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It's today! A great opportunity to read up on some

https://inquisitivebiologist.com/subject-archive-oceanography/

I can particularly recommend Blue Machine by @helenczerski
https://inquisitivebiologist.com/2023/08/23/book-review-blue-machine-how-the-ocean-shapes-our-world/

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If you're in the UK, Blue Machine is now out in paperback! The US version will be along this September. An engrossing odyssey into oceanography, this is a captivating book about the liquid engine powering our planet.

https://inquisitivebiologist.com/2023/08/23/book-review-blue-machine-how-the-ocean-shapes-our-world/

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Happy birthday to Daniel Pauly who turns 78 today! Read all about this intrepid marine biologist in The Ocean's Whistleblower

https://inquisitivebiologist.com/2022/01/19/book-review-the-oceans-whistleblower-the-remarkable-life-and-work-of-daniel-pauly/

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AMOC slowdown

"A full AMOC collapse would be a massive, planetary-scale disaster.

For the AMOC and other climate tipping points, the only action we can take to minimize the risk is to phase out fossil fuel use and stop deforestation as fast as possible. If we can reach zero emissions, further global warming will stop within years, and the sooner this happens the smaller the risk of passing devastating tipping points."
S. Rahmstorf

https://tos.org/oceanography/article/is-the-atlantic-overturning-circulation-approaching-a-tipping-point


A full shutdown of the AMOC would have truly devastating consequences for humanity and many marine and land ecosystems. Figure 15 shows the model of Liu et al. (2017) after a doubling of CO2, with an AMOC collapse caused by this CO2 increase. The cold air temperatures then expand to cover Iceland, Britain, and Scandinavia. The temperature contrast between northern and southern Europe increases by a massive 4°C, likely with major impact on weather, such as unprecedented storms. FIGURE 15. Annual-mean near-surface air temperature change resulting from a CO2 doubling and AMOC breakdown. While Earth is much warmer, the northern Atlantic region has become colder. In winter, the cooling there is much larger still. From Liu et al. (2017).
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    Today, learn about the 32 U.S coastal cities, affecting up to 500,000 people, that are at an increased risk of experiencing one or more major flooding events in the next twenty years, due to land subsidence and sea-level rise. https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/01/research-sinkingcoasts.html


    NewScience101 , to random
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    For Climate Researchers:

    All things connected.

    Tracking our changing global water cycle
    using intensifying el-nino event driven salinity changes in the ocean surface
    as signal.

    https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/how-nasa-spotted-el-nino-changing-the-saltiness-of-coastal-waters


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    Scientists spot a new population of killer whales in the Northeastern Pacific

    Will some of the biggest predators in the world be threatened by this new population?

    #News #Whales #Biology #Oceanography. #Science #Mammals
    https://interestingengineering.com/science/new-killer-whale-population

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