Sensors for observing ecosystem status
... the cycles of carbon, nutrients and oxygen mediated by biotic and abiotic processes and how our activities modulate these flows. Obviously impact assessments are not limited to anthropogenic impacts, but also cover natural events and the line between these two may be fluid. When are shifting ocean c ...
... the cycles of carbon, nutrients and oxygen mediated by biotic and abiotic processes and how our activities modulate these flows. Obviously impact assessments are not limited to anthropogenic impacts, but also cover natural events and the line between these two may be fluid. When are shifting ocean c ...
The role of air temperature on the skin temperature of the sea
... showed that the skin temperature is mostly correlated to the air temperature in all seasons with practically no time lag. High air and skin temperatures in summer evenings decrease from the peak temperature few hours after sunset and after the bulk temperature has decreased (Figs. 2b and 2e). The wa ...
... showed that the skin temperature is mostly correlated to the air temperature in all seasons with practically no time lag. High air and skin temperatures in summer evenings decrease from the peak temperature few hours after sunset and after the bulk temperature has decreased (Figs. 2b and 2e). The wa ...
Relation Between the Productions of Hydrographic Surveying and
... image on the paper but also the figure and image in digital and the multimedia datum should be offered; not only planar but also three-dimensional and multidimensional figure and image could be supplied to realize the multidimensional service; not only static but also dynamic hydrographic surveying’ ...
... image on the paper but also the figure and image in digital and the multimedia datum should be offered; not only planar but also three-dimensional and multidimensional figure and image could be supplied to realize the multidimensional service; not only static but also dynamic hydrographic surveying’ ...
Aluminium in an ocean general circulation model compared with the
... and silicon. This supports the hypothesis of biological incorporation of aluminium into the cell wall of diatoms. These issues can be analysed further by the use of numerical models. Since there is a strong spatial variation in aluminium concentration (and its relation to silicon), an ocean general ...
... and silicon. This supports the hypothesis of biological incorporation of aluminium into the cell wall of diatoms. These issues can be analysed further by the use of numerical models. Since there is a strong spatial variation in aluminium concentration (and its relation to silicon), an ocean general ...
Responses of Marine Organisms to Climate Change across Oceans
... profound changes in the physical and chemical properties of the ocean that have serious implications for marine species, with concomitant risks to marine industries dependent on those species (Hartmann et al., 2013; Rhein et al., 2013; Hoegh-Guldberg et al., 2014; Pörtner et al., 2014). The global o ...
... profound changes in the physical and chemical properties of the ocean that have serious implications for marine species, with concomitant risks to marine industries dependent on those species (Hartmann et al., 2013; Rhein et al., 2013; Hoegh-Guldberg et al., 2014; Pörtner et al., 2014). The global o ...
Responses of Marine Organisms to Climate Change
... profound changes in the physical and chemical properties of the ocean that have serious implications for marine species, with concomitant risks to marine industries dependent on those species (Hartmann et al., 2013; Rhein et al., 2013; Hoegh-Guldberg et al., 2014; Pörtner et al., 2014). The global o ...
... profound changes in the physical and chemical properties of the ocean that have serious implications for marine species, with concomitant risks to marine industries dependent on those species (Hartmann et al., 2013; Rhein et al., 2013; Hoegh-Guldberg et al., 2014; Pörtner et al., 2014). The global o ...
The Law of the Sea Crisis - St. John`s Law Scholarship Repository
... crossing small bays, then small seas, such as the Aegean Sea, later crossing bigger ones like the Mediterranean, and finally venturing ...
... crossing small bays, then small seas, such as the Aegean Sea, later crossing bigger ones like the Mediterranean, and finally venturing ...
Technologies for Exploring the Exclusive Economic Zone
... largest piece of “real estate” to come under the jurisdiction of the United States since acquisitions of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and the purchase of Alaska in 1867. The EEZ remains largely unexplored, both in the Lewis and Clark sense of gaining general knowledge of a vast new territory and i ...
... largest piece of “real estate” to come under the jurisdiction of the United States since acquisitions of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and the purchase of Alaska in 1867. The EEZ remains largely unexplored, both in the Lewis and Clark sense of gaining general knowledge of a vast new territory and i ...
Benthic invertebrate communities
... particular, is more or less entirely controlled by the presence or absence of hypoxia/anoxia. Current evidence suggests that the spatial and temporal extent of oxygen deficiency has increased over the past decades. In the light of historical work, it is also likely that reference conditions defined ...
... particular, is more or less entirely controlled by the presence or absence of hypoxia/anoxia. Current evidence suggests that the spatial and temporal extent of oxygen deficiency has increased over the past decades. In the light of historical work, it is also likely that reference conditions defined ...
Defining the limits of physiological plasticity: how gene expression
... Review. Genomics, ocean change and conservation the relevance of transcript amount in biological regulation has been empirically addressed [47,48] and the fact that genes identified through these techniques actually impact fitness has been demonstrated repeatedly [49–51]. Such technological and conc ...
... Review. Genomics, ocean change and conservation the relevance of transcript amount in biological regulation has been empirically addressed [47,48] and the fact that genes identified through these techniques actually impact fitness has been demonstrated repeatedly [49–51]. Such technological and conc ...
High Lapse Rates in AIRS Retrieved Temperatures In Cold Air
... leads to large thermal contrast between ocean and air. Here we examined observations in the vicinity Japan to understand the air-sea thermal contrast measured by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder satellite experiment. Our analysis is based on two temperature profile data sources. The first source is ...
