The potential impacts of climate change on the mid
... ABSTRACT: This paper assesses the potential impacts of climate change on the mid-Atlantic coastal (MAC) region of the United States. In order of increasing uncertainty, it is projected that sea level, temperature and streamflow will increase in the MAC region in response to higher levels of atmosphe ...
... ABSTRACT: This paper assesses the potential impacts of climate change on the mid-Atlantic coastal (MAC) region of the United States. In order of increasing uncertainty, it is projected that sea level, temperature and streamflow will increase in the MAC region in response to higher levels of atmosphe ...
Distribution and Morphology of the Colonial Scleractinian Madracis
... Abstract: The benthic communities in the Dardanelles were investigated with scuba diving and manta-tow techniques between 2011 and 2013 at 200 stations with a depth between 1 and 50 m. In these studies, the scleractinian Madracis pharensis (Heller, 1868) was collected from coralligenous and rocky ...
... Abstract: The benthic communities in the Dardanelles were investigated with scuba diving and manta-tow techniques between 2011 and 2013 at 200 stations with a depth between 1 and 50 m. In these studies, the scleractinian Madracis pharensis (Heller, 1868) was collected from coralligenous and rocky ...
How Sentinels can support space-based weather
... The Sentinel-3 mission main objective is to measure seasurface topography, sea- and land-surface temperature and ocean- and land-surface colour with high-end accuracy and reliability in support of forecasting systems, as well as for global environmental and climate monitoring. The mission will provi ...
... The Sentinel-3 mission main objective is to measure seasurface topography, sea- and land-surface temperature and ocean- and land-surface colour with high-end accuracy and reliability in support of forecasting systems, as well as for global environmental and climate monitoring. The mission will provi ...
Infrastructure in Washington (PDF)
... The ability of dams to mitigate increasing flood risk may be limited. Initial research for the Skagit basin suggests that reducing community vulnerability to increasing flood risk ...
... The ability of dams to mitigate increasing flood risk may be limited. Initial research for the Skagit basin suggests that reducing community vulnerability to increasing flood risk ...
Climatic variability in the Skagerrak and coastal waters of Norway
... sampled 8 –12 times per year. Along with the coastal stations, this collection represents a substantial record that can be used to investigate regional climatic variations. The Skagerrak transect consists of 12 stations. The two stations closest to Denmark, 3 and 8 nautical miles (hereafter, miles) ...
... sampled 8 –12 times per year. Along with the coastal stations, this collection represents a substantial record that can be used to investigate regional climatic variations. The Skagerrak transect consists of 12 stations. The two stations closest to Denmark, 3 and 8 nautical miles (hereafter, miles) ...
Chapter 13 Next Generation Sunshine State Standards
... average depth of the oceans is nearly four and a half times this amount—3,729 meters (12,234 feet). The volume of ocean water is so large that if Earth’s solid mass were perfectly smooth (level) and spherical, the oceans would cover Earth’s entire surface to a uniform depth of more than 2,000 meters ...
... average depth of the oceans is nearly four and a half times this amount—3,729 meters (12,234 feet). The volume of ocean water is so large that if Earth’s solid mass were perfectly smooth (level) and spherical, the oceans would cover Earth’s entire surface to a uniform depth of more than 2,000 meters ...
Predicting and verifying the intended and unintended consequences
... 2006 illustrate, incompletely understood natural processes will always be a factor. If dramatic anoxia like that observed in 2006 (Chan et al. 2008) occurred several years after OIF had even slightly altered source waters, there would likely be an active discussion of the extent to which those who a ...
... 2006 illustrate, incompletely understood natural processes will always be a factor. If dramatic anoxia like that observed in 2006 (Chan et al. 2008) occurred several years after OIF had even slightly altered source waters, there would likely be an active discussion of the extent to which those who a ...
sean patrick bryan - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
... Bryan, S. P., S. J. Lehman, and T. M. Marchitto (2011), The relationship between Δ14C and δ13C of DIC in the LGM Ocean, Goldschmidt Conference. Marchitto, T. M., S. J. Lehman, C. Lindsay, S. P. Bryan, J. D. Ortiz and A. van Geen (2011), Low latitude surface ocean contribution to the deglacial atmosp ...
