Inner-Space Speciation Project
... Why Explore the Deep Sea? • The deep ocean is the largest living space on Earth • It’s properties are radically different from shallow ocean environments • Some of the oldest life forms live in the deep sea • Less than 1% of its volume has been explored • There is a high probability of discovering ...
... Why Explore the Deep Sea? • The deep ocean is the largest living space on Earth • It’s properties are radically different from shallow ocean environments • Some of the oldest life forms live in the deep sea • Less than 1% of its volume has been explored • There is a high probability of discovering ...
Southern Ocean Heat and Carbon Uptake
... responsible for supplying nutrients that fertilize threequarters of the biological production in the global ocean north of 30°S (Sarmiento et al., 2004) 3. It may account for up to 70 ± 30% of the excess heat that is transferred from the atmosphere into the ocean each year (see analysis of IPCC AR4 ...
... responsible for supplying nutrients that fertilize threequarters of the biological production in the global ocean north of 30°S (Sarmiento et al., 2004) 3. It may account for up to 70 ± 30% of the excess heat that is transferred from the atmosphere into the ocean each year (see analysis of IPCC AR4 ...
Seafloor Spreading
... 2. The magma erupts as lava and forms new seafloor. Magnetic polarity is set when rock cools. 3. The newly-formed rock is pushed away from the ridge axis as more lava erupts. 4. If the oceanic crust reaches a deep sea trench, it sinks into the trench and is lost into the mantle. ...
... 2. The magma erupts as lava and forms new seafloor. Magnetic polarity is set when rock cools. 3. The newly-formed rock is pushed away from the ridge axis as more lava erupts. 4. If the oceanic crust reaches a deep sea trench, it sinks into the trench and is lost into the mantle. ...
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... drilling project between Russia, the United States, and France at the Russian Vostok station in East Antarctica yielded the deepest ice core ever recovered, reaching a depth of 3,623 m (11,886 feet- a little more than 2 miles deep) • Preliminary data indicate the Vostok ice-core record extends throu ...
... drilling project between Russia, the United States, and France at the Russian Vostok station in East Antarctica yielded the deepest ice core ever recovered, reaching a depth of 3,623 m (11,886 feet- a little more than 2 miles deep) • Preliminary data indicate the Vostok ice-core record extends throu ...
D - Skeptical Science
... and shellfish to form the hard shells necessary for their survival D It‘s jeopardizing the whole marine foodchain with devastating implications for millions of people in the human populations at the end of that chain. As surface waters become more acidic, it becomes more difficult for marine life li ...
... and shellfish to form the hard shells necessary for their survival D It‘s jeopardizing the whole marine foodchain with devastating implications for millions of people in the human populations at the end of that chain. As surface waters become more acidic, it becomes more difficult for marine life li ...
Vocabulary Review Summary of Key Ideas
... 8. Most of the sediments that compose the abyssal plain originated on continents. Describe how the sedimentary materials could have moved from land to the deep-ocean floor. ...
... 8. Most of the sediments that compose the abyssal plain originated on continents. Describe how the sedimentary materials could have moved from land to the deep-ocean floor. ...
EL NINO behavior, climate models predict opposite of what really
... The researchers were able to extend analysis of ENSO events back to 1871 and found: “none of the behavior of recent ENSO events appears unprecedented, including duration, onset timing, and spacing in the last few decades compared to a full century before then.” Climate models predict that ENSO event ...
... The researchers were able to extend analysis of ENSO events back to 1871 and found: “none of the behavior of recent ENSO events appears unprecedented, including duration, onset timing, and spacing in the last few decades compared to a full century before then.” Climate models predict that ENSO event ...
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... At intermediate depths animal respiration and bacterial decomposition use oxygen as fast as it is replaced. ...
... At intermediate depths animal respiration and bacterial decomposition use oxygen as fast as it is replaced. ...
Global Warming and Human Health
... animals who inhabit the same areas as these polar ice caps to loose part of their habitats Weather patterns- Weather patterns will greatly be affected by global warming as the weather must take into account a warmer climate Wetlands- As sea levels rise due to global warming the number of wetlands di ...
... animals who inhabit the same areas as these polar ice caps to loose part of their habitats Weather patterns- Weather patterns will greatly be affected by global warming as the weather must take into account a warmer climate Wetlands- As sea levels rise due to global warming the number of wetlands di ...
Global Warming and Human Health
... animals who inhabit the same areas as these polar ice caps to loose part of their habitats Weather patterns- Weather patterns will greatly be affected by global warming as the weather must take into account a warmer climate Wetlands- As sea levels rise due to global warming the number of wetlands di ...
... animals who inhabit the same areas as these polar ice caps to loose part of their habitats Weather patterns- Weather patterns will greatly be affected by global warming as the weather must take into account a warmer climate Wetlands- As sea levels rise due to global warming the number of wetlands di ...