... leads to large thermal contrast between ocean and air. Here we examined observations in the vicinity Japan to understand the air-sea thermal contrast measured by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder satellite experiment. Our analysis is based on two temperature profile data sources. The first source is ...
The strange ecosystem of hydrothermal vents Nation Taiwan Ocean
... they still contain high levels of hydrogen sulfide and other compounds that specialized microbes can use for energy. This is the basis for an ecosystem that is largely independent of the sun and gives rise to the specialized vent animals such as large tubeworms and clams. The relatively low temperat ...
... they still contain high levels of hydrogen sulfide and other compounds that specialized microbes can use for energy. This is the basis for an ecosystem that is largely independent of the sun and gives rise to the specialized vent animals such as large tubeworms and clams. The relatively low temperat ...
Great Pacific Garbage Patch
... The 2012 Algalita/5 Gyres Asia Pacific Expedition, though plagued by severe weather on Leg 2, met the goals and objectives it set out to achieve. Beginning in the Marshall Islands on May 1, Leg 1 investigated the little studied Western Pacific Garbage Patch, arriving in Tokyo three weeks later. Duri ...
... The 2012 Algalita/5 Gyres Asia Pacific Expedition, though plagued by severe weather on Leg 2, met the goals and objectives it set out to achieve. Beginning in the Marshall Islands on May 1, Leg 1 investigated the little studied Western Pacific Garbage Patch, arriving in Tokyo three weeks later. Duri ...
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CLIMATE BARBADOS
... This study assesses the potential economic impact of climate change on coastal human settlements in the Caribbean, with specific reference to Barbados, and evaluates the costs and benefits of undertaking various adaptation strategies. The aim is to assist Caribbean territories in developing the stra ...
... This study assesses the potential economic impact of climate change on coastal human settlements in the Caribbean, with specific reference to Barbados, and evaluates the costs and benefits of undertaking various adaptation strategies. The aim is to assist Caribbean territories in developing the stra ...
The coral reef crisis: The critical importance of
... that many of the benefits of coral reefs pass through non-market economies (Donner and Potere, 2007) or involve intangible ecosystem services such as sand production and gas exchange. Importantly, the consequences of coral reef destruction would not be limited to the loss of the value of these goods ...
... that many of the benefits of coral reefs pass through non-market economies (Donner and Potere, 2007) or involve intangible ecosystem services such as sand production and gas exchange. Importantly, the consequences of coral reef destruction would not be limited to the loss of the value of these goods ...
Frontline Observations on Climate Change and
... in Rio focused attention on the need for reversing decades of environmental degradation and moving the world toward sustainable development. Follow-on targets prompted by UNCED and the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg included addressing the effects of climate chan ...
... in Rio focused attention on the need for reversing decades of environmental degradation and moving the world toward sustainable development. Follow-on targets prompted by UNCED and the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg included addressing the effects of climate chan ...
Biogeography of planktonic and benthic
... One area where coral reef ecosystems experience significant terrestrial influence is the Hawaiian Island archipelago. The Hawaiian Island archipelago comprises eight major islands in the central North Pacific gyre. The islands range in age from more than 27 million years in the northwestern section ...
... One area where coral reef ecosystems experience significant terrestrial influence is the Hawaiian Island archipelago. The Hawaiian Island archipelago comprises eight major islands in the central North Pacific gyre. The islands range in age from more than 27 million years in the northwestern section ...
Ammonia concentrations in nutrient deplete oceanic waters
... In wide areas of the world’s oceans phytoplankton productivity is limited by the availability of nitrogen. The surface waters and the surface mixed layers of many temperate oceans, eg the Atlantic, typically are greatly depleted of dissolved inorganic nitrogen species (ammonia, nitrate and nitrite ...
... In wide areas of the world’s oceans phytoplankton productivity is limited by the availability of nitrogen. The surface waters and the surface mixed layers of many temperate oceans, eg the Atlantic, typically are greatly depleted of dissolved inorganic nitrogen species (ammonia, nitrate and nitrite ...
Tiago João Potencialidades da Incorporação de Correntes Cunha
... consumes 2500 liters of fuel/day. This value is very high taking into account the productivity of the sector. Supporting this premise was developed a project with the aim of reducing fuel consumption in fishing vessels. The project calls “ShipTrack” and aims the use of forecasts of ocean currents in ...
... consumes 2500 liters of fuel/day. This value is very high taking into account the productivity of the sector. Supporting this premise was developed a project with the aim of reducing fuel consumption in fishing vessels. The project calls “ShipTrack” and aims the use of forecasts of ocean currents in ...
Kiribati
... future has led to the formation of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) and its recognition in the INC and now the UNFCCC processes. Kiribati participated at the INC sessions, and continues to do so in the UNFCCC Conferences and some of the meetings of the Subsidiary Bodies. The costs of atte ...
... future has led to the formation of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) and its recognition in the INC and now the UNFCCC processes. Kiribati participated at the INC sessions, and continues to do so in the UNFCCC Conferences and some of the meetings of the Subsidiary Bodies. The costs of atte ...
Impacts of thermohaline circulation shutdown in the twenty
... constraints is far from obvious. Furthermore, the full range of model uncertainty is difficult to sample completely. Based on the current evidence a full or partial THC collapse in the next 100 years can currently not be completely ruled out (Wood et al. 2003). It is known from modelling studies tha ...
... constraints is far from obvious. Furthermore, the full range of model uncertainty is difficult to sample completely. Based on the current evidence a full or partial THC collapse in the next 100 years can currently not be completely ruled out (Wood et al. 2003). It is known from modelling studies tha ...
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.