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Earth's most powerful ocean current didn't form the way we thought Around 34 million years ago, Earth experienced a dramatic transformation during the transition into the Oligocene -- shifting from a warm greenhouse world with little ice to a cooler icehouse climate marked by expanding polar ice sheets. During this period, ocean passages between Antarctica, Australia, and South America widened and deepened. At the same time, the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) began to take shape, and the Antarctic Ice Sheet started forming. Atmospheric CO2 levels were about 600 ppm back then. This level has not been reached again since, although some future climate scenarios suggest it could be surpassed by the end of this century. "In order to predict the possible future climate, it is necessary to look into the past with simulations and data to understand our Earth in warmer and more CO2-rich climate states than today," says Hanna Knahl, climate modeller at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) and lead author of the study, which now appears in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). "But careful, the climate of the past can of course not be projected 1:1 onto the future. Our study shows that the circumpolar current in its...

Earth's most powerful ocean current didn't form the way we thought
->ScienceDaily | More on "Antarctic Circumpolar Current formation history" at BigEarthData.ai | #Ocean #Earth

Can't you just imagine this pillow on your couch or bed, all cozy and supportive? I sure can - I can picture multiple! Every Pisces will adore this! #alilthisandthat #thisandthatanimalsgonewild #thisandthat #trending #GiftIdeas #pisces #fish #astrology #zodiacsign #scales #water #ocean

This is an image captured by a buoy floating at sea.

SOUTHWEST BERING SEA - 142NM NNE OF ATTU IS, AK

It's cloudy. It's 37ºF/3ºC.
Station: www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php
Location: www.openstreetmap.org/
#sea #ocean #water #webcam

Divers found a 100-year-old barrel sponge sliced in half at 30m! 🧽🔪

The cause: A construction wire under tension acting like a saw with every wave. The team performed "underwater surgery" to reunite the pieces, hoping the "Redwood of the Reef" survives. 🫧 🐠 💚

#MarineLife #Conservation #Ocean

A stark, high-contrast black and white photograph of the San Francisco skyline. The left side and bottom foreground are consumed by deep, pitch-black negative space, formed by the dark interior frame of a ferry window. Through a narrow vertical sliver on the right, the distant city is visible across the bay, featuring the silhouetted Transamerica Pyramid and a section of the Bay Bridge. Sunlight glints sharply off the textured water in the midground, while a dense, textured layer of clouds fills the sky above the muted city buildings.

Abstract #3 - Travel by Bay ⚓️ Lumix G85 // heading to the archive 📸

#blackandwhite #photography #SF #BayArea #Pyramid #ocean #California #UrbanPhotography #streetphotography

Wreck dive
#gili #giliislands #lombok #diving #scuba #trawangan #diveandstay #ocean #uwphoto #sealife #marinelife #padi #wreck

Over 70% of protected ocean areas are polluted by sewage A new analysis has revealed that protected ocean zones along tropical coasts often face heavier sewage pollution than nearby unprotected waters. That finding weakens one of conservation’s biggest promises, because a marine boundary cannot keep out contamination flowing from land. Inside the ocean reserves Across a global survey of 16,491 marine protected areas, the pattern became even clearer in 1,855 tropical sites located within 31 miles of the coast. David E. Carrasco Rivera at the University of Queensland analyzed the maps and found that protected status did not mean cleaner water. That leaves every coastal reserve vulnerable, because protection thins out when upstream sewage keeps arriving. What sewage changes Coral reefs, seagrass meadows, and mangrove forests all respond badly when household waste reaches sheltered coastal water. Once that mix reaches shallow water, pathogens travel alongside nutrients that feed algae and cloud the light. A global model estimated that 58% of coral reefs and 88% of seagrass beds already receive wastewater nitrogen. Those chronic hits weaken growth, invite disease, and leave these habitats less able to recover when heat or storms strike. Where pollution peaks The heaviest burdens clustered in East Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, where average and...

Over 70% of protected ocean areas are polluted by sewage
->Earth.com | More on "Marine protected areas sewage pollution" at BigEarthData.ai | #Ocean

Coral reef
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An aerial beach scene original of mine. #beach #ocean #water #seashore #waves

two arts!! left artwork : view of a seaside, toward foreground is a cliff with fencing and a lamppost, in background is a taller cliff with several trees on it and a couple of houses. at the bottom of the background cliff are boards leading down to the beach below, which also contains a short pier with its own lamppost. right artwork : scene of a house bench, showing a rocking chair with a towel over the arm closest to view. atop the railing to the left is a small potted plant, in the background are trees, and you can see the deck post of the railing.

scenes with hullaut, 4-26

i am bored of furries. now, scenery. i am forevermore sceneaut.

