Climate and sea Level
Story - March 18, 2013
Extreme storm events of the magnitude of Hurricane Katrina will occur more frequently because of climate change, according to a new study involving the National Oceanography Centre in Liverpool.
The research, published in PNAS this week, concluded...
Story - February 1, 2013
Microscopic ocean algae called coccolithophores are providing clues about the impact of climate change both now and many millions of years ago. The study found that their response to environmental change varies between species, in terms of how...
Story Courosel - January 31, 2013
Floods dominate the news at the moment, with very heavy rainfall in short periods causing damage and disruption across the country.
It is difficult to quantify the impact on the lives of people who are forced to leave flooded homes, or the true...
Story - October 29, 2012
Are there more tropical cyclones now than in the past – or are we just hearing more about them through media, and detecting them more successfully with satellites?
That is the question addressed in new research from Denmark’s Niels...
Story - February 22, 2012
A new study reports that the disintegration of the Maya Civilization may have been related to relatively modest reductions in rainfall.
The study was led by Professors Martín Medina-Elizalde of the Yucatan Center for Scientific Research in Mexico...
Page - August 12, 2011
In the top 1000 metres of the North Atlantic the currents carry heat toward the Arctic. Beneath this poleward flowing current there is an equal and opposite return flow. These currents are referred to as the Thermohaline Circulation (THC) of the...
Page - August 12, 2011
The Arctic is the most rapidly warming region of the Earth, leading to a net loss of ice in glaciers and ice sheets and a significant reduction of summer sea ice cover. These changes to land and sea ice are likely to change the currents of the...
Page - August 12, 2011
Ocean currents transport heat globally around the earth. Data from ice cores reveals that the pathways of the ocean currents have undergone major changes in a relatively short timescale of around 100 years. The associated change in heat transport...
Page - August 12, 2011
Today the oceans absorb about 25% of the atmospheric carbon dioxide produced by burning fossil fuels thereby moderating the impact of global warming. As the oceans warm, their ability to absorb atmosheric carbon dioxide will be reduced,...
Page - August 12, 2011
Although sea level is rising in many regions of the oceans, in other places it is falling. At NOC we study the causes of sea level change and how sea level will change globally and regionally over the next few decades to centuries. By 2050 it is...
