CCAMLR - Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition
... In October 2011, the AOA proposed the creation of a network of MPAs and no-take marine reserves in 19 specific areas in the Southern Ocean around Antarctica. The Report “Antarctic Ocean Legacy: A Vision for Circumpolar Protection” published by the Alliance on 21 May 2012 seeks to more fully elaborat ...
... In October 2011, the AOA proposed the creation of a network of MPAs and no-take marine reserves in 19 specific areas in the Southern Ocean around Antarctica. The Report “Antarctic Ocean Legacy: A Vision for Circumpolar Protection” published by the Alliance on 21 May 2012 seeks to more fully elaborat ...
First Meeting of the joint IOC-ICES Study Group - Archimer
... extended international collaborations to establish global comparability of the nutrient data from the world’s ocean. Thirty-two scientists and experts from 11 countries and 2 delegates from IOC attended the meeting. Presently the basic problem when comparing data for concentrations of nutrients in t ...
... extended international collaborations to establish global comparability of the nutrient data from the world’s ocean. Thirty-two scientists and experts from 11 countries and 2 delegates from IOC attended the meeting. Presently the basic problem when comparing data for concentrations of nutrients in t ...
Original Article Interpretation and design of ocean acidification experiments
... Received 22 July 2014; revised 24 November 2014; accepted 26 November 2014; advance access publication 7 January 2015. Coastal upwelling regimes are some of the most productive ecosystems in the ocean but are also among the most vulnerable to ocean acidification (OA) due to naturally high background ...
... Received 22 July 2014; revised 24 November 2014; accepted 26 November 2014; advance access publication 7 January 2015. Coastal upwelling regimes are some of the most productive ecosystems in the ocean but are also among the most vulnerable to ocean acidification (OA) due to naturally high background ...
Ice Age DA - GDI - 2011
... we are moving into another little ice age, similar to the one that lasted from 1100 to 1850. There is no doubt that the next little ice age would be much worse than the previous one and much more harmful than anything warming may do. There are many more people now and we have become dependent on a f ...
... we are moving into another little ice age, similar to the one that lasted from 1100 to 1850. There is no doubt that the next little ice age would be much worse than the previous one and much more harmful than anything warming may do. There are many more people now and we have become dependent on a f ...
Altimetry and Oceanography
... • For its scientific users, MERCATOR is an operational ocean observatory: by systematically combining, over several years, all the information yielded from observations (measurements reflecting reality) with that provided by the model (a threedimensional view and a memory of past states), it can pro ...
... • For its scientific users, MERCATOR is an operational ocean observatory: by systematically combining, over several years, all the information yielded from observations (measurements reflecting reality) with that provided by the model (a threedimensional view and a memory of past states), it can pro ...
Interpretation and design of ocean acidification experiments in
... Received 22 July 2014; revised 24 November 2014; accepted 26 November 2014; advance access publication 7 January 2015. Coastal upwelling regimes are some of the most productive ecosystems in the ocean but are also among the most vulnerable to ocean acidification (OA) due to naturally high background ...
... Received 22 July 2014; revised 24 November 2014; accepted 26 November 2014; advance access publication 7 January 2015. Coastal upwelling regimes are some of the most productive ecosystems in the ocean but are also among the most vulnerable to ocean acidification (OA) due to naturally high background ...
Potential locations for macro-algae farming off
... historically been intensively harvested for use as food, soil improvers and for mineral extraction. This activity has declined throughout the twentieth century to a very low level of use, but there has been a recent resurgence of interest in the use of macro-algae. The larger algae, particularly the ...
... historically been intensively harvested for use as food, soil improvers and for mineral extraction. This activity has declined throughout the twentieth century to a very low level of use, but there has been a recent resurgence of interest in the use of macro-algae. The larger algae, particularly the ...
Working Group on Achieving Ecosystem Management and Integrated
... Achievement of the global goals established by heads of State at the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development is essential for attaining sustainable development of oceans and coasts. Yet, implementing the paradigms of Integrated Ocean and Coastal Management (ICM) and Ecosystem-based Management ( ...
... Achievement of the global goals established by heads of State at the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development is essential for attaining sustainable development of oceans and coasts. Yet, implementing the paradigms of Integrated Ocean and Coastal Management (ICM) and Ecosystem-based Management ( ...
Chapter 51. Biological Communities on Seamounts and Other
... ecologically, and human activity, such as fishing, focuses on both. We therefore include here all such features with heights > 100 m. Only 6.5 per cent of the deep seafloor has been mapped, so the global number of seamounts must be estimated, usually from a combination of satellite altimetry and mul ...
... ecologically, and human activity, such as fishing, focuses on both. We therefore include here all such features with heights > 100 m. Only 6.5 per cent of the deep seafloor has been mapped, so the global number of seamounts must be estimated, usually from a combination of satellite altimetry and mul ...
Tide Pools on Cavendish Beach – A Lesson in Survival
... environment of tide pools to students in elementary school. The activities can be done individually or in groups of varying sizes, depending on the nature of the class and availability of technology facilities. It is recommended that teachers familiarize themselves with the sites before starting the ...
... environment of tide pools to students in elementary school. The activities can be done individually or in groups of varying sizes, depending on the nature of the class and availability of technology facilities. It is recommended that teachers familiarize themselves with the sites before starting the ...
Report of the Joint OSPAR/ICES Ocean Acidification Study Group
... The meeting consisted of formal presentations and discussions of each ToR documented by a rapporteur and summarized in this report. Summaries of national and international monitoring programmes on ocean acidification (OA) were provided by the membership. It is clear that there are many OA-relevant c ...
... The meeting consisted of formal presentations and discussions of each ToR documented by a rapporteur and summarized in this report. Summaries of national and international monitoring programmes on ocean acidification (OA) were provided by the membership. It is clear that there are many OA-relevant c ...
