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Remote areas may be feeling distant cities' heat - Courierpress/news/gleaner/

Wed, 2013-01-30 16:04

Remote areas may be feeling distant cities' heat
Courierpress/news/gleaner/
said Guang Zhang of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, Calif. He wrote the paper with Aixue Hu at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo. This doesn't change overall global temperature averages significantly ...
Bright Lights of Big Cities Are Heating Up the GlobeCare2.com (blog)

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Women's Cross Country Lands 12 on the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll - NavySports.com

Wed, 2013-01-30 13:01

NavySports.com

Women's Cross Country Lands 12 on the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll
NavySports.com
Another pair of Mids in senior Aimee Brenner and junior Mary Jordan also became two-time Honor Roll selections. Brenner is a chemistry major that posted a 3.87 GPA last semester and Jordan is an oceanography major and sported a 3.56 GPA.

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Fay Iehu Linger, 77 - Kitsap Sun

Wed, 2013-01-30 12:52

Fay Iehu Linger, 77
Kitsap Sun
While taking graduate course in marine biology at the University of Washington's lab at Friday Harbor, she met Ernie Linger, an oceanography grad student. They were married in Seattle in March of 1957. She tried her hand at education at the UW, but ...

Oregon State University wins crucial grant to design, build ocean research vessels - OregonLive.com

Wed, 2013-01-30 11:42

EarthFix

Oregon State University wins crucial grant to design, build ocean research vessels
OregonLive.com
Oregon State University has won a rare National Science Foundation grant to design and build three ocean research vessels, a victory that's crucial to advancing the school's top-tier oceanography program. If Congress provides money to build the hi-tech ...
OSU to lead project rejuvenating US research fleetCorvallis Gazette Times
Oregon State to lead overhaul of marine research fleetSustainable Business Oregon

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Hoerner and Seabrook Attend NSCAA All-America Banquet - NavySports.com

Wed, 2013-01-30 11:21

NavySports.com

Hoerner and Seabrook Attend NSCAA All-America Banquet
NavySports.com
She currently has a 3.82 cumulative GPA as an oceanography (honors) major. She was also named to the NSCAA Scholar All-East Region First Team and was the Patriot League Women's Soccer Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Hoerner was also tabbed as the ...

OSU to lead project rejuvenating U.S. research fleet - Albany Democrat Herald

Wed, 2013-01-30 10:47

OSU to lead project rejuvenating U.S. research fleet
Albany Democrat Herald
The successful OSU proposal was submitted to the National Science Foundation by Clare Reimers, an oceanography professor, and Demian Bailey, the university's marine superintendent. As part of that submission, OSU proposed to be the operator of the ...

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Japan Prize Recognizes Rutgers Marine Scientist for Work that Helped Unlock ... - News from Rutgers

Wed, 2013-01-30 07:10

News from Rutgers

Japan Prize Recognizes Rutgers Marine Scientist for Work that Helped Unlock ...
News from Rutgers
Grassle received his Ph.D. from Duke University in 1967, and after postdoctoral studies at the University of Queensland in Australia and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Woods Hole, Mass., where he spent 20 years as a teacher and researcher.

From Salt Marshes to Sea Barriers, Preparing for the Next Sandy Defense - WNYC

Wed, 2013-01-30 02:13

WNYC

From Salt Marshes to Sea Barriers, Preparing for the Next Sandy Defense
WNYC
"You've got 520 miles of coastline, most of it's bulk-headed seawalls, wharves, docks ventilation shafts, etc., and there's very little space to grow anything,” said Malcolm Bowman, professor of oceanography at Stony Brook University. Bowman is an ...

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Chisholm granted high honor - The MIT Tech

Tue, 2013-01-29 23:58

Chisholm granted high honor
The MIT Tech
“I was incredibly surprised,” said Chisholm on her reaction upon being notified of her selection. “I'm excited that the committee is recognizing my field. The honor doesn't often to go people in my field, so that's an exciting recognition of microbial ...

Cities affect weather 1000 miles away, study says - Medill Reports: Chicago

Tue, 2013-01-29 16:39

Medill Reports: Chicago

Cities affect weather 1000 miles away, study says
Medill Reports: Chicago
Scientists at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California in San Diego, Florida State University and the National Center for Atmospheric Research performed the research. Ming Cai, a Florida State University professor of the ...
World's megacities may influence global weatherLos Angeles Times
Cities' Heat Changing Weather in Far-Away PlacesPayvand
Cities affect temperatures 1000 miles awayEarthSky
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USF, WUSF Receive Awards for Gulf Oil Spill Response - WUSF News

Tue, 2013-01-29 13:44

USF, WUSF Receive Awards for Gulf Oil Spill Response
WUSF News
Hogarth, the interim Regional Chancellor at USF St. Petersburg, was director of the Florida Institute of Oceanography at the time of the spill. According to a press release from ARCS Tampa Bay, the team of researchers were responsible for collecting ...

