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Complex reef structures protect coasts from monster waves

With its huge waves Tahiti has been attracting the world's best surfers since the 1960s. The famous “Teahupo' o”, which can reach up to nine metres in height,…

Host or symbiont? Proteomics gives new insights into reef organisms’ reaction to environment stress

Researchers from the Leibniz Centre for Marine Tropical Research (ZMT) in Bremen, the Leibniz Institute for Analytical Sciences (ISAS) in Dortmund and the…

Stagnation in the South Pacific Explains Natural CO2 Fluctuations

The Southern Ocean plays an important role in climate events because CO2 can be absorbed from the atmosphere into the ocean. When increased amounts of dust are…

First evidence of surprising ocean warming around Galápagos corals

The finding surprised the University of Arizona-led research team, because the sparse instrumental records for sea surface temperature for that part of the…

Geophysicists and atmospheric scientists partner to track typhoons' seismic footprints

Climatologists are often asked, “Is climate change making hurricanes stronger?” but they can't give a definitive answer because the global hurricane record…

NASA's longest running survey of ice shattered records in 2017

“A big highlight for 2017 is how we increased our reach with our new bases of operations and additional campaigns,” said Nathan Kurtz, IceBridge's project…

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