Atlantic Ocean – Kettinki

2024-12-27 @ 17.03.58 ∈ Suomeksi

Moni havahtui kovaan pamaukseen joulupäivänä – kyseessä oli Helsingin mittaushistorian voimakkain järistys

Helsingin yliopiston seismologi Toni Veikkolainen kertoo, että joulupäivän maanjäristys oli voimakkuudeltaan 1,1 magnitudia[.] Veikkolainen kertoo, että joulupäivän kaltaista luonnollista järistystä ei ole koettu yli vuosikymmeneen pääkaupunkiseudulla.

2024-12-23 @ 19.01.12 ∈ In English

New study documents evolution of fast-growing, fish-eating herring in Baltic Sea

Atlantic and Baltic herring are typical plankton-eating fish of central importance for the northern Atlantic Ocean and Baltic Sea ecosystems. A new study […] documents the discovery of the evolution of genetically distinct, fish-eating herring in the Baltic Sea, a young water body that has only existed since the end of the last glaciation.

2024-07-05 @ 9.59.36 ∈ In English

(From last week)

Butterflies cross Atlantic ocean on 2,600-mile non-stop flight never recorded in any insect before

Painted lady butterflies discovered in French Guiana — thousands of miles from their usual habitats — got there through a Herculean transoceanic flight.

2024-02-21 @ 18.41.58 ∈ In English

Mercury levels in tuna remain nearly unchanged since 1971, study says

The researchers' mathematical models […] predict even the most restrictive emission policy would take 10 to 25 years to influence oceanic mercury concentrations, and then drops in tuna would follow decades later.