info sheet - Mundus maris
... Several garbage patches exist in the Pacific where trash congregates to varying degrees in places where rotating currents and winds converge to accumulate marine debris. Such gyres are observed in other oceans too. Over time, bigger pieces of plastic break down into microparticles which are confound ...
... Several garbage patches exist in the Pacific where trash congregates to varying degrees in places where rotating currents and winds converge to accumulate marine debris. Such gyres are observed in other oceans too. Over time, bigger pieces of plastic break down into microparticles which are confound ...
Combining Geographic Information Systems and Ethnography to
... Figure 1. Example map printed for use in ethnographic research (resized from its 3’x4’ layout for the purpose of legibility). For the purpose of interviews in which discussion would center on the space use of the particular user group or ―community‖ (such as the commercial fishing fleet, the recrea ...
... Figure 1. Example map printed for use in ethnographic research (resized from its 3’x4’ layout for the purpose of legibility). For the purpose of interviews in which discussion would center on the space use of the particular user group or ―community‖ (such as the commercial fishing fleet, the recrea ...
Chapter 9. Conclusions on Major Ecosystem Services Other than
... commerce. Prices in different markets are readily available and comparisons are possible. It is not that simple, however, for certain types of benefits, for example, when subsistence livelihoods that do not enter into trade are concerned, or other intangible cultural, recreational, religious or spir ...
... commerce. Prices in different markets are readily available and comparisons are possible. It is not that simple, however, for certain types of benefits, for example, when subsistence livelihoods that do not enter into trade are concerned, or other intangible cultural, recreational, religious or spir ...
The first observations, September 1998, CMOS Bulletin.
... Melsom et al. (1999) find Sitka and Haida eddies to be frequently set up in their numerical simulations of wind-driven currents along this coast. They believe it is baroclinic instability of the coastal flow that triggers the set up of eddies. A competing mechanism at the southern tip of the Queen C ...
... Melsom et al. (1999) find Sitka and Haida eddies to be frequently set up in their numerical simulations of wind-driven currents along this coast. They believe it is baroclinic instability of the coastal flow that triggers the set up of eddies. A competing mechanism at the southern tip of the Queen C ...
Florida Coastal Ocean Observing System (FL COOS Caucus)
... coordinating its research programs with the national efforts to develop an Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS). Described in the Florida COOS White Paper proposal, these Florida efforts could help to set the stage for the development of the systems of systems that provide the improved scientific ...
... coordinating its research programs with the national efforts to develop an Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS). Described in the Florida COOS White Paper proposal, these Florida efforts could help to set the stage for the development of the systems of systems that provide the improved scientific ...
Vision for 2030 - Ministry of Earth Sciences
... â Studies on monsoon variability on all time scales using models and observed data leading to improvement in predictions. â Establishment of a state-of-the-art High Altitude Cloud Physics Observatory at Mahabaleshwar for aerosol and cloud observations. â Establishment of a lightning network over ...
... â Studies on monsoon variability on all time scales using models and observed data leading to improvement in predictions. â Establishment of a state-of-the-art High Altitude Cloud Physics Observatory at Mahabaleshwar for aerosol and cloud observations. â Establishment of a lightning network over ...
Oceans - Seaweek
... Argo Floats are a very cool technology that measures temperature and salinity in our oceans. We need this information to help us understand our climate, weather, and to advance ocean research. Argos are like Underwater Robots (about 1.5 m in height) that ...
... Argo Floats are a very cool technology that measures temperature and salinity in our oceans. We need this information to help us understand our climate, weather, and to advance ocean research. Argos are like Underwater Robots (about 1.5 m in height) that ...
Oceans Integrated Unit Plan - Royal Society of New Zealand
... Argo Floats are a very cool technology that measures temperature and salinity in our oceans. We need this information to help us understand our climate, weather, and to advance ocean research. Argos are like Underwater Robots (about 1.5 m in height) that ...
... Argo Floats are a very cool technology that measures temperature and salinity in our oceans. We need this information to help us understand our climate, weather, and to advance ocean research. Argos are like Underwater Robots (about 1.5 m in height) that ...
Cleaning Oil Spills
... • Commercial development during World War II • Disposal strains environment ...
... • Commercial development during World War II • Disposal strains environment ...