USF St. Peterburg's interim leader not a finalist for permanent post - Tampabay.com

Tue, 2013-01-29 12:04

USF St. Peterburg's interim leader not a finalist for permanent post
Tampabay.com
Interim Chancellor Bill Hogarth, the director of the Florida Institute of Oceanography, was among six candidates interviewed for the post on Monday and Tuesday. But after a vote by the search committee on Tuesday, his name was not among three ...
Finalists Named for USFSP Chancellor; Hogarth Not Among ThemWUSF News

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Celebrate Springtime in the Sea during 'EGGStravaganza' at Birch Aquarium at ... - Scripps Oceanography News

Tue, 2013-01-29 11:48

Scripps Oceanography News

Celebrate Springtime in the Sea during 'EGGStravaganza' at Birch Aquarium at ...
Scripps Oceanography News
Visit Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, to celebrate the wonders of reproduction in the sea. Spring EGGStravaganza offers hands-on family fun with marine animals and their eggs, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., March 30 - April 5.

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'Suspected lightning strike' killed scientist - Scotsman

Tue, 2013-01-29 08:43

Scotsman

'Suspected lightning strike' killed scientist
Scotsman
“We all feel loss and hurt, and will always remember the contributions he made to oceanography, Arctic science and Sams.” Alison MacCorquodale, convener of Appin Community Council, said: “It's a real shame – you think you are simply going out for a ...
Scientist, 54, dies after being struck by lightning on bridge near his homeDaily Mail
Scientist killed by lightning as he walks dog near home during stormstv.tv
Scientist Dr Tim Boyd 'killed by lightning' in ArgyllBBC News

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South-west England and south Wales brace for further floods - The Guardian

Tue, 2013-01-29 07:57

The Guardian

South-west England and south Wales brace for further floods
The Guardian
... to his wife and his two talented daughters he was so very, very proud of. Our thoughts are with his family." Boyd joined Sams in 2007 from Oregon State University in the US and was well respected internationally for his expertise in Arctic ...

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What are long term threats of plastic in our seas? - BBC News

Tue, 2013-01-29 06:19

BBC News

What are long term threats of plastic in our seas?
BBC News
Dr Simon Boxall is an expert in marine pollution based at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, on Britain's south coast. We took a boat trip with him in the sea near his research centre. Using a simple net and bottle system, the boat ...

Sea change: the Bay of Bengal's vanishing islands - Observer

Tue, 2013-01-29 05:23

Sea change: the Bay of Bengal's vanishing islands
Observer
"There is a close correlation between the rate of sea-level rise and the sea surface temperature," says oceanographer Sugata Hazra, head of oceanography at Kolkata's Jadavpur University. No scientific monitoring of sea-level rise has been done on ...

CITY HEAT DRIVES WARM WEATHER NORTH, STUDY SAYS - U-T San Diego

Tue, 2013-01-29 05:12

Sydney Morning Herald

CITY HEAT DRIVES WARM WEATHER NORTH, STUDY SAYS
U-T San Diego
Big cities in North America and Asia may generate enough heat to warm areas far to the north of them, according to a new study co-authored by a researcher at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The study, published Sunday in the journal Nature Climate ...
Cities affect weather 1000 miles away, study saysMedill Reports: Chicago
World's megacities may influence global weatherLos Angeles Times
Cities' Heat Changing Weather in Far-Away PlacesPayvand
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Lightning strike could have killed scientist - Scotsman

Tue, 2013-01-29 04:22

Scotsman

Lightning strike could have killed scientist
Scotsman
The American-born father-of two of two daughters had worked as a physical oceanographer and senior lecturer at the Marine Institute of the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) at the Scottish Association of Marine Science (Sams), based at ...
Scientist killed by lightning as he walks dog near home during stormstv.tv
Scientist, 54, dies after being struck by lightning on bridge near his homeDaily Mail
Scientist Dr Tim Boyd 'killed by lightning' in ArgyllBBC News

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Lightening strike could have killed scientist - Scotsman

Tue, 2013-01-29 03:24

Daily Mail

Lightening strike could have killed scientist
Scotsman
The American-born father-of two of two daughters had worked as a physical oceanographer and senior lecturer at the Marine Institute of the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) at the Scottish Association of Marine Science (Sams), based at ...
Scientist killed by lightning as he walks dog near home during stormstv.tv
Scientist Dr Tim Boyd 'killed by lightning' in ArgyllBBC News
Scientist, 54, dies after being struck by lightning on bridge near his homeDaily Mail

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