Category: Sea level rise, ocean currents and climate
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Ocean acidification
What is ocean acidification? During the last 200 years water has become 30% more acidic, faster than any change recorded in the last 50 million years. The reason is that due to industrialisation there appear higher concentrations of CO2 in the atmosphere which dissolve in the ocean and makes it…
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What is El Niño and La Niña?
El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) can be summarised as the interaction between the atmosphere and the ocean in the equatorial Pacific which effects global weather. Due to sedimental evidence it is known that El Niño and La Niña already occurred millions of years ago. La Niña: La Niña is considered…
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