STATE OF THE ANTARCTIC AND SOUTHERN OCEAN CLIMATE
... the warm period that follows each abrupt warming event in Greenland [EPICA Community Members, 2006]. This relationship is interpreted to reflect the extent to which the MOC is reduced, with reduced overturning assumed to lead to the retention of more heat in the Southern Ocean. These associations ar ...
... the warm period that follows each abrupt warming event in Greenland [EPICA Community Members, 2006]. This relationship is interpreted to reflect the extent to which the MOC is reduced, with reduced overturning assumed to lead to the retention of more heat in the Southern Ocean. These associations ar ...
Climate Change Risk Assessment for the Australian Indian Ocean
... As with many small islands around the world, the Indian Ocean Territories (IOT) - comprising Christmas Island (CI) and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands (CKI) - are vulnerable to the effects of climate change. The Cocos (Keeling) Islands are a group of 27 low lying coral atolls located in the Indian Ocean ...
... As with many small islands around the world, the Indian Ocean Territories (IOT) - comprising Christmas Island (CI) and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands (CKI) - are vulnerable to the effects of climate change. The Cocos (Keeling) Islands are a group of 27 low lying coral atolls located in the Indian Ocean ...
MEPC.171(57) - International Maritime Organization
... Pinnacle at French Frigate Shoals, this creates favourable conditions for the growth of other species (Maragos and Gulko 2002). 1.3.4 The ecological processes of the NWHI depend on more than just its coral reefs. Beyond the banks and steep slopes, between 1,640 and 14,000 feet, the ocean floor level ...
... Pinnacle at French Frigate Shoals, this creates favourable conditions for the growth of other species (Maragos and Gulko 2002). 1.3.4 The ecological processes of the NWHI depend on more than just its coral reefs. Beyond the banks and steep slopes, between 1,640 and 14,000 feet, the ocean floor level ...
Final Version 2013 2014 Annual Progress Report
... could be obtained using just the data or the model alone. Such products are necessarily not wholly accurate representations of the system; however, especially in data-sparse regions of the globe and for poorly measured fields, the resulting combined product is likely to be a more accurate representa ...
... could be obtained using just the data or the model alone. Such products are necessarily not wholly accurate representations of the system; however, especially in data-sparse regions of the globe and for poorly measured fields, the resulting combined product is likely to be a more accurate representa ...
- Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme
... not set below it at summer solstice – “the land of the midnight sun”. Other boundaries used to define the Arctic include treeline, climatic boundaries, and permafrost extent on land and sea-ice extent on the ocean. For the purposes of this assessment, the boundary will be more flexible, also encompa ...
... not set below it at summer solstice – “the land of the midnight sun”. Other boundaries used to define the Arctic include treeline, climatic boundaries, and permafrost extent on land and sea-ice extent on the ocean. For the purposes of this assessment, the boundary will be more flexible, also encompa ...
The High Seas and Us
... Increasingly, industrial uses of the ocean and overuse of living resources threaten the ecological health of the ocean ecosystems and the benefits they produce. There is irrefutable evidence that both the physical and biological parts of the ocean play key roles in atmospheric and thermal regulation ...
... Increasingly, industrial uses of the ocean and overuse of living resources threaten the ecological health of the ocean ecosystems and the benefits they produce. There is irrefutable evidence that both the physical and biological parts of the ocean play key roles in atmospheric and thermal regulation ...
Dynamics of potentially harmful phytoplankton in a semi
... SWM with the sea surface temperature (SST) increasing to near 30 °C, but above 32 °C in 2007. Due to such intense warming, the surface mixed layer was shallow at about 8 m. Upwelling during the SWM reduced the SST by about 4 °C from its peak value during all sampling periods except in 2008 when the ...
... SWM with the sea surface temperature (SST) increasing to near 30 °C, but above 32 °C in 2007. Due to such intense warming, the surface mixed layer was shallow at about 8 m. Upwelling during the SWM reduced the SST by about 4 °C from its peak value during all sampling periods except in 2008 when the ...
