Deep ocean ventilation, carbon isotopes, marine sedimentation and
... driven by shifts in organic matter accumulation on shallow shelves as sea level rises and falls. Atmospheric pCO2 would be reduced during glacial times through increased biological productivity promoted by an enhanced whole-ocean nutrient inventory. Paleo-data have revealed, however, that several pr ...
... driven by shifts in organic matter accumulation on shallow shelves as sea level rises and falls. Atmospheric pCO2 would be reduced during glacial times through increased biological productivity promoted by an enhanced whole-ocean nutrient inventory. Paleo-data have revealed, however, that several pr ...
Methodology for oceanic CO2 measurements - UNESDOC
... “greenhouse warming” - as a result of human perturbations on a global scale. While this global warming has not been demonstrated unequivocally, the scientific evidence from ice cores showed convincing correlation between temperature changes and levels of carbon dioxide (CO2). CO2 and other “greenhou ...
... “greenhouse warming” - as a result of human perturbations on a global scale. While this global warming has not been demonstrated unequivocally, the scientific evidence from ice cores showed convincing correlation between temperature changes and levels of carbon dioxide (CO2). CO2 and other “greenhou ...
Alfred Wegener and Harry Hess
... Oceans. In it, he claimed that about 300 million years ago, the continents formed a single mass. He labeled it “Pangaea,” a Greek word meaning “whole Earth.” Wegener was not the first to present the idea of “continental drift.” But he beat everyone else in putting together evidence from different sc ...
... Oceans. In it, he claimed that about 300 million years ago, the continents formed a single mass. He labeled it “Pangaea,” a Greek word meaning “whole Earth.” Wegener was not the first to present the idea of “continental drift.” But he beat everyone else in putting together evidence from different sc ...
Guidelines for Responding to the Effects of Climate Change in
... It is therefore essential that the professional evolve at a rapid rate and it is expected that further updated NCCOE climate change guidelines will be prepared in future. coastal and ocean engineer continues to exercise good judgement in response to Over the past two decades there has been a growing ...
... It is therefore essential that the professional evolve at a rapid rate and it is expected that further updated NCCOE climate change guidelines will be prepared in future. coastal and ocean engineer continues to exercise good judgement in response to Over the past two decades there has been a growing ...
1 Modeling bio-geomorphological influences for offshore
... Nowadays, idealized models are often used to predict seabed dynamics (for an overview see Besio et al., 2008). However, the hydrodynamics and sediment dynamics in these models lacks correction for biological activity. Given the predictive power of the idealized models, extending the models with biol ...
... Nowadays, idealized models are often used to predict seabed dynamics (for an overview see Besio et al., 2008). However, the hydrodynamics and sediment dynamics in these models lacks correction for biological activity. Given the predictive power of the idealized models, extending the models with biol ...
The Road to a Sustainable East Asian Seas
... The Fourth Ministerial Forum and the Special Meeting of the EAS Partnership Council also took place during the 2012 EAS Congress. During the Ministerial Forum, the “Changwon Declaration Toward an Ocean-based Blue Economy: Moving Ahead with the Sustainable Development Strategy for the Seas of East As ...
... The Fourth Ministerial Forum and the Special Meeting of the EAS Partnership Council also took place during the 2012 EAS Congress. During the Ministerial Forum, the “Changwon Declaration Toward an Ocean-based Blue Economy: Moving Ahead with the Sustainable Development Strategy for the Seas of East As ...
Eriksen2014-Plastics-in-the-Ocean.pdf
... buoyancy and durability, and the sorption of toxicants to plastic while traveling through the environment [1, 2], have led some researchers to claim that synthetic polymers in the ocean should be regarded as hazardous waste [3]. Through photodegradation and other weathering processes, plastics fragm ...
... buoyancy and durability, and the sorption of toxicants to plastic while traveling through the environment [1, 2], have led some researchers to claim that synthetic polymers in the ocean should be regarded as hazardous waste [3]. Through photodegradation and other weathering processes, plastics fragm ...