Modeling ocean acidification in the California Current System
... perturbed the carbon chemistry of the CCS, ∼84% of the benthic ecosystems on the continental shelf off northern and central California experienced about one short (∼6 days) aragonite undersaturation event per year (Ωarag >0.96). To compare these results with present - day conditions and future proje ...
... perturbed the carbon chemistry of the CCS, ∼84% of the benthic ecosystems on the continental shelf off northern and central California experienced about one short (∼6 days) aragonite undersaturation event per year (Ωarag >0.96). To compare these results with present - day conditions and future proje ...
MicroSoar: A New Instrument for Measuring Microscale Turbulence
... conventional quasi-free-fall tethered vertically profiling instruments, MicroSoar’s major advantage lies in its ability to sample large fluid volumes and large geographic areas in a short time, and to provide, rapidly and simply, two-dimensional (horizontal–vertical) representations of the distribut ...
... conventional quasi-free-fall tethered vertically profiling instruments, MicroSoar’s major advantage lies in its ability to sample large fluid volumes and large geographic areas in a short time, and to provide, rapidly and simply, two-dimensional (horizontal–vertical) representations of the distribut ...
14-marine-and-coastal-risk-assessment
... Risk assessment relies on the initial identification of all potentially relevant threats because failure to identify a particular threat results in its exclusion from further consideration. In qualitative risk assessment, outcomes depend on subjective judgments of the likelihood that an event will o ...
... Risk assessment relies on the initial identification of all potentially relevant threats because failure to identify a particular threat results in its exclusion from further consideration. In qualitative risk assessment, outcomes depend on subjective judgments of the likelihood that an event will o ...
The Response of Precipitation Minus Evapotranspiration
... warming climate, following the Clausius–Clapeyron relation at roughly constant relative humidity [a similar mechanism was termed the direct moisture effect by Chou and Neelin (2004)]. The dynamical contribution to precipitation changes is also important locally (Xie et al. 2010; Huang et al. 2013; C ...
... warming climate, following the Clausius–Clapeyron relation at roughly constant relative humidity [a similar mechanism was termed the direct moisture effect by Chou and Neelin (2004)]. The dynamical contribution to precipitation changes is also important locally (Xie et al. 2010; Huang et al. 2013; C ...
A Benthic-optimised Marine Environment Classification
... elements of the marine ecosystem. A more specifically tailored classification has been defined to discriminate variation in demersal fish community composition (Leathwick et al. 2006a). One feature of the MEC approach is the ability to improve the biological discrimination of a classification both b ...
... elements of the marine ecosystem. A more specifically tailored classification has been defined to discriminate variation in demersal fish community composition (Leathwick et al. 2006a). One feature of the MEC approach is the ability to improve the biological discrimination of a classification both b ...
Global sediment core-top calibration of the TEX86
... containing 0–3 cyclopentane moieties (I–IV; Fig. 1) and crenarchaeol which, in addition to 4 cyclopentane moieties, has a cyclohexane ring (V; Schouten et al., 2000; Sinninghe Damsté et al., 2002). Finally, they also biosynthesize small quantities of a regio-isomer of crenarchaeol (V0 ). From cultu ...
... containing 0–3 cyclopentane moieties (I–IV; Fig. 1) and crenarchaeol which, in addition to 4 cyclopentane moieties, has a cyclohexane ring (V; Schouten et al., 2000; Sinninghe Damsté et al., 2002). Finally, they also biosynthesize small quantities of a regio-isomer of crenarchaeol (V0 ). From cultu ...
Mechanisms of Southern Ocean Heat Uptake and Transport in a
... of the net global uptake in CM2.6. In the control simulation, the sea surface temperature is on average warmer than the atmosphere over most of the Southern Ocean, and therefore the sensible heat flux cools the ocean. The prominent Southern Ocean heat uptake peak, between 508 and 608S, is dominated ...
... of the net global uptake in CM2.6. In the control simulation, the sea surface temperature is on average warmer than the atmosphere over most of the Southern Ocean, and therefore the sensible heat flux cools the ocean. The prominent Southern Ocean heat uptake peak, between 508 and 608S, is dominated ...
ERICON_Deliverable 2.5_20p_May12.indd
... water masses, ocean surface conditions, sea ice, and biological/ chemical constituents. AMAP, the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (http:// www.amap.no/), has a primary function to advise governments of the eight Arctic countries on matters relating to threats to the Arctic region from pol ...
... water masses, ocean surface conditions, sea ice, and biological/ chemical constituents. AMAP, the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (http:// www.amap.no/), has a primary function to advise governments of the eight Arctic countries on matters relating to threats to the Arctic region from pol ...
arctic and subarctic marine ecology: immediate problems
... “boreal” isused here, but with that region we are notdirectlyconcerned. It should be added that the division employed here apparently applies less to sessileanimals and plants, than to the plankton and nekton, because of local variations in summer. This does notdisturbthe general picture, and is dis ...
... “boreal” isused here, but with that region we are notdirectlyconcerned. It should be added that the division employed here apparently applies less to sessileanimals and plants, than to the plankton and nekton, because of local variations in summer. This does notdisturbthe general picture, and is dis ...
PDF - Florida Climate Change Task Force
... resources and water-related infrastructure that are vulnerable to climate change; (2) show demographics in the state that are vulnerable to climate change impacts with a focus on water resources and sea level rise; and (3) highlight some of the alternative technologies currently being used to solve ...
... resources and water-related infrastructure that are vulnerable to climate change; (2) show demographics in the state that are vulnerable to climate change impacts with a focus on water resources and sea level rise; and (3) highlight some of the alternative technologies currently being used to solve ...
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.