Coastal Zones: Ecosystems under Pressure
... ENSO (El Nino-Southern Oscillation) in the Pacific and the North Atlantic Ocean Oscillation. Evidence is accumulating of historical shifts in pattern and intensity of these phenomena that can influence biotic distribution and diversity and impact on coastal processes (IPCC 1996). The “ocean conveyor ...
... ENSO (El Nino-Southern Oscillation) in the Pacific and the North Atlantic Ocean Oscillation. Evidence is accumulating of historical shifts in pattern and intensity of these phenomena that can influence biotic distribution and diversity and impact on coastal processes (IPCC 1996). The “ocean conveyor ...
Quantifying the Cenozoic marine diatom
... (DeMaster, 2002; Tréguer and De La Rocha, 2013). Dissolution rates in the water column are in turn affected by patterns of deep-water flow between basin and deep ocean dissolved silica concentration (Berger, 1970). Accumulation of opal in marine sediments thus occurs only in a fairly complex, geogra ...
... (DeMaster, 2002; Tréguer and De La Rocha, 2013). Dissolution rates in the water column are in turn affected by patterns of deep-water flow between basin and deep ocean dissolved silica concentration (Berger, 1970). Accumulation of opal in marine sediments thus occurs only in a fairly complex, geogra ...
Earth`s Energy Imbalance and Implications
... Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2001, 2007) reports and by innumerable authors. Although climate change is driven by many climate forcing agents and the climate system also exhibits unforced (chaotic) variability, it is now widely agreed that the strong global warming trend of recen ...
... Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2001, 2007) reports and by innumerable authors. Although climate change is driven by many climate forcing agents and the climate system also exhibits unforced (chaotic) variability, it is now widely agreed that the strong global warming trend of recen ...
Progress in Physical Geography
... future change. It then considers the development of high-resolution records of relative sea-level (RSL) change which have the ...
... future change. It then considers the development of high-resolution records of relative sea-level (RSL) change which have the ...
(yes) thermohaline structure
... water masses are classified into three systems based on their salinity features: (i) the ECS water system (or the open water system), including KSW, ECSMW, ECSDW, and YEMW (in May only) and originated from the Kuroshio Water Mass, (ii) the YS water system (or the local water system), including YSMW, ...
... water masses are classified into three systems based on their salinity features: (i) the ECS water system (or the open water system), including KSW, ECSMW, ECSDW, and YEMW (in May only) and originated from the Kuroshio Water Mass, (ii) the YS water system (or the local water system), including YSMW, ...
2013 - MBARI
... normal wind-driven mixing of surface waters with deeper waters and thereby reducing the amount of oxygen that is mixed to mid-depths of the oceans. How will marine organisms and ecosystems respond to this trio of major, simultaneous, and accelerating changes in ocean conditions? Will the direct impa ...
... normal wind-driven mixing of surface waters with deeper waters and thereby reducing the amount of oxygen that is mixed to mid-depths of the oceans. How will marine organisms and ecosystems respond to this trio of major, simultaneous, and accelerating changes in ocean conditions? Will the direct impa ...
The evolution of the marine phosphate reservoir
... substantial sink in modern oceans17, but the importance of this sink would have been lower in the Precambrian because of less phosphate sorption onto ferric oxides at high concentrations of dissolved silica. In addition, substantial portions of the deep ocean were probably anoxic ...
... substantial sink in modern oceans17, but the importance of this sink would have been lower in the Precambrian because of less phosphate sorption onto ferric oxides at high concentrations of dissolved silica. In addition, substantial portions of the deep ocean were probably anoxic ...
Exploring the distance between nitrogen and
... Part of the sampling for this study was performed in mesocosms designed to study acidification effects. In the Baltic, the water was collected as integrated samples (depth 0–10 m) in Storfjärden near Tvärminne field station (59◦ 51.500 N, 23◦ 15.500 E) on 6 August 2012. The collection was performed ...
... Part of the sampling for this study was performed in mesocosms designed to study acidification effects. In the Baltic, the water was collected as integrated samples (depth 0–10 m) in Storfjärden near Tvärminne field station (59◦ 51.500 N, 23◦ 15.500 E) on 6 August 2012. The collection was performed ...
