Climate Change Impacts on Land Use Planning and Coastal
... Increasing scientific evidence over the last two decades suggests that human emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, may be affecting the natural rhythm of climate variability.1 These changes to the global climate system include warmer temper ...
... Increasing scientific evidence over the last two decades suggests that human emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, may be affecting the natural rhythm of climate variability.1 These changes to the global climate system include warmer temper ...
Climate Change Indicators in the United States
... measures of climate (such as temperature, precipitation, or wind) lasting for an extended period (decades or longer). Climate change might result from natural factors and processes or from human activities. The term “climate change” is often used interchangeably with the term global warming. Global ...
... measures of climate (such as temperature, precipitation, or wind) lasting for an extended period (decades or longer). Climate change might result from natural factors and processes or from human activities. The term “climate change” is often used interchangeably with the term global warming. Global ...
Contribution of the Black Sea observing system to ECOOP
... the standard NASA products often have rather low accuracy for the Black Sea region. Careful analysis of the sea color data was carried out to understand how to increase the reliability of the retrieved information. Ground truth data set of the chlorophyll-a concentration and light absorption propert ...
... the standard NASA products often have rather low accuracy for the Black Sea region. Careful analysis of the sea color data was carried out to understand how to increase the reliability of the retrieved information. Ground truth data set of the chlorophyll-a concentration and light absorption propert ...
W H O I
... prompted a steady decline of oceanographic research sponsored by the Office of Naval Research. This loss of support has been most acute in two areas: Instrument development, which often requires up to 10 years of sustained effort and support to progress from conception to prototype to useful instrum ...
... prompted a steady decline of oceanographic research sponsored by the Office of Naval Research. This loss of support has been most acute in two areas: Instrument development, which often requires up to 10 years of sustained effort and support to progress from conception to prototype to useful instrum ...
The annual cycle of surface CO2 and O2 in the Ross Sea
... TCO2 values of ~2075 mol kg-1 which are ~150 mol kg-1 below the pre- phytoplankton bloom values of 2233 mol kg-1 (Figure 3b). By the time winter sea ice concentration have reached a winter average of 80%, the pCO2 and TCO2 concentrations appear to be returning to winter values. Measurements in la ...
... TCO2 values of ~2075 mol kg-1 which are ~150 mol kg-1 below the pre- phytoplankton bloom values of 2233 mol kg-1 (Figure 3b). By the time winter sea ice concentration have reached a winter average of 80%, the pCO2 and TCO2 concentrations appear to be returning to winter values. Measurements in la ...
Durham Research Online
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... The full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-pro t purposes provided that: • a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made ...
North Pacific Climate Overview N. Bond (UW/JISAO) Contact
... Climate Prediction Center (CPC) in collaboration with the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI) for the upcoming fall through spring is almost a 80% chance of El Niño and virtually no chance of La Niña. The skill in these projections is limited. For example, earlier this yea ...
... Climate Prediction Center (CPC) in collaboration with the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI) for the upcoming fall through spring is almost a 80% chance of El Niño and virtually no chance of La Niña. The skill in these projections is limited. For example, earlier this yea ...
4.4. Phytoplankton and primary productivity off Northwest Africa The
... 4.4.2. OCEANIC PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY AND THE GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE CO2 concentrations have increased by 40% since pre‐industrial times (year 1750) (IPCC, 2013) and more than 25% from any time in the past 420,000 years (Petit et al., 1999). One of the major chang ...
... 4.4.2. OCEANIC PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY AND THE GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE CO2 concentrations have increased by 40% since pre‐industrial times (year 1750) (IPCC, 2013) and more than 25% from any time in the past 420,000 years (Petit et al., 1999). One of the major chang ...
Shallow Seas
... Some animals live in seagrass beds their entire life, and have evolved to be adapted for it ...
... Some animals live in seagrass beds their entire life, and have evolved to be adapted for it ...
CONTINENTAL SHELF SURVEY PROJECT OF JAPAN
... the outer edge of the continental margin does not extend up to that distance. In a case where the margin extends beyond 200 nautical miles, the outer edge of the continental margin shall be established on the basis of top ograp h ical and geological conditions. The definition of the continental shel ...
... the outer edge of the continental margin does not extend up to that distance. In a case where the margin extends beyond 200 nautical miles, the outer edge of the continental margin shall be established on the basis of top ograp h ical and geological conditions. The definition of the continental shel ...
Document
... Antje Boetius (total time 2:44) text panel 1: HYPOX activities at the Crimean Shelf (Black Sea) Hello! My name is Antje Boetius and I am the co-ordinator of the EU project HYPOX. I work at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen and the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marin ...
