The Australian Integrated Marine Observing System
... Australian continent. It extends from the tropics to high observational nexus to better understand and predict the latitudes in Antarctic waters and much of it is fundamental connections between coastal biological unexplored. processes and regional/oceanic phenomena that influence biodiversity. Whil ...
... Australian continent. It extends from the tropics to high observational nexus to better understand and predict the latitudes in Antarctic waters and much of it is fundamental connections between coastal biological unexplored. processes and regional/oceanic phenomena that influence biodiversity. Whil ...
Mechanism of Interdecadal Thermohaline Circulation Variability in a
... ated first principal component (PC1). This mode explains 58.4% of the variance in the bandpass-filtered OHT. The heat transport mode reaches peak amplitude around 35°N—where the mean meridional temperature gradients are greatest—decaying rapidly to the north of this latitude and more gradually to th ...
... ated first principal component (PC1). This mode explains 58.4% of the variance in the bandpass-filtered OHT. The heat transport mode reaches peak amplitude around 35°N—where the mean meridional temperature gradients are greatest—decaying rapidly to the north of this latitude and more gradually to th ...
School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology
... assistants. The School is an international leader in such diverse ...
... assistants. The School is an international leader in such diverse ...
meetings with coastal interests
... transport, which shape coastal features and cause morphological changes. Contributions to this session will focus on the mechanisms responsible for coastal erosion and shoreline behavior (advance or retreat) and will address the many natural and anthropogenic factors involved. The topics may include ...
... transport, which shape coastal features and cause morphological changes. Contributions to this session will focus on the mechanisms responsible for coastal erosion and shoreline behavior (advance or retreat) and will address the many natural and anthropogenic factors involved. The topics may include ...
Full-Text PDF - BioPublisher
... Water temperature is the most important environmental parameter, which affects the organisms and chemical and biological reactions in water (Salah and El-Moselhy, 2015). In the present study, the highest seawater temperature 27.5 °C was found at St 11 (Sukhna out port) during summer of 2014, while t ...
... Water temperature is the most important environmental parameter, which affects the organisms and chemical and biological reactions in water (Salah and El-Moselhy, 2015). In the present study, the highest seawater temperature 27.5 °C was found at St 11 (Sukhna out port) during summer of 2014, while t ...
BASIN PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION PLAN OUTLINE
... the integration and comparison of present knowledge and data on climate, environment, and ecosystems throughout the North Atlantic. It will also enable us to understand the processes needed to quantify and predict the complex variability of the different species and their interactions. In addition t ...
... the integration and comparison of present knowledge and data on climate, environment, and ecosystems throughout the North Atlantic. It will also enable us to understand the processes needed to quantify and predict the complex variability of the different species and their interactions. In addition t ...
Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Eutrophication in the Coastal Marine
... as the two elements are utilized, nitrogen compounds become depleted more rapidly and more completely than does phosphate. This is particularly true when only nitrate-nitrogen is considered. Both Vaccaro (9) and Thomas (13) have pointed out, however, that ammonia may often be quantitatively a more i ...
... as the two elements are utilized, nitrogen compounds become depleted more rapidly and more completely than does phosphate. This is particularly true when only nitrate-nitrogen is considered. Both Vaccaro (9) and Thomas (13) have pointed out, however, that ammonia may often be quantitatively a more i ...
Physical Climate Processes and Feedbacks
... The direct effects of increased carbon dioxide (CO2) on vegetation physiology could lead to a relative reduction in evapotranspiration over the tropical continents, with associated regional warming over that predicted for conventional greenhouse warming effects. On time-scales of decades these effec ...
... The direct effects of increased carbon dioxide (CO2) on vegetation physiology could lead to a relative reduction in evapotranspiration over the tropical continents, with associated regional warming over that predicted for conventional greenhouse warming effects. On time-scales of decades these effec ...
Tidal Energy and Large-Scale Fish Farming, Benefits
... The failure of even the largest breakwaters caused by tsunami and by very high waves from cyclones suggests to analyze the fundamental hydrodynamic phenomena of tsunami wave development and of the interaction of waves with breakwaters. Tsunami waves are impulse waves which are formed from sudden ver ...
... The failure of even the largest breakwaters caused by tsunami and by very high waves from cyclones suggests to analyze the fundamental hydrodynamic phenomena of tsunami wave development and of the interaction of waves with breakwaters. Tsunami waves are impulse waves which are formed from sudden ver ...
Ocean Circulation and Climate: A 21st Century Perspective
... occupied the Canadian (Broecker et al., 1989) and Scandinavian (Rinterknecht et al., 2006) land masses more often than not during that epoch. The character of the seasonal and perennial sea-ice cover of the polar seas has been well noted by voyagers dating back over the past millennium, certainly as ...
... occupied the Canadian (Broecker et al., 1989) and Scandinavian (Rinterknecht et al., 2006) land masses more often than not during that epoch. The character of the seasonal and perennial sea-ice cover of the polar seas has been well noted by voyagers dating back over the past millennium, certainly as ...