Plastic photodegradation in the ocean
... Although many media and advocacy reports have suggested that the patch extends over an area larger than the continental U.S., recent research sponsored by the National Science Foundation suggests the affected area may be twice the size of Hawaii,[24][25] while a recent study concluded that the patch ...
... Although many media and advocacy reports have suggested that the patch extends over an area larger than the continental U.S., recent research sponsored by the National Science Foundation suggests the affected area may be twice the size of Hawaii,[24][25] while a recent study concluded that the patch ...
Cruise Report
... with the ROV. The overall objectives of the cruise were the characterization and groundtruthing of underwater features previously mapped in sonar, and for areas below the reach of SCUBA, the estimation of the amount of live bottom, the species identification of fish and invertebrates, and the assess ...
... with the ROV. The overall objectives of the cruise were the characterization and groundtruthing of underwater features previously mapped in sonar, and for areas below the reach of SCUBA, the estimation of the amount of live bottom, the species identification of fish and invertebrates, and the assess ...
The Ocean sciences section functions, activities and work plan
... To align the lifetime of programmes within the UNESCO mid term strategy, each program needs to be evaluated at the end of each biennium. A first review of the current programmes was already done, including also a consideration of the main existing gaps. Accordingly with this, a reprogramming for the ...
... To align the lifetime of programmes within the UNESCO mid term strategy, each program needs to be evaluated at the end of each biennium. A first review of the current programmes was already done, including also a consideration of the main existing gaps. Accordingly with this, a reprogramming for the ...
spatiotemporal features of coastal waters in southwest finland
... of continuous data, and in coastal waters with large seasonal cycles, only observations sampled during the same period of the year can be compared; otherwise long-term trends will be obscured by seasonal variation. The late summer has become a more or less accepted period in terms of many other data ...
... of continuous data, and in coastal waters with large seasonal cycles, only observations sampled during the same period of the year can be compared; otherwise long-term trends will be obscured by seasonal variation. The late summer has become a more or less accepted period in terms of many other data ...
Meridional shifts of the Atlantic intertropical convergence zone since
... North Africa associated with the African Humid Period5,6 (Figs 1 and 3). South of the modern ITCZ, we again see an antiphased signal compared with sites north of the modern ITCZ. Our open-ocean local δ18 Oseawater /salinity records exhibit the most saline values of the entire study interval (Fig. 3) ...
... North Africa associated with the African Humid Period5,6 (Figs 1 and 3). South of the modern ITCZ, we again see an antiphased signal compared with sites north of the modern ITCZ. Our open-ocean local δ18 Oseawater /salinity records exhibit the most saline values of the entire study interval (Fig. 3) ...
Coastal habitats shield people and property from sea
... and erosion using physical data and models16,17,21 (see Methods and Supplementary Information). Next, we converted hazard to imperiled human life and property by mapping exposure of the people, poor families, elderly populations22 and residential property values23 in each 1 km2 segment of the coastl ...
... and erosion using physical data and models16,17,21 (see Methods and Supplementary Information). Next, we converted hazard to imperiled human life and property by mapping exposure of the people, poor families, elderly populations22 and residential property values23 in each 1 km2 segment of the coastl ...
Global water cycle amplifying at less than the
... subtropical regions becoming more saline and precipitation-dominated tropical and sub-polar regions becoming less saline4,7–12, with these features extending deep into the ocean (see Fig. S1). Observed regional salinity changes over recent decades have significantly exceeded the range of internal na ...
... subtropical regions becoming more saline and precipitation-dominated tropical and sub-polar regions becoming less saline4,7–12, with these features extending deep into the ocean (see Fig. S1). Observed regional salinity changes over recent decades have significantly exceeded the range of internal na ...
