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The Dark and Noisy Ocean Depths (971 words) |
 | "The impact of ocean noise pollution may be minimized by diminishing the noise source or by separating the noise from things that are sensitive to it," he said. |
| A 2003 report by the National Research Council Committee on Potential Impacts of Ambient Noise in the Ocean on Marine Mammals recommended that a federal agency should be mandated to investigate and monitor marine noise and the possible long-term effects on marine life. |
| The agency would serve as a sponsor for research on ocean noise, the effects of noise on marine mammals, and long-term trends in ocean noise. |
| NASA - Ocean Sponging Up Some Warmth Over Next 50 Years (995 words) |
| The enhanced GCM showed the world's oceans were storing heat at a rate of about 0.2 Watts per square meter in 1951, and in the past 50 years, as atmospheric temperatures warmed, the rate of heat storage increased to about.75 Watts per square meter, capturing more heat from the atmosphere. |
| Ocean temperature readings currently do not reach full ocean depths, as is needed to increase the accuracy of future predictions. |
| With the new Ocean Models included in the GCM, if easurements of the amount of heat held by oceans are improved, it may be possible to begin to better quantify the Earth's changing radiation imbalance and its causes with an accuracy of about one decade. |
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