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Where
the trade winds meet -- air-sea coupling in the inter-tropical convergence
zone:
Maximum solar heating occurs at latitudes near the equator, warming
the sea surface and causing the surface air to rise. |
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Submerging
the body and the brain: Sea Grant scientists probe the physiology
and psychology of scuba diving:
Three decades ago, the popular Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau
television show made scuba diving seem as natural as a walk in the
park. |
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Scientists
seek data on greenhouse gas emissions:
Government and university scientists will be hanging out at the
track this summer – only there aren’t any horses and
the track is located 30,000 feet above sea level. |
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Life
Support: NURP Unfolds the Mystery of Gas Hydrates:
NOAA's Undersea Research Program supports an interdisciplinary array
of experts in researching gas hydrate ecosystems and their extraordinary
potential as a source of bio-products. |
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Scientists
to explore massive thunderstorm complexes:
You know it as a long line of thunderstorms that can split an entire
state and last all night. |
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Pushing
the lower limits in fisheries population dynamics research:
A small sign in the labs at the Center for Quantitative Fisheries
Ecology (CQFE) at Virginia’s Old Dominion University says it all:
Sometimes you get bloody on the cutting edge of science. |
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Decision
Support Research - Bridging Science and Service
NOAA Research has been investing in decision support research for
over a decade through its Climate and Societal Interactions (CSI)
Program. |
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An Ocean
View:
On this day, a chill, gray Thursday in November, an American School
for the Deaf biology class is about as boisterous, in the orderly,
engaged sense, as an 11th-grade class will get. |
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The
Perfect Ocean for Drought:
Drought became heartbreakingly real last year for many Colorado
farmers and ranchers as they watched their cattle starve and their
pastures turn to dust. |
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Battling
Oyster Disease in the Chesapeake:
Not so long ago Chesapeake Bay was the nation's leading producer
of oysters - no more. |
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