Final CHNEP Vulnerability Assessment.indd
... Figure 1: Sea Level Changes during Cenozoic Era Figure 2: Florida Shelf Sea Level Changes Figure 3: Atlantic Sea Surface Temperatures Figure 4: Key West Tide Gauge Records Figure 5: Historic Calendar of Hurricanes Figure 6: Greenhouse Effect Figure 7: Climate Change Drivers and Stressors Figure 8: H ...
... Figure 1: Sea Level Changes during Cenozoic Era Figure 2: Florida Shelf Sea Level Changes Figure 3: Atlantic Sea Surface Temperatures Figure 4: Key West Tide Gauge Records Figure 5: Historic Calendar of Hurricanes Figure 6: Greenhouse Effect Figure 7: Climate Change Drivers and Stressors Figure 8: H ...
INTRODUCTION TO MARINE SCIENCE
... 1 to 8. These numbers represent the range of snail speeds, in cm/ min, taken from Table 2-1 on page 36. According to the bar graph, which group of snails has the higher average speed? The bar graph clearly shows that the experimental group with food moves faster than the control group without food. ...
... 1 to 8. These numbers represent the range of snail speeds, in cm/ min, taken from Table 2-1 on page 36. According to the bar graph, which group of snails has the higher average speed? The bar graph clearly shows that the experimental group with food moves faster than the control group without food. ...
Exchange processes between the Gulf of Finland and
... revolution has been accompanied by a general decrease in oceanic pH. This main atmospheric signal is, however, largely modulated by ocean circulation and ecosystem processes. The pH in shelf seas is not only determined by the air-sea exchange and internal processes also present in the open ocean, bu ...
... revolution has been accompanied by a general decrease in oceanic pH. This main atmospheric signal is, however, largely modulated by ocean circulation and ecosystem processes. The pH in shelf seas is not only determined by the air-sea exchange and internal processes also present in the open ocean, bu ...
Global Warming Answers - smallworldbigthoughts-eub-geo
... http://www.ourcivilisation.com/aginatur/cycles/chap3.htm, chairman of the Scientific Council of the Central Laboratory for Radiological Protection in Warsaw. In the winter of 1957-1958, he measured the concentration of CO2 in the atmospheric air at Spitsbergen. During 1972 to 1991, he investigated t ...
... http://www.ourcivilisation.com/aginatur/cycles/chap3.htm, chairman of the Scientific Council of the Central Laboratory for Radiological Protection in Warsaw. In the winter of 1957-1958, he measured the concentration of CO2 in the atmospheric air at Spitsbergen. During 1972 to 1991, he investigated t ...
The Oceanic Phosphorus Cycle
... reduces the dissolved oxygen in the water when the organic material decomposes. This reduction in oxygen levels (hypoxia) can result in the death of other organisms in the ecosystem. Indeed, it has been documented that nutrient loads entering the coastal ocean can stimulate large scale phytoplankton ...
... reduces the dissolved oxygen in the water when the organic material decomposes. This reduction in oxygen levels (hypoxia) can result in the death of other organisms in the ecosystem. Indeed, it has been documented that nutrient loads entering the coastal ocean can stimulate large scale phytoplankton ...
File - Warta MHS Science
... (often in response to an environmental trigger), and upon successful mating, a zygote is formed. The zygote, also known as an auxospore, breaks free of its old cell wall and forms an entirely new and much larger frustule. The cycling over time between large and small cells within a given species of ...
... (often in response to an environmental trigger), and upon successful mating, a zygote is formed. The zygote, also known as an auxospore, breaks free of its old cell wall and forms an entirely new and much larger frustule. The cycling over time between large and small cells within a given species of ...
Seasonal and Nonseasonal Variabilities of the Chu, Peter C.
... water masses are classified into three systems based on their salinity features: (i) the ECS water system (or the open water system), including KSW, ECSMW, ECSDW, and YEMW (in May only) and originated from the Kuroshio Water Mass, (ii) the YS water system (or the local water system), including YSMW, ...
... water masses are classified into three systems based on their salinity features: (i) the ECS water system (or the open water system), including KSW, ECSMW, ECSDW, and YEMW (in May only) and originated from the Kuroshio Water Mass, (ii) the YS water system (or the local water system), including YSMW, ...
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.