Draft decision submitted by the Chair of Working Group II
... Location: East coast of South Africa, extending from Port Durnford to the Mgeni River offshore to 2000 m, including the Tugela Banks, the Natal Bight nursery area, the shelf edge and upper bathyal zone. The Natal Bight is important for numerous ecological processes, including terrestrial-marine conn ...
... Location: East coast of South Africa, extending from Port Durnford to the Mgeni River offshore to 2000 m, including the Tugela Banks, the Natal Bight nursery area, the shelf edge and upper bathyal zone. The Natal Bight is important for numerous ecological processes, including terrestrial-marine conn ...
Platinum-group elements (PGE) and rhenium in marine sediments
... which is approximately symmetrically distributed over a distance of ⬃1.8 m across the KTB. The Re-PGE abundance patterns are fractionated from chondritic relative abundances: Ru, Pt, Pd, and Re contents are slightly subchondritic relative to Ir, and Os is depleted by ⬃95% relative to chondritic Ir p ...
... which is approximately symmetrically distributed over a distance of ⬃1.8 m across the KTB. The Re-PGE abundance patterns are fractionated from chondritic relative abundances: Ru, Pt, Pd, and Re contents are slightly subchondritic relative to Ir, and Os is depleted by ⬃95% relative to chondritic Ir p ...
Synthesiology - English edition
... Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [1] published in 2007, researches on climate changes from several years to several hundred thousand years were reviewed. In this report, there were many citations of the results of marine environment reconstruction at high temporal resolution (about two week ...
... Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [1] published in 2007, researches on climate changes from several years to several hundred thousand years were reviewed. In this report, there were many citations of the results of marine environment reconstruction at high temporal resolution (about two week ...
4. Movement Patterns - Sustainable Initiatives
... the fact that they are accomplished in an open ocean environment devoid of visual landmarks and by marine animals whose poor eyesight above water precludes the use of star patterns and other celestial clues. The management of populations of migratory species requires knowledge of the distribution of ...
... the fact that they are accomplished in an open ocean environment devoid of visual landmarks and by marine animals whose poor eyesight above water precludes the use of star patterns and other celestial clues. The management of populations of migratory species requires knowledge of the distribution of ...
Stories in IPRC Climate
... The “bottle–drifter” experiment is next. Back at the IPRC, the team had brainstormed about how to get more clues to the bay’s currents. The usual instruments for studying currents are drifters with heavy, long drogues so that they stick out of the water only a little bit, and their movement reflects ...
... The “bottle–drifter” experiment is next. Back at the IPRC, the team had brainstormed about how to get more clues to the bay’s currents. The usual instruments for studying currents are drifters with heavy, long drogues so that they stick out of the water only a little bit, and their movement reflects ...
Base and Precious Metal Deposits in the Deep Sea: A Coming
... The Nauru deposit and many of the large phosphorite deposits on land have nearly been depleted and finding additional large deposits on the continents is unlikely. The last large deposit to be found is in northern Saudi Arabia and mining will soon begin there. Offshore deposits that have been consid ...
... The Nauru deposit and many of the large phosphorite deposits on land have nearly been depleted and finding additional large deposits on the continents is unlikely. The last large deposit to be found is in northern Saudi Arabia and mining will soon begin there. Offshore deposits that have been consid ...
Deep Water Corals - Department of Geology UPRM
... between 200 and 1,000 m in the northeast Atlantic, the Mediterranean Sea, along the mid-Atlantic Ridge, the West African and Brazilian coasts, and along the eastern shores of North America (e.g., Nova Scotia, Blake Plateau, Florida Straits, Gulf of Mexico) as well as in parts of the Indian and Pacif ...
... between 200 and 1,000 m in the northeast Atlantic, the Mediterranean Sea, along the mid-Atlantic Ridge, the West African and Brazilian coasts, and along the eastern shores of North America (e.g., Nova Scotia, Blake Plateau, Florida Straits, Gulf of Mexico) as well as in parts of the Indian and Pacif ...
The deep-sea floor ecosystem - School of Ocean and Earth Science
... human activities on the deep-sea floor ecosystem, and to predict anthropogenic changes to this ecosystem by the year 2025. The deep-sea floor ecosystem is one of the largest on the planet, covering roughly 60% of the Earth’s solid surface. Despite this vast size, our knowledge of the deep sea is poo ...
... human activities on the deep-sea floor ecosystem, and to predict anthropogenic changes to this ecosystem by the year 2025. The deep-sea floor ecosystem is one of the largest on the planet, covering roughly 60% of the Earth’s solid surface. Despite this vast size, our knowledge of the deep sea is poo ...
A) Why bacterial diversity - CMIMA
... depth of the sample was... How can we understand the role that specific bacteria will play in nature then ??? ...
... depth of the sample was... How can we understand the role that specific bacteria will play in nature then ??? ...
Interannual variability in the thermal structure of an oceanic time
... Oscillation (ENSO). Off the coast of Ecuador, is a region of high dynamical complexity: boundary of eastern Pacific where equatorial Kelvin and Rossby waves interact. ...
... Oscillation (ENSO). Off the coast of Ecuador, is a region of high dynamical complexity: boundary of eastern Pacific where equatorial Kelvin and Rossby waves interact. ...
