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News Release 2 Mar 2010 |
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Written by Robert Monroe
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Tuesday, 02 March 2010 11:28 |
Image source: NASA DACC
Improved Near-real-time Tracking of 2010 El Niño Reveals Marine Life Reductions
Researchers search for answers to warming coastal water, thinning marine populations
The ongoing El Niño of 2010 is affecting north Pacific Ocean ecosystems in ways that could affect the West Coast fishing industry, according to scientists at NOAA and Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego.
Researchers with the California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) at Scripps and NOAA’s Southwest Fisheries Science Center report a stronger than normal northward movement of warm water up the Southern California coast, a high sea-level event in January and low abundances of plankton and pelagic fish — all conditions consistent with El Niño.
Sea surface temperatures along the entire West Coast are 0.5 to 1 degree Celsius (0.9 to 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than normal and at points off Southern California are as much as 1.6 degrees Celsius (2.9 degrees Fahrenheit) higher than normal. The most unusually high temperatures were mapped around Catalina and San Clemente islands. While strong winter storms caused an increase in coastal sea levels, scientists are investigating whether the higher sea levels are primarily a result of El Niño, a cyclical phenomenon characterized by warming eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean waters. |
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Written by Administrator
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Thursday, 09 July 2009 00:00 |
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www.calcofi.org is now running Joomla!, a Web 2.0 content-management system. |
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Last Updated on Thursday, 09 July 2009 17:16 |
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Written by Administrator
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Wednesday, 11 October 2006 16:25 |
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CalCOFI, established in 1949, is celebrating its 61st year! |
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 06 January 2010 16:49 |
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Written by Administrator
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Wednesday, 11 October 2006 16:17 |
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Next CalCOFI cruise is DEPM-CalCOFI 1004MF Leg 3; 27 Apr - 17 May 2010 on NOAA RV Miller Freeman
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Last Updated on Monday, 22 February 2010 18:30 |
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Written by Administrator
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Monday, 09 August 2004 14:30 |
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CalCOFI Report Vol 50, 2009 pdfs are online. |
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 03 March 2010 17:11 |
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