Project information Project number Innovation Fund Proposal
... CMO will include an Oil in Sea Ice Mesocosm (OSIM), an Environmental Observing (EO) system, and a logistics base. OSIM will consist of two saltwater sub-pools designed to simultaneously accommodate contaminated and control experiments on various scenarios of oil spills in sea ice. The EO system will ...
... CMO will include an Oil in Sea Ice Mesocosm (OSIM), an Environmental Observing (EO) system, and a logistics base. OSIM will consist of two saltwater sub-pools designed to simultaneously accommodate contaminated and control experiments on various scenarios of oil spills in sea ice. The EO system will ...
ORION and the Ocean Observatories Initiative - Lamont
... Craig George and Robert Suydam (NSB) Consistent with the latitudinal gradient in species diversity, the number of marine mammal species near Barrow is relatively low (~10 species + vagrants). However, population size for several of these species is relatively high. The common marine mammals of the w ...
... Craig George and Robert Suydam (NSB) Consistent with the latitudinal gradient in species diversity, the number of marine mammal species near Barrow is relatively low (~10 species + vagrants). However, population size for several of these species is relatively high. The common marine mammals of the w ...
A Summary of the Alaskan Marine Arctic Conservation Action Plan
... The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea provides a framework for Arctic shipping and allows for member nations to enforce their own regulations. However, there are no uniform standards to regulate Arctic shipping, and no mandatory environmental standards for vessels operating in the Arct ...
... The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea provides a framework for Arctic shipping and allows for member nations to enforce their own regulations. However, there are no uniform standards to regulate Arctic shipping, and no mandatory environmental standards for vessels operating in the Arct ...
Exceptional influx of oceanic species into the North Sea late 1997
... and Candacia armata are capable of successful reproduction in the Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (1999) ...
... and Candacia armata are capable of successful reproduction in the Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (1999) ...
2 The NorTh-easT aTlaNTic - The Quality Status Report 2010
... by the spring bloom in the Irish Sea taking place about a month earlier than in the open shelf waters ...
... by the spring bloom in the Irish Sea taking place about a month earlier than in the open shelf waters ...
Unit 6.2 - Echinodermata - Jutzi
... Brittle Stars and Basket Stars • The central disk is sharply marked off from the arms • Central disk contains all of the visceral organs • Digestive and reproductive systems do not extent into the arms like they do in Asteroidea • Tend to live in deeper waters than the sea stars as well ...
... Brittle Stars and Basket Stars • The central disk is sharply marked off from the arms • Central disk contains all of the visceral organs • Digestive and reproductive systems do not extent into the arms like they do in Asteroidea • Tend to live in deeper waters than the sea stars as well ...
Integrated assessment and ecosystem overviews: North Sea
... • 4.8 Concentrations of contaminants in the environment and marine biota (Pressure in 3) • 4.9 Marine litter (Pressure in 3) • 4.10 Effects of introduction of energy, including underwater noise (Pressure in ...
... • 4.8 Concentrations of contaminants in the environment and marine biota (Pressure in 3) • 4.9 Marine litter (Pressure in 3) • 4.10 Effects of introduction of energy, including underwater noise (Pressure in ...
Marine and Oceanic Biomes - Arctic Institute of North America
... rochemical processing and storexceeds precipitation and river flows, driving water age, military use, paper manufacture, and tourism. flows. Evaporation is especially high in the eastern Major environmental threats are agricultural polhalf, causing the water level to decrease and salinlution and hyd ...
... rochemical processing and storexceeds precipitation and river flows, driving water age, military use, paper manufacture, and tourism. flows. Evaporation is especially high in the eastern Major environmental threats are agricultural polhalf, causing the water level to decrease and salinlution and hyd ...
Climate and fish - Havforskningsinstituttet
... of the Arctic will be twice as great as the average global increase. This will produce a significant reduction in sea-ice coverage, mainly in spring and summer, while changes in winter ice cover will be much less dramatic. Some areas that are presently covered by permanent sea ice will become season ...
... of the Arctic will be twice as great as the average global increase. This will produce a significant reduction in sea-ice coverage, mainly in spring and summer, while changes in winter ice cover will be much less dramatic. Some areas that are presently covered by permanent sea ice will become season ...