A Mediterranean full of plastic
... a downside that was not predicted. Many plastic items are intended to be used just once, which is generating a mountain of waste. Discarded plastic may end up in landfills, be incinerated or recycled. But some ends up in waterways and the ocean through urban drainage, runoff or ‘leachate’ from landf ...
... a downside that was not predicted. Many plastic items are intended to be used just once, which is generating a mountain of waste. Discarded plastic may end up in landfills, be incinerated or recycled. But some ends up in waterways and the ocean through urban drainage, runoff or ‘leachate’ from landf ...
Research paper : Anatomy of a new international instrument
... Clearly, UNCLOS does not require coastal states to make similar payments in relation to the use of organisms or plant species if they are exploited from the extended continental shelf for commercial or bio-discovery purposes. ...
... Clearly, UNCLOS does not require coastal states to make similar payments in relation to the use of organisms or plant species if they are exploited from the extended continental shelf for commercial or bio-discovery purposes. ...
A negative feedback between anthropogenic ozone pollution and
... the ozone loss rates by the different chemical families in the present-day scheme. As shown in Fig. 7, the ozonedriven increase in iodine emissions since PI times has resulted in a remarkable acceleration of ozone loss in the global MBL with a strong hemispheric gradient. We calculate that since 185 ...
... the ozone loss rates by the different chemical families in the present-day scheme. As shown in Fig. 7, the ozonedriven increase in iodine emissions since PI times has resulted in a remarkable acceleration of ozone loss in the global MBL with a strong hemispheric gradient. We calculate that since 185 ...
State Water Resources Control Board Division of Water Quality Arnold Schwarzenegger
... quality protection area as “a nonterrestrial marine or estuarine area designated to protect marine species or biological communities from an undesirable alteration in natural water quality, including, but not limited to, areas of special biological significance that have been designated by the State ...
... quality protection area as “a nonterrestrial marine or estuarine area designated to protect marine species or biological communities from an undesirable alteration in natural water quality, including, but not limited to, areas of special biological significance that have been designated by the State ...
Variability and potential predictability
... • These SST anomalies are created by the fluctuations of the subtropical -subpolar gyre boundary driven by small scale WSC anomalies. • The present results do not support an ocean mode that relies on a phase lagged relationship between temperature and salinity in their contributions to the total den ...
... • These SST anomalies are created by the fluctuations of the subtropical -subpolar gyre boundary driven by small scale WSC anomalies. • The present results do not support an ocean mode that relies on a phase lagged relationship between temperature and salinity in their contributions to the total den ...
Rain ratio variation in the Tropical Ocean
... The organic carbon to calcite flux ratio (rain ratio) has a profound effect on the preservation of carbonates in the deep sea and may influence atmospheric pCO2 over millennia. Unfortunately, the degree to which the rain ratio varies in the more productive regions of the oceans is not well determined ...
... The organic carbon to calcite flux ratio (rain ratio) has a profound effect on the preservation of carbonates in the deep sea and may influence atmospheric pCO2 over millennia. Unfortunately, the degree to which the rain ratio varies in the more productive regions of the oceans is not well determined ...
Heat Transfer Tab
... • Describe the gradient (the increase/decrease or movement that characterizes what you are describing) that a High Pressure Cell moves to. Box 3: Low Pressure • What symbol is used to show Low pressure? • Describe the air temperature qualitatively and the density of the air in regards to where it is ...
... • Describe the gradient (the increase/decrease or movement that characterizes what you are describing) that a High Pressure Cell moves to. Box 3: Low Pressure • What symbol is used to show Low pressure? • Describe the air temperature qualitatively and the density of the air in regards to where it is ...
Macrozoobenthos
... eulittoral of the coastal waters are sampled once or twice a year as part of macrozoobenthos surveillance monitoring. In addition, sampling in transitional waters (see below) and operative monitoring are carried out taking into account the different sediment types and water depths. Macrozoobenthos i ...
... eulittoral of the coastal waters are sampled once or twice a year as part of macrozoobenthos surveillance monitoring. In addition, sampling in transitional waters (see below) and operative monitoring are carried out taking into account the different sediment types and water depths. Macrozoobenthos i ...
Global assessment of coral bleaching and required rates
... temperatures (Douglas, 2003; Hughes et al., 2003). Corals may be capable of adapting to thermal stress by shifting to symbioses with more temperature-tolerant species of Symbiodinium (Brown et al., 2002; Baker et al., 2004; Rowan, 2004), although the strength of the evidence is still a matter of deb ...
... temperatures (Douglas, 2003; Hughes et al., 2003). Corals may be capable of adapting to thermal stress by shifting to symbioses with more temperature-tolerant species of Symbiodinium (Brown et al., 2002; Baker et al., 2004; Rowan, 2004), although the strength of the evidence is still a matter of deb ...
WORLD OCEAN ASSESSMENT
... open-access repositories, thus further constraining our ability to develop comprehensive assessments. Given the financial, logistical and methodological challenges of mounting surveys, especially for animals that spend most of their time underwater, assessments have been most extensive and intensive ...
... open-access repositories, thus further constraining our ability to develop comprehensive assessments. Given the financial, logistical and methodological challenges of mounting surveys, especially for animals that spend most of their time underwater, assessments have been most extensive and intensive ...
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.