Keeling Curve (Mauna Loa)
... http://www.drroyspencer.com/2013/01/ uah-v5-5-global-temperature-update-fordecember-2012-0-20-deg-c ...
... http://www.drroyspencer.com/2013/01/ uah-v5-5-global-temperature-update-fordecember-2012-0-20-deg-c ...
Sea-Floor Spreading
... by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deepocean trench and back into the mantle. ...
... by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deepocean trench and back into the mantle. ...
www.NewYorkScienceTeacher.org/review
... a scientist knows how old the lava is, he or she can infer that oceans have existed or at least that long. The thermocline is a transitional temperature layer in the ocean beneath about 100 m. The thermocline is characterized by temperatures that decrease rapidly with depth. Density differences is t ...
... a scientist knows how old the lava is, he or she can infer that oceans have existed or at least that long. The thermocline is a transitional temperature layer in the ocean beneath about 100 m. The thermocline is characterized by temperatures that decrease rapidly with depth. Density differences is t ...
Sample Syllabus - Houston Community College
... Lab Requirements (if any) Lab exercises cover various topics in geological, physical, biological, chemical, and ecological aspects of oceanography. Students with Disabilities Any student with a documented disability (e.g. physical, learning, psychiatric, vision, hearing, etc.) who needs to arrange r ...
... Lab Requirements (if any) Lab exercises cover various topics in geological, physical, biological, chemical, and ecological aspects of oceanography. Students with Disabilities Any student with a documented disability (e.g. physical, learning, psychiatric, vision, hearing, etc.) who needs to arrange r ...
The “Known” Projections of human drivers
... of Climate Change Ocean pH Sea surface temperature Sea level Ocean stratification Water cycle glaciers and sea ice ...
... of Climate Change Ocean pH Sea surface temperature Sea level Ocean stratification Water cycle glaciers and sea ice ...
File - COSEE Florida
... Greenhouse gases Absorb longer wave radiation from Earth Many “greenhouse gases” ...
... Greenhouse gases Absorb longer wave radiation from Earth Many “greenhouse gases” ...
1824 - Lunar and Planetary Institute
... topography that exists at the bottom of the ice shell. Cold buoyant water in the stable layer would flow “uphill,'' away from regions of thick ice, and pool in regions where the ice is thin. By allowing the hot, dense interior water to contact regions where the ice is thick (hence increasing the hea ...
... topography that exists at the bottom of the ice shell. Cold buoyant water in the stable layer would flow “uphill,'' away from regions of thick ice, and pool in regions where the ice is thin. By allowing the hot, dense interior water to contact regions where the ice is thick (hence increasing the hea ...
Climate Change and Ozone Depletion
... and CH4 into the troposphere. During the last century, the world’s sea level rose by 10-20 cm, mostly due to runoff from melting and land-based ice and the expansion of ocean water as temperatures rise. ...
... and CH4 into the troposphere. During the last century, the world’s sea level rose by 10-20 cm, mostly due to runoff from melting and land-based ice and the expansion of ocean water as temperatures rise. ...
MAIN MECHANISMS THAT GENERATE THE OCEAN MOTION
... through the frition between the atmosphere and the sea surface → wind driven circulation • The Sun causes variations in the temperature and salinity of the sea water. These control the density. Variations in the temperature are caused by heat fluxes through the air-water interface. Variations in the ...
... through the frition between the atmosphere and the sea surface → wind driven circulation • The Sun causes variations in the temperature and salinity of the sea water. These control the density. Variations in the temperature are caused by heat fluxes through the air-water interface. Variations in the ...
Word - MBARI
... concentrations between the HOT site in the Pacific Ocean and BATS site in the Atlantic Ocean? 9. Read the following information about global climate change a. espere—Consequences of global warming on ocean circulation http://www.atmosphere.mpg.de/enid/fe3c53b548f5dad9a8f4a5da78be90ea,0/1__ ...
... concentrations between the HOT site in the Pacific Ocean and BATS site in the Atlantic Ocean? 9. Read the following information about global climate change a. espere—Consequences of global warming on ocean circulation http://www.atmosphere.mpg.de/enid/fe3c53b548f5dad9a8f4a5da78be90ea,0/1__ ...
sample paper
... are changeable: they are influenced by changes in the wind, precipitation and temperature changes. These processes cause dynamic change. This layer is not very deep, generally not greater than 100 m. The wind stirs the surface waters resulting in a well mixed layer of uniform density. The pycnocline ...
... are changeable: they are influenced by changes in the wind, precipitation and temperature changes. These processes cause dynamic change. This layer is not very deep, generally not greater than 100 m. The wind stirs the surface waters resulting in a well mixed layer of uniform density. The pycnocline ...
Effects of global warming on oceans
Global warming can affect sea levels, coastlines, ocean acidification, ocean currents, seawater, sea surface temperatures, tides, the sea floor, weather, and trigger several changes in ocean bio-geochemistry; all of these affect the functioning of a society.