#art #traditionalart #scenery #ocean #comforting #originalart

Trash Talk

#RicFlair #HulkHogan

Season 6 Episode 15 "Bash at the Beach"

#RandomBaywatch #lvdlpx #Baywatch #BashAtTheBeach #BaywatchBabes #Wrestling #WWE #Ocean #Sport

10% of the ocean is protected. Now just 20% more to go More than 10% of the world’s ocean is now protected to some degree, marking significant progress in global ocean conservation efforts, according to an Apr. 1. annoucement from the U.N. Environment Programme’s World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC). However, this accomplishment comes six years behind schedule, and experts warn that efforts must pick up speed to meet the more ambitious current goal of protecting 30% of the ocean by 2030. Achieving that will require protecting an additional area about the size of the Indian Ocean within the next four years. The crossing of the 10% threshold follows the recent addition of 284 marine or coastal protected areas in Indonesia and Thailand to the World Database on Protected and Conserved Areas (WDPCA), a platform managed by the UNEP-WCMC. This database tracks progress toward Target 3 of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, also known as the “30×30” goal, which aims to protect nearly a third of the ocean, as well as Earth’s land and inland waters, by the end of the decade. Prior to the creation of the 30×30 goal, governments were focused on Aichi Target 11, which called for protecting 10% of land and water by 2020. The tracking system itself has...

10% of the ocean is protected. Now just 20% more to go
->Mongabay | More on "Ocean protection 30% by 2030" at BigEarthData.ai | #Ocean

This is an image captured by a buoy floating at sea.

BOSTON 16 NM East of Boston, MA

It's cloudy. It's 42ºF/6ºC.
Station: www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php
Location: www.openstreetmap.org/
#sea #ocean #water #webcam

Carribbean Blue - 10 x 7.5 cm Cloudscape Mixed Media Painting using a Brusho Watercolour Pigment Powder diluted in water in gradient wash from top (Ultramarine Blue) to bottom (Turquoise), with fluffy diffused strata clouds in Pebeo Studio Permanent White Gouache & Holbein Super Opaque White Acrylic Ink across the gradient on white 250 GSM watercolour paper, double mounted on 250 GSM black watercolour paper, the 200 GSM 15 x 15 cm cream greeting card.

Carribbean Blue - #Cloudscape #MixedMedia #Painting #Brusho #Watercolor #Pebeo #Gouache & #Holbein #Acrylic #Ink #BlueTue #ColourADay

#Art #Artisan #Clouds #Sky #Sea #Ocean #MindfulArt #MeditativeArt #Zen #ZenArt #InstinctiveArt #IntuitiveArt #Artist #ArtTherapy #DailyArt #ArtSky #ArtYear

Coastal Rivers announces historic conservation of 500-Acre Hart Woods Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust has announced the conservation of Hart Woods, a 500-acre expanse of ecologically rich forest and wetlands spanning the towns of Bremen and Bristol. On March 30, property owner Eleanor Kinney sold 373 acres of land to Coastal Rivers at 40% below its appraised value, and donated a conservation easement on a neighboring 126 acres. The property consists of parcels she had purchased over many years with future conservation in mind. According to Coastal Rivers Executive Director Steven Hufnagel, this project represents the most acreage conserved in a single transaction by the organization in its history. Together, the properties will create a new permanent home for multiple outdoor education programs and trails, while also protecting water resources and wildlife habitat. “It can take years for a conservation organization like ours to knit together such a large and important natural area as Hart Woods, especially in this region,” Hufnagel said. “That’s why we are particularly grateful to Eleanor, who had the vision—and did the heavy lifting over decades—to assemble this spectacular and meaningful set of properties, and then donated so much value inthem to us. We’re grateful for her hard work, her generosity, and her trust!” Hart Woods...

Coastal Rivers announces historic conservation of 500-Acre Hart Woods
->PenBay Pilot | More on "Hart Woods forest conservation easement" at BigEarthData.ai | #Conservation #Water #River #Coastal #Ocean

Sunrise - volcano Rinjani 3726m
#Rinjani #Sunrise #Lombok #gili #marinelife #diving #scuba #volcano #ocean

OCEANS and the CLIMATE How do oceans help fight climate change? | WWF OCEANS and the CLIMATE The Oceans & Climate Change ✧ One year ago we created a reef - now it'...