9693 AS Marine Science
... Marine ecosystems and biodiversity The relationships between organisms within ecosystems. Predator-prey relationships. The connection between environment, biodiversity and ecological niches. (a) Explain the meaning of the terms ecosystem, habitat, population, community, species, biodiversity, ecolog ...
... Marine ecosystems and biodiversity The relationships between organisms within ecosystems. Predator-prey relationships. The connection between environment, biodiversity and ecological niches. (a) Explain the meaning of the terms ecosystem, habitat, population, community, species, biodiversity, ecolog ...
oceanfloor
... that extends into the ocean. ▫ Continental shelf – a slow drop in the ocean floor beginning at the coast line. ▫ Continental Slope – starting at the outer edge of the continental shelf the continental slope drops off steeply toward the ocean floor. ▫ Continental Rise – the area of the ocean floor th ...
... that extends into the ocean. ▫ Continental shelf – a slow drop in the ocean floor beginning at the coast line. ▫ Continental Slope – starting at the outer edge of the continental shelf the continental slope drops off steeply toward the ocean floor. ▫ Continental Rise – the area of the ocean floor th ...
Real time ocean data in the classroom.
... with an internet connection and can be incorporated in the curriculum through student activities. The Center for Ocean Science Education Excellence–Mid-Atlantic (COSEE–MA) (see “On the web” at the end of this article) provides internet-based activities that have been classroom tested by teachers in ...
... with an internet connection and can be incorporated in the curriculum through student activities. The Center for Ocean Science Education Excellence–Mid-Atlantic (COSEE–MA) (see “On the web” at the end of this article) provides internet-based activities that have been classroom tested by teachers in ...
... Regarding resource security and enforcement, Admiral Loy noted that the Coast Guard is doing radically less in this area at the present time as a result of the events of September 11th. He stated that the Coast Guard must return to its pre-9/11 maritime law enforcement functions, including drug enfo ...
Photosynthesis and carbon dioxide uptake in the Southern Ocean
... disproportionally large role in regulating Earth’s surface temperature. For the previous 200 years, humans have been increasing the atmospheric concentration of CO2 , and thus its effect on climate, through the burning of fossil fuels oil, coal, and natural gas. The world ocean has absorbed a large ...
... disproportionally large role in regulating Earth’s surface temperature. For the previous 200 years, humans have been increasing the atmospheric concentration of CO2 , and thus its effect on climate, through the burning of fossil fuels oil, coal, and natural gas. The world ocean has absorbed a large ...
Temperate East Commonwealth marine reserves
... been relegated to secondary status by the way in which the design goals and principles and selection criteria have been established. HSI understands that the aim in the Temperate East Marine Region has been to avoid fished areas and potential oil and gas exploration and production to minimise socioe ...
... been relegated to secondary status by the way in which the design goals and principles and selection criteria have been established. HSI understands that the aim in the Temperate East Marine Region has been to avoid fished areas and potential oil and gas exploration and production to minimise socioe ...
Marine Primary Productivity: Measurements and Variability
... terms of carbon contained in living material and expressed as grams of carbon (g C) produced per day, in a column of water intersecting one square meter of sea surface (g C m-2 d-1), from the surface to the seabed. Primary productivity is the amount of plant tissue build up by photosynthesis over ti ...
... terms of carbon contained in living material and expressed as grams of carbon (g C) produced per day, in a column of water intersecting one square meter of sea surface (g C m-2 d-1), from the surface to the seabed. Primary productivity is the amount of plant tissue build up by photosynthesis over ti ...
Ocean Currents and Their Impact on Marine Life
... total because upwelling areas represent only 0.1% of the surface ocean. Because production in upwelling areas is enhanced mainly by the transport of allocthonous, nutrients, production in these systems in mostly new production, as opposed to the open ocean, where production is driven mainly by local ...
... total because upwelling areas represent only 0.1% of the surface ocean. Because production in upwelling areas is enhanced mainly by the transport of allocthonous, nutrients, production in these systems in mostly new production, as opposed to the open ocean, where production is driven mainly by local ...
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
... and limits worldwide? • As a matter of fact, not yet. Despite some attempts to illustrate maritime claims worldwide, it is not yet possible to show an accurate illustration of the extent of all maritime zones and location of maritime boundary delimitation lines, for the following reasons: – Accurate ...
