Lesson I: Why the Oceans are Important!
... The declaration of 1998 as the International Year of the Ocean (YOTO) provides an opportunity for governments, organizations and individuals to raise public awareness of the role the ocean plays in our lives, and to initiate changes needed to sustain the marine resources on which we all depend. The ...
... The declaration of 1998 as the International Year of the Ocean (YOTO) provides an opportunity for governments, organizations and individuals to raise public awareness of the role the ocean plays in our lives, and to initiate changes needed to sustain the marine resources on which we all depend. The ...
Ocean Thermal Resources and OTEC Site Selection Criteria
... and 4 respectively. Values are color coded as indicated in the right-hand-side of the Figures. The values were obtained by Prof. Nihous from the National Ocean Data Center’s World Ocean Atlas. Deep seawater flows from the Polar Regions. These polar water, which represents up to 60% of all seawater, ...
... and 4 respectively. Values are color coded as indicated in the right-hand-side of the Figures. The values were obtained by Prof. Nihous from the National Ocean Data Center’s World Ocean Atlas. Deep seawater flows from the Polar Regions. These polar water, which represents up to 60% of all seawater, ...
To change the ocean water density we can: provide heating/cooling
... where waters of density are outcroping within the integration area . This quantity has a unit of kgs-1 and can be scaled with the unit density to be expressed in m3s-1 or Sv. In this form the transformation rate shows the volume of water of density 0 which is transformed, during a given period, ...
... where waters of density are outcroping within the integration area . This quantity has a unit of kgs-1 and can be scaled with the unit density to be expressed in m3s-1 or Sv. In this form the transformation rate shows the volume of water of density 0 which is transformed, during a given period, ...
The role of atmospheric rivers in anomalous snow accumulation in
... bringing high amounts of moisture in the river-like pattern from the tropics to the middle latitudes and responsible for large amount of coastal precipitation. This work shows that ARs can reach as far as the Antarctic coast resulting in intensive snowfalls at the ascent to the Antarctic plateau. Th ...
... bringing high amounts of moisture in the river-like pattern from the tropics to the middle latitudes and responsible for large amount of coastal precipitation. This work shows that ARs can reach as far as the Antarctic coast resulting in intensive snowfalls at the ascent to the Antarctic plateau. Th ...
An Educator`s Guide - American Museum of Natural History
... million years ago; observe a 1.5-billion-year-old filament of a photosynthetic marine bacteria called cyanobacteria; and touch a stromatolite, a structure formed by communities of microorganisms. Tree of Life — The cladograms found here show how groups of organisms relate to each other. Search the t ...
... million years ago; observe a 1.5-billion-year-old filament of a photosynthetic marine bacteria called cyanobacteria; and touch a stromatolite, a structure formed by communities of microorganisms. Tree of Life — The cladograms found here show how groups of organisms relate to each other. Search the t ...
Ocean Acidification - Fiji National University | E
... carbonate minerals in the surface ocean over the next 70 years until nearly all the locations of coral reefs are at or beyond their normal environmental limits. It will affect the United States with additional extensive coral reefs in the Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and National Wildlife Refuge ...
... carbonate minerals in the surface ocean over the next 70 years until nearly all the locations of coral reefs are at or beyond their normal environmental limits. It will affect the United States with additional extensive coral reefs in the Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and National Wildlife Refuge ...
The scientific evidence for plate tectonics
... surface than we did the ocean floor! The need for better maps of the seafloor for submarine navigation led to a variety of studies of the seafloor that led to several amazing discoveries about the ocean floor: From careful bathymetric measurements the following were discovered: The mid-ocean ridge s ...
... surface than we did the ocean floor! The need for better maps of the seafloor for submarine navigation led to a variety of studies of the seafloor that led to several amazing discoveries about the ocean floor: From careful bathymetric measurements the following were discovered: The mid-ocean ridge s ...
Bioregionalisation of the Southern Ocean - WWF
... for use as proxies or surrogates. This may depend in part on the end-use application of the analysis, and the scale at which the analysis is being undertaken. Environmental data used as the primary input for analysis during this workshop were chosen based on their spatial coverage across the Souther ...
... for use as proxies or surrogates. This may depend in part on the end-use application of the analysis, and the scale at which the analysis is being undertaken. Environmental data used as the primary input for analysis during this workshop were chosen based on their spatial coverage across the Souther ...
... ntil about 130 years ago, scholars believed that no life could exist in the deep ocean. The abyss was simply too dark and cold to sustain life. The discovery of many animals living in the abyssal environment by Sir Charles Wyville Thompson during HMS Challenger’s 1872– 1876 circumnavigation stunned ...
Canadian Consortium of Ocean Research Universities (CCORU
... The global context: growing investment in the blue economy Our global partners and competitors have clearly recognized the critical role that the ocean plays in their economies. They are pouring resources and energy into better understanding how to explore and sustain the vast resources in the ocean ...