... Bryan, S. P., S. J. Lehman, and T. M. Marchitto (2011), The relationship between Δ14C and δ13C of DIC in the LGM Ocean, Goldschmidt Conference. Marchitto, T. M., S. J. Lehman, C. Lindsay, S. P. Bryan, J. D. Ortiz and A. van Geen (2011), Low latitude surface ocean contribution to the deglacial atmosp ...
Shallow Sandy Seas
... Shallow marine environments are areas of accumulation of substantial amounts of terrigenous clastic material brought in by rivers from the continental realm. Offshore from most coastlines there is a region of shallow water, the continental shelf, which may stretch tens to hundreds of kilometres out ...
... Shallow marine environments are areas of accumulation of substantial amounts of terrigenous clastic material brought in by rivers from the continental realm. Offshore from most coastlines there is a region of shallow water, the continental shelf, which may stretch tens to hundreds of kilometres out ...
Heidar
... seas area of the Central Arctic Ocean will be successful, it is imperative that it be inclusive rather than exclusive and that all parties have an equal status in the consultations Furthermore, it is important that any resulting documents be fully in accordance with the applicable legal framework, ...
... seas area of the Central Arctic Ocean will be successful, it is imperative that it be inclusive rather than exclusive and that all parties have an equal status in the consultations Furthermore, it is important that any resulting documents be fully in accordance with the applicable legal framework, ...
marine sediments in GE v3
... seen under a microscope. This will give you multiple views of the seafloor: from the global scale of Google Earth, down to a 7-cm diameter core, and at the microscopic level. Comparing and contrasting your observations will help you distinguish one sediment type from another, which can lead to hypot ...
... seen under a microscope. This will give you multiple views of the seafloor: from the global scale of Google Earth, down to a 7-cm diameter core, and at the microscopic level. Comparing and contrasting your observations will help you distinguish one sediment type from another, which can lead to hypot ...
lecture notes
... Calculations suggest that the annual fish production is about 240 million tons/yr Over-fishing is removing fish from the ocean faster than they are replaced by reproduction and this can eventually lead to the collapse of the fish population Fishing should be held at less than 110 metric tons / ...
... Calculations suggest that the annual fish production is about 240 million tons/yr Over-fishing is removing fish from the ocean faster than they are replaced by reproduction and this can eventually lead to the collapse of the fish population Fishing should be held at less than 110 metric tons / ...
Shrinking of fishes exacerbates impacts of global ocean changes on
... Overall, the ocean is projected to become warmer and less oxygenated under the SRES A2 scenario17 . Because demersal fishes spend most of their time near the bottom layers of the ocean, sea bottom temperature and oxygen content are more representative of the environmental conditions that demersal fi ...
... Overall, the ocean is projected to become warmer and less oxygenated under the SRES A2 scenario17 . Because demersal fishes spend most of their time near the bottom layers of the ocean, sea bottom temperature and oxygen content are more representative of the environmental conditions that demersal fi ...
this publication
... are warm-‐water coral reefs, cold-‐water corals and ecosystems in the Southern Ocean. Identified impacts of reduced pH on these systems are a reduction in coral calcification (reduced growth), coral skeleton ...
... are warm-‐water coral reefs, cold-‐water corals and ecosystems in the Southern Ocean. Identified impacts of reduced pH on these systems are a reduction in coral calcification (reduced growth), coral skeleton ...
NJ Ocean Acidification Charge Question
... and currents that carry warm and cold water around the ocean are known to create localized pathways and acidic patches. If CO2 emissions continue at the present rate, models project an average worldwide decrease of 0.2-0.3 pH units by 2100 in addition to what has already ...
