Scientists at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, are set to explore the world's deepest undersea volcanoes and find out what lives in a 'lost world' five kilometres beneath the Caribbean. ScienceDaily (Sep. 1, 2008) — Scientists at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, are set to explore the world's deepest undersea volcanoes and find out what lives in a 'lost world' five kilometres beneath the Caribbean. The team of researchers led by Dr Jon Copley has been awarded £462,000 by the Natural Environment Research Council to explore the Cayman Trough, which lies between Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. This rift in the Caribbean seafloor plunges ...
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What will the Arctic look like in a warming global climate ? Researchers at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, believe they’ve caught a glimpse thanks to fossils from the Late Cretaceous, a period that experienced greenhouse conditions. The Late Cretaceous, the period between 100 and 65 million years ago leading up to the extinction of the dinosaurs, saw high levels of carbon dioxide. However, scientists have disagreed about the climate at this time, with some arguing for low winter temperatures in the Arctic — where sunlight is absent during the polar night — as against more recent suggestions of a somewhat milder 15°C mean ...
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India news ThalaPolaVaruma 7 minutes ago ( http://us.rd.yahoo.com ) View profile Category : Science/Tech ( National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (UK) ) Observations made by Southampton scientists help understand the massive blooms of microscopic marine algae -- phytoplankton -- in the seas around Madagascar and its effect on the biogeochemistry of the southwest Indian Ocean. Tell a friend Bury
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Whether you got your first inspiration for becoming interested in Oceanology, Oceanography, and Marine Biology from watching the Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau films, or reading about the Nautilus submarine in Jules Verne's book "20,000 Leagues Beneath the Sea", or watching the weekly series "Flipper" on Television, you'll find that studying the world under the waves is a fascinating adventure! I've put this lens together as sort of a "curriculum guide" for those wanting to teach or...
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