Oceans — HotWhopper Chat http://www.hotwhopper.com/chat/ Wed, 19 Aug 2026 10:59:54 +0000 Oceans — HotWhopper Chat en The Great Barrier Reef is bleaching again. http://www.hotwhopper.com/chat/discussion/234/the-great-barrier-reef-is-bleaching-again Sun, 19 Feb 2017 21:41:33 +0000 Oceans Contrail Chook 234@/chat/discussions Images of new bleaching on Great Barrier Reef heighten fears of coral death

The embattled Great Barrier Reef could face yet more severe coral bleaching in the coming month, with areas badly hit by last year’s event at risk of death.

Images taken by local divers last week and shared exclusively with the Guardian by the Australian Marine Conservation Society show newly bleached corals discovered near Palm Island...


The NOAA Coral Reef Watch’s forecast for the next four weeks has placed an even higher level alert on parts of the far northern, northern and central reef, indicating mortality is likely.

Corals south of Cairns, in the Whitsundays and parts of the far northern reef that were badly hit by last year’s mass bleaching event are at fatal risk.




]]> Question about Ocean atmosphere heat transfer, ... http://www.hotwhopper.com/chat/discussion/221/question-about-ocean-atmosphere-heat-transfer Wed, 08 Feb 2017 18:17:25 +0000 Oceans citizenschallenge 221@/chat/discussions _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Seems to me this place should be receiving way more traffic and discussion than it has.
I'd like to suggest that this could be a good forum for people to come with their serious climate questions to groups source them.
Here let me give an example of what I'm talking about.
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1)  Does the way I worded distinction in the opening sentence make sense?

2)  What do you make of this sentence (in regard to the Arctic Ocean):
                      "The ocean emits more heat than it receives from the sun."

3)  Is that true on the face of it?
4)  How significant is the omission of __?__ infrared radiation received by the oceans?

5)  What's the latest on how a melting ice cap is impacting the Arctic Ocean?
5a)  Impact of newly exposed surface to ocean heat uptake in that region?
5b)  Ocean evaporation and convection currents - how are they're impacting atmospheric dynamics?
5c)  What's new on Jet Stream observations
5d)  What's happening with Arctic Ocean currents currently? o   Now that there's easier access between Atlantic and Pacific Ocean waters?
5e)  What major dynamic(s) am I missing here?]]> What the Sixth Mass Extinction Looks Like http://www.hotwhopper.com/chat/discussion/94/what-the-sixth-mass-extinction-looks-like Thu, 15 Sep 2016 01:18:20 +0000 Oceans dcpetterson 94@/chat/discussions
Here is an article about the study.

And here is the study. 

]]> NASA three year CORAL mission - aerial and in-water surveys of the Great Barrier Reef and more http://www.hotwhopper.com/chat/discussion/95/nasa-three-year-coral-mission-aerial-and-in-water-surveys-of-the-great-barrier-reef-and-more Thu, 15 Sep 2016 08:26:11 +0000 Oceans Sou 95@/chat/discussions NASA press release:

CORAL's three-year mission combines aerial surveys using state-of-the-art airborne imaging spectrometer technology developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, with in-water validation activities. The mission will provide critical data and new models for analyzing reef ecosystems from a new perspective. CORAL will generate a uniform data set for a large sample of reefs across the Pacific Ocean. Scientists can use these data to search for trends between coral reef condition and the natural and human-produced biological and environmental factors that affect reefs.

Over the next year, CORAL will survey portions of the Great Barrier Reef, along with reef systems in the main Hawaiian Islands, the Mariana Islands and Palau.

In Australia, CORAL will survey six discrete sections across the length of the Great Barrier Reef, from the Capricorn-Bunker Group in the south to Torres Strait in the north. Two locations on the reef -- one north (Lizard Island Research Station) and one south (Heron Island Research Station) -- will serve as bases for in-water validation activities. Scientists from Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and the University of Queensland in Brisbane are collaborating with NASA and BIOS to conduct additional complementary in-water validation activities.

More here.
]]> The Role of the Oceans in Climate http://www.hotwhopper.com/chat/discussion/82/the-role-of-the-oceans-in-climate Fri, 09 Sep 2016 19:32:06 +0000 Oceans citizenschallenge 82@/chat/discussions Seems to me Oceans are being under represented.  I can't really offer my opinion about the oceans, since I'm a tad terrified by what I've been witnessing on various fronts.  But the ocean are fascinating and too many know too little about 'em, so here are a couple good sources for background fundamentals.

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NASA | The Ocean: A Driving Force for Weather and Climate
Published on Aug 3, 2012 YouTube

The Ocean is essential to life on Earth. Most of Earth's water is stored in the ocean. Although 40 percent of Earth's population lives within, or near coastal regions- the ocean impacts people everywhere. Without the ocean, our planet would be uninhabitable. This animation helps to convey the importance of Earth's oceanic processes as one component of Earth's interrelated systems.

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The Role of the Oceans in Climate

http://www.oco.noaa.gov/roleofOcean.html

Kevin E Trenberth
National Center for Atmospheric Research1 , Boulder, CO

]]> How marine mammals help to gather important ocean data http://www.hotwhopper.com/chat/discussion/6/how-marine-mammals-help-to-gather-important-ocean-data Mon, 22 Aug 2016 17:40:58 +0000 Oceans BaerbelW 6@/chat/discussions
Seal of Approval  - How marine mammals provide important climate data

Happy reading!
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