... The global context: growing investment in the blue economy Our global partners and competitors have clearly recognized the critical role that the ocean plays in their economies. They are pouring resources and energy into better understanding how to explore and sustain the vast resources in the ocean ...
Earth Science 15.2 The Diversity of Ocean Life
... all animals capable of moving independently of the ocean currents, by swimming or other means of propulsion. Nekton are able to determine their position within the ocean and in many cases complete long migrations. Nekton include most adult fish and squid, marine mammals and marine reptiles. ...
... all animals capable of moving independently of the ocean currents, by swimming or other means of propulsion. Nekton are able to determine their position within the ocean and in many cases complete long migrations. Nekton include most adult fish and squid, marine mammals and marine reptiles. ...
Unit 3 : Oceans
... Oceans cover three-quarters of the Earth's surface, but many parts of the deep oceans have yet to be explored. Learn about the large-scale ocean circulation patterns that help to regulate temperatures and weather patterns on land, and the microscopic marine organisms that form the base of ...
... Oceans cover three-quarters of the Earth's surface, but many parts of the deep oceans have yet to be explored. Learn about the large-scale ocean circulation patterns that help to regulate temperatures and weather patterns on land, and the microscopic marine organisms that form the base of ...
How Acidification Threatens Oceans from the Inside Out: Scientific
... Alarmingly, the pH drop observed so far and the predicted trajectory under current emissions trends are 100 times faster than any changes in prior millennia. Left unchecked, CO2 levels will create a very different ocean, one never experienced by modern species. Adaptation is even more unlikely becau ...
... Alarmingly, the pH drop observed so far and the predicted trajectory under current emissions trends are 100 times faster than any changes in prior millennia. Left unchecked, CO2 levels will create a very different ocean, one never experienced by modern species. Adaptation is even more unlikely becau ...
The NEPTUNE Canada Regional Cabled Ocean Observatory
... fully operational in late 2009. The U.S. component (Regional Scale Nodes of Ocean Observing Initiatives) will add five nodeson the southernJuande Fuca Plate by 2014. NEPTUNECanada; its principal contractor ASN, with its subcontractors Texcel Technology and L-3 Communications MariPro; OceanWorks Inte ...
... fully operational in late 2009. The U.S. component (Regional Scale Nodes of Ocean Observing Initiatives) will add five nodeson the southernJuande Fuca Plate by 2014. NEPTUNECanada; its principal contractor ASN, with its subcontractors Texcel Technology and L-3 Communications MariPro; OceanWorks Inte ...
printer-friendly sample test questions
... 4. In ocean basins, the Coriolis Effect creates large, circular currents called A. gyres. B. cyclones. C. typhoons. D. anticyclones. 5. In the Northern Hemisphere, air from a high pressure system flows A. due South as the air moves from high to low pressure. B. straight upward because the pressure ...
... 4. In ocean basins, the Coriolis Effect creates large, circular currents called A. gyres. B. cyclones. C. typhoons. D. anticyclones. 5. In the Northern Hemisphere, air from a high pressure system flows A. due South as the air moves from high to low pressure. B. straight upward because the pressure ...
floor features notes
... – Formed by deposition of sediment from land brought by turbidity currents – Not found at active continental margins ...
... – Formed by deposition of sediment from land brought by turbidity currents – Not found at active continental margins ...
RTF RTF
... The interesting interactive programme on the “love your ocean” stand will consist of varied activities that will attract boot fans, whether they are adults or children: In the “Research Cockpit”, leading research institutions and environmental associations will be demonstrating with the help of spec ...
... The interesting interactive programme on the “love your ocean” stand will consist of varied activities that will attract boot fans, whether they are adults or children: In the “Research Cockpit”, leading research institutions and environmental associations will be demonstrating with the help of spec ...
Module 3 -- Resources (PDF- 1462KB)
... The Atlantic Ocean is the main connection between water from the south and north poles. ...
... The Atlantic Ocean is the main connection between water from the south and north poles. ...
Southern Ocean
The Southern Ocean, also known as the Antarctic Ocean or the Austral Ocean, comprises the southernmost waters of the World Ocean, generally taken to be south of 60° S latitude and encircling Antarctica. As such, it is regarded as the fourth-largest of the five principal oceanic divisions: smaller than the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans but larger than the Arctic Ocean. This ocean zone is where cold, northward flowing waters from the Antarctic mix with warmer subantarctic waters.By way of his voyages in the 1770s, Captain James Cook proved that waters encompassed the southern latitudes of the globe. Since then, geographers have disagreed on the Southern Ocean's northern boundary or even existence, considering the waters part of the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans instead. This remains the current official policy of the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO), since a 2000 revision of its definitions including the Southern Ocean as the waters south of the 60th parallel has not yet been adopted. Others regard the seasonally-fluctuating Antarctic Convergence as the natural boundary.