... and limits worldwide? • As a matter of fact, not yet. Despite some attempts to illustrate maritime claims worldwide, it is not yet possible to show an accurate illustration of the extent of all maritime zones and location of maritime boundary delimitation lines, for the following reasons: – Accurate ...
The Changing Ocean Carbon Cycle - Assets
... in motion’. The importance of sedimentary burial of organic carbon in the evolution of Earth’s atmosphere, and the stochiometric equivalence between this burial and Earth’s atmospheric O content, was not to be fully realised for another two decades (see Kasting, ). Speculations regarding a pote ...
... in motion’. The importance of sedimentary burial of organic carbon in the evolution of Earth’s atmosphere, and the stochiometric equivalence between this burial and Earth’s atmospheric O content, was not to be fully realised for another two decades (see Kasting, ). Speculations regarding a pote ...
Document
... • Zooplankters usually start to sink before dawn, and start to rise before dusk • Cycle is probably an internal biological clock that must be reinforced by day-night light changes ...
... • Zooplankters usually start to sink before dawn, and start to rise before dusk • Cycle is probably an internal biological clock that must be reinforced by day-night light changes ...
Safeguarding the Health of Oceans
... pollution affect them differently than they do land masses. Once contaminants enter the sea, currents and tides may carry them far from the original source. Or they may be consumed by a species and move up the food chain, becoming more concentrated as they go. Both pollutants and species continually ...
... pollution affect them differently than they do land masses. Once contaminants enter the sea, currents and tides may carry them far from the original source. Or they may be consumed by a species and move up the food chain, becoming more concentrated as they go. Both pollutants and species continually ...
The Ocean Floor
... Less than 0.1 percent of the world's seamounts have been explored to learn what species live on them, but many of the species that have been found so far are new to science. It has been estimated that more than 30,000 seamounts reaching more than 1,000 meters tall are found in the Pacific Ocean. App ...
... Less than 0.1 percent of the world's seamounts have been explored to learn what species live on them, but many of the species that have been found so far are new to science. It has been estimated that more than 30,000 seamounts reaching more than 1,000 meters tall are found in the Pacific Ocean. App ...
GIS and its applications in Marine Fisheries Conservation and
... the past and their implementation has been found in several researches. If the fishing is continued in the present level, the existence of the wild stocks from the exploited fishing grounds will be threatened and a collapse of stocks is likely. Pragmatic measures of management and conservation with ...
... the past and their implementation has been found in several researches. If the fishing is continued in the present level, the existence of the wild stocks from the exploited fishing grounds will be threatened and a collapse of stocks is likely. Pragmatic measures of management and conservation with ...
properties of oceans, inland seas, coastal zones, and estuaries
... regulated and aimed at natural stability. Humanity now threatens to destroy this stability by industrial and other activities leading to negative consequences for nature. The World Ocean plays a vital role in the global hydrological cycle and actively interacts with the atmosphere in a way that is v ...
... regulated and aimed at natural stability. Humanity now threatens to destroy this stability by industrial and other activities leading to negative consequences for nature. The World Ocean plays a vital role in the global hydrological cycle and actively interacts with the atmosphere in a way that is v ...
Waste Management
... • The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, usually known simply as Basel Convention, is an international treaty that was designed to reduce the movements of hazardous waste between nations, specially to prevent transfer of hazardous waste ...
... • The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, usually known simply as Basel Convention, is an international treaty that was designed to reduce the movements of hazardous waste between nations, specially to prevent transfer of hazardous waste ...
Marine debris
Marine debris, also known as marine litter, is human-created waste that has deliberately or accidentally been released in a lake, sea, ocean or waterway. Floating oceanic debris tends to accumulate at the centre of gyres and on coastlines, frequently washing aground, when it is known as beach litter or tidewrack. Deliberate disposal of wastes at sea is called ocean dumping. Naturally occurring debris, such as driftwood, are also present.With the increasing use of plastic, human influence has become an issue as many types of plastics do not biodegrade. Waterborne plastic poses a serious threat to fish, seabirds, marine reptiles, and marine mammals, as well as to boats and coasts. Dumping, container spillages, litter washed into storm drains and waterways and wind-blown landfill waste all contribute to this problem.