Bottom Water Warming in the North Pacific Ocean

Masao Fukasawa, Howard Freeland, Ron Perkin, Tomowo Watanabe, Hiroshi Uchida & Ayako NishinaNature volume 427, pages 825–827 (2004) Cite this article Abstract Observations of changes in the properties of ocean waters have been restricted to surface1 or intermediate-depth waters2,3, because the detection of change in bottom water is extremely difficult owing to the small magnitude of the …

Upsurge in big earthquakes predicted for 2018 as Earth rotation slows

Original article Scientists say number of severe quakes is likely to rise strongly next year because of a periodic slowing of the Earth’s rotation. Scientists have warned there could be a big increase in numbers of devastating earthquakes around the world next year. They believe variations in the speed of Earth’s rotation could trigger intense …