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07.12.2012 Typhoon Bopha seen by Jason-2

High winds, flooding and landslides from heavy rains with Typhoon Bopha have caused close to 300 deaths in the southern Philippines. Jason-2 has flown over the typhoon path and has observed it.[more]
06.12.2012 November 25 - December 2, 2012 week
La fonte des calottes glaciaires a fait monter les océans de 11mm depuis 1992 (Nouvel Observatoire, 2012/11/29)
La fonte des glaces mesurée précisément par une nouvelle étude scientifique (RFI, 2012/12/01)
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03.12.2012 December 2012: Winds and currents around India

India has a climate much influenced by the ocean. The knowledge of currents is thus of foremost importance for the whole country. Using the full twenty-years time series of altimeter data enables to correlate winds and currents...
29.11.2012 18_24 November 2012 week
Hunt for Life under Antarctic Ice Heats Up (Scientific American, 2012/11/21)
Un océan toxique pourrait avoir causé l'extinction du Dévonien, il y a 380 Ma (Maxisciences, 2012/11/20)
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22.11.2012 11-18 November 2012 week
Samedi-sciences : l'Antarctique, avertisseur du changement climatique (Mediapart, 2012/11/17)
Pourquoi le pôle Nord rétrécit et le pôle Sud s'agrandit ? (20 minutes, 2012/11/12)
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20.11.2012 November 2012: Arctic trends

Dedicated processing enable to access to sea level anomalies over the Arctic ocean (when not iced), and monitor their variations.
19.11.2012 4-11 November 2012 week
Le Groenland fond, mais moins vite que prévu (Techno-Science, 2012/11/10)
L'acidification pourrait bouleverser les océans (La presse, 2012/11/10)
Des mesures des océans pendant le Vendée Globe (Le Figaro,...[more]