Tomas
... anthropogenic processes and ocean circulation is essential for predicting the magnitude and impact of future changes in Earth’s climate. In this respect, the knowledge of deep water circulation close to seafloor (i.e., water currents at the Benthic Boundary Layer) is a fundamental objective. More ge ...
... anthropogenic processes and ocean circulation is essential for predicting the magnitude and impact of future changes in Earth’s climate. In this respect, the knowledge of deep water circulation close to seafloor (i.e., water currents at the Benthic Boundary Layer) is a fundamental objective. More ge ...
Organic carbon and humic acids in sediments of the
... The continental margin shows diverse topographie as well as sedimentological characteristics ali along the west coast. The continental shelf off Bombay is about 280 km wide. Here the inner shelf is composed of detrital sands and this zone grades rather sharply into a silty clay/clayey silt facies ex ...
... The continental margin shows diverse topographie as well as sedimentological characteristics ali along the west coast. The continental shelf off Bombay is about 280 km wide. Here the inner shelf is composed of detrital sands and this zone grades rather sharply into a silty clay/clayey silt facies ex ...
Sea-floor sediments and bedforms around Turkey
... 3.5 km, with an average value of 1.3 km. Depths range between 30 and 100 rn, with an average value of 35 m. ...
... 3.5 km, with an average value of 1.3 km. Depths range between 30 and 100 rn, with an average value of 35 m. ...
... tens of millions of years ago. Hence, sediment that lay on subducted ocean floor may either be gone or metamorphosed, and hence not be quantifiable. This latter phenomenon poses an obstacle to interpreting global mass budgets, but on the scale of mountain belts, we may ignore it. Third, when sedimen ...
GLOBAL DISTRIBUTIONS OF ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE
... consequences for the environment. This current interest in anthropogeni~ally-generated CO2 centers on its relationship to the climate. As a strong absorber in the infra-red, the carbon dioxide molecule plays a major role in determining the amount of long-wave radiation from earth reflected back into ...
... consequences for the environment. This current interest in anthropogeni~ally-generated CO2 centers on its relationship to the climate. As a strong absorber in the infra-red, the carbon dioxide molecule plays a major role in determining the amount of long-wave radiation from earth reflected back into ...
Scripps Scientists Explore the Mysteries and Challenges of the
... Over the past 40 years a revolution in technology has led to discovery of a wealth of new life forms, symbioses, communities and ecosystems in the deep sea, many close to home on our continental margins. Driven by increasing levels of carbon dioxide, these margin systems are experiencing changes in ...
... Over the past 40 years a revolution in technology has led to discovery of a wealth of new life forms, symbioses, communities and ecosystems in the deep sea, many close to home on our continental margins. Driven by increasing levels of carbon dioxide, these margin systems are experiencing changes in ...
Use of Baltic Sea modelling to investigate the water cycle and the
... used to simulate river runoff. Using RCA model data from the control run we found that that the temperature and ice conditions in the Baltic Sea were reasonably realistic while the salinity field was poorly reproduced. We conclude that the modelling of the water cycle needs considerable improvement. ...
... used to simulate river runoff. Using RCA model data from the control run we found that that the temperature and ice conditions in the Baltic Sea were reasonably realistic while the salinity field was poorly reproduced. We conclude that the modelling of the water cycle needs considerable improvement. ...
Mesozooplankton in the Arctic Ocean in summer
... circulation of Atlantic waters (Jaschnov, 1970). Thus patterns of its dispersal in the Arctic basins should be associated with patterns of #ow of Atlantic water into the Arctic Ocean. The Arctic Ocean was, until the Canada/USA joint expedition (AOS'94) in 1994, characterized as an area of very low p ...
