eos
WEBFeb 20, 2020 · Fig. 1. Carbon fluxes (in gigatons of carbon per year, GtCyr-1) of major anthropogenic sources (positive) and natural sinks (negative) demonstrate the corresponding increases in both from 1850 to ...
The Effect of Coral Bleaching Events in the Great Barrier Reef
WEBMay 31, 2019 · When the algae leave, the remaining coral becomes a stark white color in a process known as bleaching. Bleached coral is not dead; it can recover. However, without the algae, the ecosystem is much ...
The Climate and Health Impacts of Gasoline and Diesel Emissions
WEBApr 28, 2020 · New research tallies the effects of gas- and diesel-burning vehicle emissions on the climate, as well as on human health. Together, the emissions cause more than 200,000 premature deaths each year.
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A 1.4-Billion-Pixel Map of the Gulf of Mexico Seafloor - Eos
WEBMay 24, 2017 · The grid defines water depth with 1.4 billion 12 × 12 meter cells and is available in feet and meters. BOEM grid coverage is limited to the area defined by rainbow colors. Shaded relief is ...
An Unbroken Record of Climate During the Age of Dinosaurs
WEBMay 17, 2021 · The second phase, SK-2, was completed in 2014–2018 in Anda County, Suihua City, Heilongjiang Province. SK-2 drilled to a depth of 7,018 meters, the deepest ever by an ICDP project at the time ...
Three Times Tectonics Changed the Climate - Eos
WEBNov 22, 2019 · Fifty years after the birth of modern plate tectonics theory, a group of researchers highlights three key examples of how our planet’s shape-shifting outer layer has altered our climate. The ...
What Five Graphs from the U.N. Climate Report Reveal About Our …
WEBAug 9, 2021 · The latest report even has an equation for it: Every 1,000 metric gigatons of cumulative CO 2 emissions (GtCO 2) will likely cause planetary warming of 0.45℃. 4. Annual Carbon Dioxide Emissions ...
World’s Biggest Oxygen Producers Living in Swirling Ocean Waters
WEBSep 13, 2017 · Plankton that are plants, known as phytoplankton, grow and get their own energy through photosynthesis and are responsible for producing an estimated 80% of the world’s oxygen. As such, climate ...
A Geologist’s Guide to Exploring and Understanding Iceland
WEBNov 5, 2020 · A new book explores the geophysical processes that have shaped Iceland over 30 million years and continue to influence the landscape. The eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in 2010 disrupted air ...