Nitrogen isotopes in bulk marine sediment: linking seafloor
... According to Fig. 1, some regions display strong gradients of surface δ 15 N, such as in the eastern Arabian Sea, where gradients as large as 4.5 ‰ occur within ∼1◦ of latitude/longitude. In order to more clearly identify regions of pronounced small-scale variability, we analysed the similarity of n ...
... According to Fig. 1, some regions display strong gradients of surface δ 15 N, such as in the eastern Arabian Sea, where gradients as large as 4.5 ‰ occur within ∼1◦ of latitude/longitude. In order to more clearly identify regions of pronounced small-scale variability, we analysed the similarity of n ...
1 - Japan Oceanographic Data Center
... from the NEAR-GOOS member states. He also highlighted the newly established Partnership with YSLME and PEMSEA by informing the meeting that a Memorandum of Understanding with YSLME Project Management Office, and a Letter of Cooperation with PEMSEA Regional Programme office were signed at the 3rd Mee ...
... from the NEAR-GOOS member states. He also highlighted the newly established Partnership with YSLME and PEMSEA by informing the meeting that a Memorandum of Understanding with YSLME Project Management Office, and a Letter of Cooperation with PEMSEA Regional Programme office were signed at the 3rd Mee ...
PHYTOPLANKTON, ZOOPLANKTON, MICRONEKTON, AND
... circulation in regional models coupled to basin or global-scale models. ...
... circulation in regional models coupled to basin or global-scale models. ...
Climate Change and Coastal Human Settlements
... capacity needed to deal with the potential impact of severe weather events that are anticipated to occur with increased frequency and intensity as a result of climate change. Some of the key anticipated manifestations of climate change for the Caribbean include elevated air and sea-surface temperatu ...
... capacity needed to deal with the potential impact of severe weather events that are anticipated to occur with increased frequency and intensity as a result of climate change. Some of the key anticipated manifestations of climate change for the Caribbean include elevated air and sea-surface temperatu ...
Quality Status Report 2000 - QSR 2010
... most recent information available from national and international sources, including the Environmental Assessment and Monitoring Committee (ASMO) and the Programmes and Measures Committee (PRAM) of OSPAR and the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) and their respective working ...
... most recent information available from national and international sources, including the Environmental Assessment and Monitoring Committee (ASMO) and the Programmes and Measures Committee (PRAM) of OSPAR and the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) and their respective working ...
VERTIGO (VERtical Transport In the Global Ocean): A study of
... of sinking particles and/or (2) mid-water processes in the twilight zone determine transport efficiency. These rather general hypotheses are not new, but they frame the basic questions of study if one rejects the hypothesis that flux vs. depth patterns are constant throughout the world ocean. Also, ou ...
... of sinking particles and/or (2) mid-water processes in the twilight zone determine transport efficiency. These rather general hypotheses are not new, but they frame the basic questions of study if one rejects the hypothesis that flux vs. depth patterns are constant throughout the world ocean. Also, ou ...
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO: annual
... >> Micro-plastics in the oceans – an additional cause for concern?............................................................................................................................................50 6. HLO 4. Management Leading to Sustainability of Ocean Environment ....................... ...
... >> Micro-plastics in the oceans – an additional cause for concern?............................................................................................................................................50 6. HLO 4. Management Leading to Sustainability of Ocean Environment ....................... ...
Dealing with Ocean Acidification - University of Houston Law Center
... http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=10001 (as viewed June 26, 2015). ...
... http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=10001 (as viewed June 26, 2015). ...
PacIOOS Wave Buoy Poster
... The buoy is equipped with sensitive instruments. An accelerometer measures the vertical displacement of the buoy, keeping track of the upward movement to the wave crest and the downward movement to the wave trough. The instruments will also keep track of the time it takes for the buoy to move up and ...
... The buoy is equipped with sensitive instruments. An accelerometer measures the vertical displacement of the buoy, keeping track of the upward movement to the wave crest and the downward movement to the wave trough. The instruments will also keep track of the time it takes for the buoy to move up and ...
Clay Mineral Distribution in Surface Sediments of the
... role as paleoclimatic and paleoceanographic indicators has been investigated world-wide by a number of contributers applying X-ray diffraction (XRD) techniques. In the South Atlantic the recent composition of clay detritus was obtained by Biscaye (1965) already 30 years ago and - as part of world-wi ...
... role as paleoclimatic and paleoceanographic indicators has been investigated world-wide by a number of contributers applying X-ray diffraction (XRD) techniques. In the South Atlantic the recent composition of clay detritus was obtained by Biscaye (1965) already 30 years ago and - as part of world-wi ...
- University of Cambridge
... matter in sediments, to the ocean-atmosphere system. However, to avoid runaway temperatures, there must be long-term negative feedbacks that consume CO2 on time scales longer than the ~ 100,000 years generally ascribed to ocean uptake of CO2 and burial of marine organic carbon. Here, we argue that c ...
... matter in sediments, to the ocean-atmosphere system. However, to avoid runaway temperatures, there must be long-term negative feedbacks that consume CO2 on time scales longer than the ~ 100,000 years generally ascribed to ocean uptake of CO2 and burial of marine organic carbon. Here, we argue that c ...
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.