... circulation of Atlantic waters (Jaschnov, 1970). Thus patterns of its dispersal in the Arctic basins should be associated with patterns of #ow of Atlantic water into the Arctic Ocean. The Arctic Ocean was, until the Canada/USA joint expedition (AOS'94) in 1994, characterized as an area of very low p ...
WGICA - ICES
... The geographical scope of an IEA should include the Central Arctic Ocean LME and the slope regions of the adjacent shelf LMEs and also shelf portions where relevant. The fluxes and properties of water through the Atlantic and Pacific gateways need also to be taken into account when addressing physic ...
... The geographical scope of an IEA should include the Central Arctic Ocean LME and the slope regions of the adjacent shelf LMEs and also shelf portions where relevant. The fluxes and properties of water through the Atlantic and Pacific gateways need also to be taken into account when addressing physic ...
Future Climate Change, Sea-level riSe, and OCean aCidiFiCatiOn
... Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report states that for the next few centuries continued warming of the climate system is unequivocal, even if emissions of greenhouse gases are stabilized and that global sea level will continue to rise. Furthermore, as atmospheric CO2 concentrations ...
... Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report states that for the next few centuries continued warming of the climate system is unequivocal, even if emissions of greenhouse gases are stabilized and that global sea level will continue to rise. Furthermore, as atmospheric CO2 concentrations ...
Strengthening of the hydrological cycle in future scenarios
... in the middle and end- 21C. It is only through a very large perturbation of surface fluxes that A1B achieves a larger increase in global precipitation in the last decades of the 21C. Our energy/water budget analysis shows that this behavior is ultimately due to a bifurcation in the Bowen ratio chang ...
... in the middle and end- 21C. It is only through a very large perturbation of surface fluxes that A1B achieves a larger increase in global precipitation in the last decades of the 21C. Our energy/water budget analysis shows that this behavior is ultimately due to a bifurcation in the Bowen ratio chang ...
Table of Contents Georgia Contents
... An eligible use of the National Endowment for the Oceans funding is coastal restoration and research to understand and maintain the marine resources in these habitats. The University of Georgia’s Marine Institute supports and conducts research on the coastal processes in the distinctive surrounding ...
... An eligible use of the National Endowment for the Oceans funding is coastal restoration and research to understand and maintain the marine resources in these habitats. The University of Georgia’s Marine Institute supports and conducts research on the coastal processes in the distinctive surrounding ...
Summer School on Summer School on "Functioning and Evolution
... experience cutting-edge science and, above all, to come close to all aspects of the challenging ecosystems in the Mediterranean Sea. We really hope that we inspired and built a strong and long-lasting cooperation between all participants and a station of knowledge and scientific expertise. We would ...
... experience cutting-edge science and, above all, to come close to all aspects of the challenging ecosystems in the Mediterranean Sea. We really hope that we inspired and built a strong and long-lasting cooperation between all participants and a station of knowledge and scientific expertise. We would ...
Exploring the Red Sea seasonal ecosystem functioning using a
... Red Sea waters may be considered as poor in major nutrients, due to the strong pycnocline, which is a permanent barrier for the transfer of nutrients from the deeper layers. The lower nutrient concentrations are found in the northern Red Sea [Weikert, 1987]. During the summer, the only substantial r ...
... Red Sea waters may be considered as poor in major nutrients, due to the strong pycnocline, which is a permanent barrier for the transfer of nutrients from the deeper layers. The lower nutrient concentrations are found in the northern Red Sea [Weikert, 1987]. During the summer, the only substantial r ...
- Wiley Online Library
... Climate change is affecting marine ecosystems, but different investigative approaches in physical, chemical, and biological disciplines may influence interpretations of climate-driven changes in the ocean. Here, we review the ocean change literature from 2007 to 2012 based on 461 of the most highly ...
... Climate change is affecting marine ecosystems, but different investigative approaches in physical, chemical, and biological disciplines may influence interpretations of climate-driven changes in the ocean. Here, we review the ocean change literature from 2007 to 2012 based on 461 of the most highly ...
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.