... Antje Boetius (total time 2:44) text panel 1: HYPOX activities at the Crimean Shelf (Black Sea) Hello! My name is Antje Boetius and I am the co-ordinator of the EU project HYPOX. I work at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen and the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marin ...
Draft recommendation submitted by the Chair
... Cold-water coral habitats are typically more biodiverse than surrounding seabed habitats and support characteristic animal groups. For example, cold-water coral reefs support rich communities of suspension-feeding organisms, including sponges, bryozoans and hydroids. ...
... Cold-water coral habitats are typically more biodiverse than surrounding seabed habitats and support characteristic animal groups. For example, cold-water coral reefs support rich communities of suspension-feeding organisms, including sponges, bryozoans and hydroids. ...
research agenda 2025
... Climate variations during key periods in the past have been closely linked with changes in ocean circulation. Of special significance are changes in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (MOC), the “lower limb” involving formation and circulation of deep waters. In the North Atlantic, the “ ...
... Climate variations during key periods in the past have been closely linked with changes in ocean circulation. Of special significance are changes in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (MOC), the “lower limb” involving formation and circulation of deep waters. In the North Atlantic, the “ ...
Methane, the Gakkel Ridge and human survival.
... the Earth has experienced so often before.9 “We’ve shown unequivocally what happens when CO2 increases dramatically as it is now, and as it did 55 million years ago. The oceans become acidic and the world warms up dramatically”.10 There are such vast quantities of methane locked in permafrost and cl ...
... the Earth has experienced so often before.9 “We’ve shown unequivocally what happens when CO2 increases dramatically as it is now, and as it did 55 million years ago. The oceans become acidic and the world warms up dramatically”.10 There are such vast quantities of methane locked in permafrost and cl ...
The Pacific Decadal Oscillation
... one phase might be, the opposite phase would have the opposite effect and after a full cycle the system would be brought back to where it was at the beginning. The heat can just be moved around through different parts of the system and it may even be "hidden" for some time, but after a full cycle it w ...
... one phase might be, the opposite phase would have the opposite effect and after a full cycle the system would be brought back to where it was at the beginning. The heat can just be moved around through different parts of the system and it may even be "hidden" for some time, but after a full cycle it w ...
Shelfbreak circulation in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea: Mean structure and variability
... [Aagaard et al., 1981]. However, the precise mechanisms by which this occurs are not well understood. In the western Arctic, the inflowing Pacific water clearly plays a fundamental role in the ventilation process, as some of this water ultimately feeds the interior of the Canada Basin. The question ...
... [Aagaard et al., 1981]. However, the precise mechanisms by which this occurs are not well understood. In the western Arctic, the inflowing Pacific water clearly plays a fundamental role in the ventilation process, as some of this water ultimately feeds the interior of the Canada Basin. The question ...
PDF - Marine Ornithology
... communities to oceanographic conditions along a 7,800 km springtime transect across the tropical – subarctic Northeast Pacific Ocean, and documented three distinct assemblages associated with distinct water masses, defined by sea surface temperature and chlorophyll concentration. Two other presentat ...
... communities to oceanographic conditions along a 7,800 km springtime transect across the tropical – subarctic Northeast Pacific Ocean, and documented three distinct assemblages associated with distinct water masses, defined by sea surface temperature and chlorophyll concentration. Two other presentat ...
Lecture_Ch01 - Rev 10-1
... It’s estimated that it took more than 1000 years for the area to be fully settled. But had been so for hundreds of years when the first Europeans arrived. ...
... It’s estimated that it took more than 1000 years for the area to be fully settled. But had been so for hundreds of years when the first Europeans arrived. ...
Review of the projected impacts of climate change on
... for process-based fundamental research programs are highlighted. Keywords Climate change impacts Coastal fish Ocean warming Range shifts South Africa ...
... for process-based fundamental research programs are highlighted. Keywords Climate change impacts Coastal fish Ocean warming Range shifts South Africa ...
Dynamics of the Bering Sea - the National Sea Grant Library
... resource guide to scientists, managers, and others from all nations working in the Bering Sea and similar ecosystems. The Bering Sea is one of the most productive ecosystems in the world. It is at least a seasonal home to some of the largest marine invertebrate, fish, bird, and mammal populations am ...
... resource guide to scientists, managers, and others from all nations working in the Bering Sea and similar ecosystems. The Bering Sea is one of the most productive ecosystems in the world. It is at least a seasonal home to some of the largest marine invertebrate, fish, bird, and mammal populations am ...
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.