... and currents that carry warm and cold water around the ocean are known to create localized pathways and acidic patches. If CO2 emissions continue at the present rate, models project an average worldwide decrease of 0.2-0.3 pH units by 2100 in addition to what has already ...
Coastal and Open Ocean Surface Currents Mission Study
... o Validation of proposed Wavemill primary products based on Wavemill airborne proof-ofconcept data and numerical simulations to determine the capabilities and limitations of a spaceborne Wavemill instrument for ocean current vector and sea surface height mapping. o An analysis of the potential for o ...
... o Validation of proposed Wavemill primary products based on Wavemill airborne proof-ofconcept data and numerical simulations to determine the capabilities and limitations of a spaceborne Wavemill instrument for ocean current vector and sea surface height mapping. o An analysis of the potential for o ...
National report of Montenegro on ocean observation
... Upgrade Monitoring and Forecasting Activity in the basin (2002-2005), funded under the EC Programme, and conducted by MedGOOS. MAMA has served to enable the sharing of experiences and the transfer of expertise, to reduce gaps in capacities for operational oceanography in the region, and provide a st ...
... Upgrade Monitoring and Forecasting Activity in the basin (2002-2005), funded under the EC Programme, and conducted by MedGOOS. MAMA has served to enable the sharing of experiences and the transfer of expertise, to reduce gaps in capacities for operational oceanography in the region, and provide a st ...
A sea of microbes: the diversity and activity of marine microorganisms
... biomass is microbial. Indeed, seawater from all marine environments, ranging from the warm and sunlit upper ocean to the cold, dark and anoxic deep sea floor, and from the tropics to the arctic, is teeming with microbial life. A single teaspoon of seawater typically contains over 50 million viruses, ...
... biomass is microbial. Indeed, seawater from all marine environments, ranging from the warm and sunlit upper ocean to the cold, dark and anoxic deep sea floor, and from the tropics to the arctic, is teeming with microbial life. A single teaspoon of seawater typically contains over 50 million viruses, ...
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 106
... implications for the sustainability of global fisheries and the ocean’s mitigating effect on anthropogenic climate change. In a changing future ocean, direct effects of rising sea surface temperature, as observed here, will interact with indirect effects via increased surface layer stratification, l ...
... implications for the sustainability of global fisheries and the ocean’s mitigating effect on anthropogenic climate change. In a changing future ocean, direct effects of rising sea surface temperature, as observed here, will interact with indirect effects via increased surface layer stratification, l ...
Text invitation press conference final
... As a consequence, oceans can be classified in areas with a high, medium or low productivity. The latter ones can be compared with a desert on land. The biomass of plants in the ocean (= phytoplankton) is 0.5% of that on land but their CO2absorption is 45% of all plants on the planet. Hence, plankton ...
... As a consequence, oceans can be classified in areas with a high, medium or low productivity. The latter ones can be compared with a desert on land. The biomass of plants in the ocean (= phytoplankton) is 0.5% of that on land but their CO2absorption is 45% of all plants on the planet. Hence, plankton ...
Marine Microbiology
... Marine Microbial Ecology: This course covers recent developments in the field of marine microbial ecology and will give an overview on structure and function of microbial communities in the oceans including discussions on novel methods, results and hypotheses. Among the topics covered are: Photohete ...
... Marine Microbial Ecology: This course covers recent developments in the field of marine microbial ecology and will give an overview on structure and function of microbial communities in the oceans including discussions on novel methods, results and hypotheses. Among the topics covered are: Photohete ...
Imaging Laurentide Ice Sheet Drainage into the Deep Sea: Impact
... of icebergs that left their trace in Heinrich layers rich in ice-rafted debris and marked times of short-term climate cooling. The injection of large volumes of fresh or brackish water into the ocean bottom circulation may be a side effect of Heinrich events in the deep sea. ...
... of icebergs that left their trace in Heinrich layers rich in ice-rafted debris and marked times of short-term climate cooling. The injection of large volumes of fresh or brackish water into the ocean bottom circulation may be a side effect of Heinrich events in the deep sea. ...
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.