#oceans OCEANS and the CLIMATE #climate #change #nature_beauty #earth #oceanlevels #ocean #acidification
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Slowing Atlantic current a global security threat The slowing Atlantic current, impacted by climate change, poses a significant global security threat, scientists warn. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Slowing Atlantic current a global security threat - #AMOC #ocean #environment #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #ClimateChange www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/slowing-atl...

Norman Wilkinson’s “The Wave” Painting A short piece on “The Wave” - a beautiful and vigorous marine painting by Norman Wilkinson showing the ocean waves under a dark blue sky.

Back in June 2021, I covered Norman Wilkinson's early twentieth century maritime painting, "The Wave."

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#Art #Painting #NormanWilkinson #History #Ocean

About 34 Million Years Ago, Earth's Most Powerful Ocean Current Emerged and Reshaped the Climate One of the world's currents carries more than 100 times the water of all the world’s rivers combined and flows without ever hitting land. The Antarctic Circumpolar Current circles Antarctica, shaping global climate as it moves uninterrupted around the southern continent. Researchers have been working to understand how this current first formed and what role it played in turning Earth into a colder, ice-covered world. Now, in a new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a team has reconstructed how the current developed. Their findings show it did not simply appear once ocean gateways opened. Instead, it took a combination of shifting continents, strengthening winds, and evolving ice sheets before the current took shape and began influencing the climate system we see today. “In order to predict the possible future climate, it is necessary to look into the past with simulations and data to understand our Earth in warmer and more CO2-rich climate states than today,” said Hanna Knahl, lead author of the study, in a press release. How the Antarctic Circumpolar Current Formed During the transition into the Oligocene, a period that began about 34 million years ago, Earth underwent a major climate shift. The...

About 34 Million Years Ago, Earth's Most Powerful Ocean Current Emerged and Reshaped the Climate
->Discover | More on "Antarctic Circumpolar Current climate origins" at BigEarthData.ai | #Ocean #Climate #Earth

Monochrome photo of a surfer about to bail from a sizable Pipeline wave at 'Ehukai Beach on Oahu's North Shore. Spray is blown back from the crest of the collapsing wave by a strong offshore breeze.

Monochrome photo of a surfer about to bail from a sizable Pipeline wave at 'Ehukai Beach on Oahu's North Shore.
#monochrome
#Hawaii
#surfing
#Pipeline
#'Ehukai
#NorthShore
#Ocean
#Waves

#Aquarium #Art #Beach #Sea #Ocean #Beauty #Beautiful #OceanLife #TigerFish

#ocean

Day light savings has finished now so this means earlier stunning sunrises 🌅 🙌

#morning #bliss #Australia #home #ocean #colours #sea

The World's Most Powerful Ocean Current Required More Than Just Shifting Continents To Kick Into Gear In the Southern Ocean, water roars westward around the Antarctic at about 4 kilometers per hour (2.5 miles per hour), endlessly circling the region. More than 100 times as much water is driven through this current than races to the sea in every river and stream on Earth combined. The rapid movement forms a barrier, blocking the currents that bring warm water from the equator down the eastern coasts of the southern continents (and in one case the western coast). Without the ACC, these warmer waters would lap at the coast of Antarctica, making parts of the frozen continent relatively temperate. We know because it used to be that way. The formation of the ACC initiated the Oligocene Epoch, cooling the entire planet relative to the previous few hundreds of millions of years. Now, PhD student Hanna Knahl at the Alfred Wegener Institute in Germany and her colleagues have presented evidence that the ACC’s formation was more complex than previously thought. As long as Gondwana – the supercontinent that lasted for hundreds of millions of years until the early Jurassic – existed, the ACC could not exist. During that time, any current running around Antarctica would have slammed into the...

The World's Most Powerful Ocean Current Required More Than Just Shifting Continents To Kick Into Gear
->IFLScience | More on "Antarctic circumpolar current climate formation" at BigEarthData.ai | #Ocean

Chill on the beach [NSFW version] 🏖️🌴🐚

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#art #furryart #fox #fennec #beach #summer #bikini #sea #ocean #summer #sun #NSFW