Michael Scott McCartney Physical Oceanographer Senior Scientist Department of Physical Oceanography
... Fellow, The Cooperative Institute for Climate and Ocean Research (CICOR—a Joint Institute of WHOI and NOAA), 1998−present Member, Institute Advisory Committee for the WHOI Climate Institute, 2001−2003 U.S. CLIVAR Atlantic Implementation Panel, 1999−2001 International CLIVAR Implementation Panel, 200 ...
... Fellow, The Cooperative Institute for Climate and Ocean Research (CICOR—a Joint Institute of WHOI and NOAA), 1998−present Member, Institute Advisory Committee for the WHOI Climate Institute, 2001−2003 U.S. CLIVAR Atlantic Implementation Panel, 1999−2001 International CLIVAR Implementation Panel, 200 ...
How does climate change influence arctic mercury?
... Wang et al., 2010). The biogeochemical cycle of mercury (Hg) (Fig. 1) is particularly susceptible to global change for a number of reasons: • the Hg cycle is linked to the organic carbon cycle both by affinity in transport and by methylating processes, and change in the cryosphere will lead to change ...
... Wang et al., 2010). The biogeochemical cycle of mercury (Hg) (Fig. 1) is particularly susceptible to global change for a number of reasons: • the Hg cycle is linked to the organic carbon cycle both by affinity in transport and by methylating processes, and change in the cryosphere will lead to change ...
Stern i in. (2012) How does climate change in fl uence arctic mercury?
... Wang et al., 2010). The biogeochemical cycle of mercury (Hg) (Fig. 1) is particularly susceptible to global change for a number of reasons: • the Hg cycle is linked to the organic carbon cycle both by affinity in transport and by methylating processes, and change in the cryosphere will lead to change ...
... Wang et al., 2010). The biogeochemical cycle of mercury (Hg) (Fig. 1) is particularly susceptible to global change for a number of reasons: • the Hg cycle is linked to the organic carbon cycle both by affinity in transport and by methylating processes, and change in the cryosphere will lead to change ...
Mesoscale Eddies Are Oases for Higher Trophic Marine Life
... Eddies advect, mix, and redistribute water masses [1] with significant impacts on the production, distributions, and densities of marine life. Strong associations between the environment and corresponding biological responses are well documented: upwelling stimulates production by renewing nutrient ...
... Eddies advect, mix, and redistribute water masses [1] with significant impacts on the production, distributions, and densities of marine life. Strong associations between the environment and corresponding biological responses are well documented: upwelling stimulates production by renewing nutrient ...
Meteorological, Sea Ice and Physical Oceanographic Conditions on
... 0.5oC over the Scotian Shelf and Gulf of Maine and up to 0.75oC in some areas (Figure 3). The seasonal anomaly of these regions is near normal during the first half of the year for the Scotian Shelf and below normal for the Gulf of Maine. For the second half of the year, the air temperatures were ab ...
... 0.5oC over the Scotian Shelf and Gulf of Maine and up to 0.75oC in some areas (Figure 3). The seasonal anomaly of these regions is near normal during the first half of the year for the Scotian Shelf and below normal for the Gulf of Maine. For the second half of the year, the air temperatures were ab ...
Integrated analysis of risks of coastal flooding and cliff
... The risks to human populations in coastal areas are changing due to climate and socio-economic changes, and these trends are predicted to accelerate during the 21st Century. To understand these changing risks, and the resulting choices and pathways to successful management and adaptation, broad-scal ...
... The risks to human populations in coastal areas are changing due to climate and socio-economic changes, and these trends are predicted to accelerate during the 21st Century. To understand these changing risks, and the resulting choices and pathways to successful management and adaptation, broad-scal ...
Constructing Sea-Level Scenarios for Impact and Adaptation
... Figure 3: The estimated budget of the components of global mean sea level change (A), their sum (B) compared to the observed rate of rise (C). The blue (or upper) bar represents the 90% error range for 1961 to 2003 and the brown (or lower) bar, the 90% error range for 1993 to 2003. The difference be ...
... Figure 3: The estimated budget of the components of global mean sea level change (A), their sum (B) compared to the observed rate of rise (C). The blue (or upper) bar represents the 90% error range for 1961 to 2003 and the brown (or lower) bar, the 90% error range for 1993 to 2003. The difference be ...
