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19 March, 2024 by Charlotte Lee

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Climate change, causing oceans to become more green

Climate change, causing oceans to become more green

Posted on 16 July, 2023 by benyamin chahkandi

Highlights;  More than half of the world's oceans have become greener over the past 20 years, likely due to global warming. This was determined by analyzing 20 years of data on ocean color from NASA's Aqua satellite. The greening indicates increased phytoplankton and algae in the surface waters. Phytoplankton contain chlorophyll which makes the ocean appear greener. The tropical and subtropical waters between 40°S and 40°N latitude changed the most in color. These areas...

Today In History

Here are some interesting facts ih history happened on 4 July.

  1. Brightest known super-nova starts shining for 23 days
  2. Crab Nebula supernova recorded by Chinese & Japanese astronomers.
  3. Declaration of Independence -- US gains independence from Britain.
  4. US Milt Academy officially opened at West Point NY
  5. William Herschel makes last telescopic observation comet of 1819.
  6. 2nd & 3rd presidents-John Adams & Thomas Jefferson die
  7. 1st US passenger railroad was begun Baltimore & Ohio
  8. James Monroe the fifth president died
  9. Thoreau moves into his shack on Walden Pond
  10. Lewis Carroll began inventing the story of Alice in Wonderland for his friend Alice Pleasance Liddell during a boating trip
  11. Boise Idaho founded (now capital of Idaho)
  12. Aquarium opens in Woodward Gardens
  13. 1st public exhibition of electric light in SF
  14. Telegraph Hill Observatory opens in SF.
  15. Statue of Liberty was presented to US in Paris
  16. Washington state constitutional convention holds 1st meeting.
  17. Elwood Haynes successfully tests one of the 1st US autos
  18. Republic of Hawaii established.
  19. Aphelion Passage
  20. Pacific Cable (SF Hawaii Guam Phil) opens FDR sends message
  21. Work begins on the Oakland Bay Bridge
  22. Yankees retire 1st uniform #4 Lou Gehrig 1st Old Timers Day
  23. 1st American bombing mission over enemy-occupied Europe (WW2)
  24. Philippines gains independence from US
  25. America's new 49-star flag honoring Alaska statehood unfurled
  26. Mickey Mantle hits career homer # 300
  27. America's new 50-star flag honoring Hawaiian statehood unfurled
  28. Mariner 4 flies past Mars sends 1st close-up photos.
  29. LBJ signs Freedom of Information Act
  30. Freedom of Information Act goes into effect
  31. Raid on Entebbe - Israel rescues 229 Air France passengers
  32. Fourth Space Shuttle Mission - Columbia 4 returns to Earth
  33. Jimmy Connors beats John McEnroe for championship at Wimbeldon
  34. Yankee Dave Righetti no hits the Red Sox
  35. Yuri Sedykh of USSR throws hammer a record 86.33 m.
  36. Tinker Bell's nightly flight begins
  37. Martina Navaratalova wins her 6th straight Wimbeldon