Are the oceans Rising NY Times 2010Hazard Variability
... some places even as the seas swelled, as in Canada’s Hudson Bay region. In the Mississippi River delta and other similar environments around the world, the land is literally sinking from years of compaction and/or oil extraction. This phenomenon, known as subsidence, can greatly increase the rate at ...
... some places even as the seas swelled, as in Canada’s Hudson Bay region. In the Mississippi River delta and other similar environments around the world, the land is literally sinking from years of compaction and/or oil extraction. This phenomenon, known as subsidence, can greatly increase the rate at ...
COMMERCIAL FISHERIES Background Some of the world`s most
... Communities may support development of Arctic oil and gas resources under the following conditions: o Resource development must contribute to improved living standards of local communities o Portion of oil companies’ profits are invested into local economy o Resources are developed in a way that p ...
... Communities may support development of Arctic oil and gas resources under the following conditions: o Resource development must contribute to improved living standards of local communities o Portion of oil companies’ profits are invested into local economy o Resources are developed in a way that p ...
The deep sea The deep sea (below 1km) is by far the largest
... The deep sea (below 1km) is by far the largest ecosystem on our planet and yet amongst the least well known. About two thirds of the earth's surface is covered by the marine environment, of which 90 per cent is deep sea. Despite this, mostly owing to its remoteness, less than a soccer-field sized ar ...
... The deep sea (below 1km) is by far the largest ecosystem on our planet and yet amongst the least well known. About two thirds of the earth's surface is covered by the marine environment, of which 90 per cent is deep sea. Despite this, mostly owing to its remoteness, less than a soccer-field sized ar ...
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... A critical component of Earth’s climate system Although North Atlantic Subtropical Mode water (a large, mid-depth water mass found south of the Gulf Stream) was identified for the first time over one hundred years ago, the processes which govern its origin are still unclear. North Atlantic Subtropic ...
... A critical component of Earth’s climate system Although North Atlantic Subtropical Mode water (a large, mid-depth water mass found south of the Gulf Stream) was identified for the first time over one hundred years ago, the processes which govern its origin are still unclear. North Atlantic Subtropic ...
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... Temperature anomalies of the 0-200 m layer in the Kola section (continuous line) together with the ice index (broken line) . ...
... Temperature anomalies of the 0-200 m layer in the Kola section (continuous line) together with the ice index (broken line) . ...
henrichs-sinking particles
... over the Bering Sea middle shelf near 56°N to measure temperature, salinity, chlorophyll content, current speed, and meteorological conditions. Researchers added a time-series sediment trap, which collected particles sinking out of the surface waters from 1997 to 2003, with the last two years being ...
... over the Bering Sea middle shelf near 56°N to measure temperature, salinity, chlorophyll content, current speed, and meteorological conditions. Researchers added a time-series sediment trap, which collected particles sinking out of the surface waters from 1997 to 2003, with the last two years being ...
Beaufort Sea
The Beaufort Sea (French: mer de Beaufort) is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean, located north of the Northwest Territories, the Yukon, and Alaska, west of Canada's Arctic islands. The sea is named after hydrographer Sir Francis Beaufort. The major Mackenzie River empties into the Canadian part of the sea, west of Tuktoyaktuk, which is one of the few permanent settlements on the sea shores.The sea, characterized by severe climate, is frozen over most of the year. Historically, only a narrow pass up to 100 km (62 mi) opened in August–September near its shores, but recently due to climate change in the Arctic the ice-free area in late summer has greatly enlarged. Claims that the seacoast was populated about 30,000 years ago have been largely discredited (see below); present population density is very low. The sea contains significant resources of petroleum and natural gas under its shelf, such as the Amauligak field. They were discovered in the period between the 1950s and 1980s, and their exploration became the major human activity in the area since the 1980s. The traditional occupations of fishery and whale and seal hunting are practiced only locally, and have no commercial significance. As a result, the sea hosts one of the largest colonies of beluga whales, and there is no sign of overfishing. To prevent overfishing in its waters, the US adopted precautionary commercial fisheries management plan in August 2009. In April of 2011 the Canadian government signed a memorandum of understanding with the Inuvialuit as a first step in developing a larger ocean management plan. The Canadian government announced in October 2014 that no new commercial fisheries in the Beaufort Sea will be considered until research has shown sustainable stocks that would be made available to Inuvialuit first.