On the formation, ventilation, and erosion of mode waters in the
... et al., 1999]. BMA incorporates observations by treating model runs as random variables themselves, each with an associated posterior probability (roughly interpreted to be the degree of our belief that a model simulates the observations better than other models) that we use to weight the outputs to ...
... et al., 1999]. BMA incorporates observations by treating model runs as random variables themselves, each with an associated posterior probability (roughly interpreted to be the degree of our belief that a model simulates the observations better than other models) that we use to weight the outputs to ...
Impact of Climate Change on Biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea
... Mediterranean and on the impact of climate change observed. ...
... Mediterranean and on the impact of climate change observed. ...
The Marine Nitrogen Cycle: Overview and Challenges
... time of fixed nitrogen in the ocean of a few thousand years only (Gruber, 2004), an order of magnitude shorter than that of phosphorus, whose residence time is of the order of several tens of thousands years (Delaney, 1998). This makes the marine nitrogen cycle very dynamic and at the same time susc ...
... time of fixed nitrogen in the ocean of a few thousand years only (Gruber, 2004), an order of magnitude shorter than that of phosphorus, whose residence time is of the order of several tens of thousands years (Delaney, 1998). This makes the marine nitrogen cycle very dynamic and at the same time susc ...
protection for the east antarctic coastal region
... Coastal polynyas, areas of open water amidst the sea ice, form up and down the coast of East Antarctica. Further offshore is the Cosmonaut Polynya, one of only two major open ocean polynyas currently in the Southern Ocean. Millennia of glacial streams have carved deep canyons into the continental sh ...
... Coastal polynyas, areas of open water amidst the sea ice, form up and down the coast of East Antarctica. Further offshore is the Cosmonaut Polynya, one of only two major open ocean polynyas currently in the Southern Ocean. Millennia of glacial streams have carved deep canyons into the continental sh ...
Caring for our Common Home
... A Caritas Oceania regional forum in September 2015 emphatically endorsed the Bishops’ statement, saying, “For us Oceania peoples, ... climate change is a daily struggle. For many of our Oceania countries it is a question of whether we remain on or leave our sinking homes. We face severe and multifa ...
... A Caritas Oceania regional forum in September 2015 emphatically endorsed the Bishops’ statement, saying, “For us Oceania peoples, ... climate change is a daily struggle. For many of our Oceania countries it is a question of whether we remain on or leave our sinking homes. We face severe and multifa ...
Diversity and distribution of pigmented heterotrophic bacteria in
... from coastal to oceanic waters, with the highest values of 9.9 103 cell mL1 and 39.6%, respectively, in the Yangtze River Estuary. In contrast to the total heterotrophic bacteria (TB) and CFU, which were present in the whole water column, PHB were primarily confined to the euphotic zone, with the ...
... from coastal to oceanic waters, with the highest values of 9.9 103 cell mL1 and 39.6%, respectively, in the Yangtze River Estuary. In contrast to the total heterotrophic bacteria (TB) and CFU, which were present in the whole water column, PHB were primarily confined to the euphotic zone, with the ...
Marine ecology: Attack of the blobs
... Graham and other researchers praise the approach, but they contend that such information just isn't adequate. The jellyfish review team will begin to analyse the full JEDI database later this month, encouraged by the growth of programmes in places such as Peru and Japan, where scientists work with f ...
... Graham and other researchers praise the approach, but they contend that such information just isn't adequate. The jellyfish review team will begin to analyse the full JEDI database later this month, encouraged by the growth of programmes in places such as Peru and Japan, where scientists work with f ...
Garden City Terminal at the Port of Savannah
... could not be palletized. Therefore, breakbulk shipping required armies of longshoremen worked at each port to load cargo of different shapes and weights into ships with an equal diversity of arrangements. Longshoremen learned to fit cargo into irregularly shaped spaces, to account for the order in w ...
... could not be palletized. Therefore, breakbulk shipping required armies of longshoremen worked at each port to load cargo of different shapes and weights into ships with an equal diversity of arrangements. Longshoremen learned to fit cargo into irregularly shaped spaces, to account for the order in w ...
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.