Water information basis
... Over the past 25 years the rate of increase in sea surface temperature in all European seas has been about 10 times faster than the average rate of increase during the past century. In five European seas the warming occurs even more rapidly. In the North and Baltic Seas temperature rose five to six ...
... Over the past 25 years the rate of increase in sea surface temperature in all European seas has been about 10 times faster than the average rate of increase during the past century. In five European seas the warming occurs even more rapidly. In the North and Baltic Seas temperature rose five to six ...
Oceans and Freshwater Ecosystems
... ● Freshwater areas have very low salt concentrations (less than 1%). ● There are different types of freshwater regions including: ponds and lakes, streams and rivers, and wetlands. ...
... ● Freshwater areas have very low salt concentrations (less than 1%). ● There are different types of freshwater regions including: ponds and lakes, streams and rivers, and wetlands. ...
Attachment 1
... b) Do certain sizes of plastic pieces get systematically cut out of our analysis that could be important? We don’t catch plastic pieces smaller than 0.33mm, but that doesn’t mean they’re not there. What’s the smallest size we can see with our naked eye? c) Could our methods actually interfere with o ...
... b) Do certain sizes of plastic pieces get systematically cut out of our analysis that could be important? We don’t catch plastic pieces smaller than 0.33mm, but that doesn’t mean they’re not there. What’s the smallest size we can see with our naked eye? c) Could our methods actually interfere with o ...
PDF file - Around the Americas
... 2009 and has successfully sailed through the Northwest Passage, continued down the east coast, around Cape Horn and is sailing along the west coast returning finally to Seattle in June 2010. It will visit approximately 40 ports along its journey. North and South America are continent-islands surroun ...
... 2009 and has successfully sailed through the Northwest Passage, continued down the east coast, around Cape Horn and is sailing along the west coast returning finally to Seattle in June 2010. It will visit approximately 40 ports along its journey. North and South America are continent-islands surroun ...
The coastal ocean
... SC.912.L.17.2 - Explain the general distribution of life in aquatic systems as a function of chemistry, geography, light, depth, salinity, and temperature. SC.912.L.17.3 - Discuss how various oceanic and freshwater processes, such as currents, tides, and waves, affect the abundance of aquatic organi ...
... SC.912.L.17.2 - Explain the general distribution of life in aquatic systems as a function of chemistry, geography, light, depth, salinity, and temperature. SC.912.L.17.3 - Discuss how various oceanic and freshwater processes, such as currents, tides, and waves, affect the abundance of aquatic organi ...
Chapter 11: The coastal ocean
... SC.912.L.17.2 - Explain the general distribution of life in aquatic systems as a function of chemistry, geography, light, depth, salinity, and temperature. SC.912.L.17.3 - Discuss how various oceanic and freshwater processes, such as currents, tides, and waves, affect the abundance of aquatic organi ...
... SC.912.L.17.2 - Explain the general distribution of life in aquatic systems as a function of chemistry, geography, light, depth, salinity, and temperature. SC.912.L.17.3 - Discuss how various oceanic and freshwater processes, such as currents, tides, and waves, affect the abundance of aquatic organi ...
Microplastic pollution in the surface waters of the Laurentian Great
... Several particles <1 mm were suspected to be paint from the vessel based on the red color and laminate nature. SEM/EDS analyses confirmed that suspected paint fragments were not polymeric and had a nearly identical elemental fingerprint to samples taken from the vessel. It was concluded that these wer ...
... Several particles <1 mm were suspected to be paint from the vessel based on the red color and laminate nature. SEM/EDS analyses confirmed that suspected paint fragments were not polymeric and had a nearly identical elemental fingerprint to samples taken from the vessel. It was concluded that these wer ...
Hydrothermal Vent Fast Facts
... Africa, Asia, and Australia, and under the Pacific Ocean to the west coast of North America. The lowest known point on Earth, called the Challenger Deep, is 11,034 m deep, in the Marianas Trench in the western Pacific. To get an idea of how deep that is, if you could take Mt. Everest and place it at ...
... Africa, Asia, and Australia, and under the Pacific Ocean to the west coast of North America. The lowest known point on Earth, called the Challenger Deep, is 11,034 m deep, in the Marianas Trench in the western Pacific. To get an idea of how deep that is, if you could take Mt. Everest and place it at ...
Upwelling and Hydrothermal Vents
... seaweed and plankton, which provides food for fish, marine mammals, and birds. Upwelling generates some of the world’s most fertile ecosystems. In coastal regions the cold water welling up to the surface cools the air promotes the development of sea fog. ...
... seaweed and plankton, which provides food for fish, marine mammals, and birds. Upwelling generates some of the world’s most fertile ecosystems. In coastal regions the cold water welling up to the surface cools the air promotes the development of sea fog. ...
L4_LessonPlan_Bolus_Analysis new standards
... Owl pellets and cat fur balls are familiar examples. Unfortunately, nearly all boluses from Hawaiian albatrosses also include human-made trash such as fishing line and plastics. These floating items concentrate alongside albatross food items, and are scooped up and unintentionally fed to the chicks. ...
... Owl pellets and cat fur balls are familiar examples. Unfortunately, nearly all boluses from Hawaiian albatrosses also include human-made trash such as fishing line and plastics. These floating items concentrate alongside albatross food items, and are scooped up and unintentionally fed to the chicks. ...
A Mediterranean full of plastic
... a downside that was not predicted. Many plastic items are intended to be used just once, which is generating a mountain of waste. Discarded plastic may end up in landfills, be incinerated or recycled. But some ends up in waterways and the ocean through urban drainage, runoff or ‘leachate’ from landf ...
... a downside that was not predicted. Many plastic items are intended to be used just once, which is generating a mountain of waste. Discarded plastic may end up in landfills, be incinerated or recycled. But some ends up in waterways and the ocean through urban drainage, runoff or ‘leachate’ from landf ...
sustained ocean observations from merchant marine vessels
... management techniques designed and optimized for these platforms we could open up an entirely new dimension to ocean observation. The following material was presented to the US NSF last year. They suggested we contact SCOR who in turn liked the idea very much, but felt it would be wise to get JCOMM’ ...
... management techniques designed and optimized for these platforms we could open up an entirely new dimension to ocean observation. The following material was presented to the US NSF last year. They suggested we contact SCOR who in turn liked the idea very much, but felt it would be wise to get JCOMM’ ...
Unit 10 : Oceanography A. Ocean Water (salinity and density) 1
... 1. water has a high heat capacity – takes a lot of energy to change the temperature of water 2. oceans take longer to heat or cool than land due to the huge amount of energy required 3. the oceans respond very slowly to changes in the seasons 4. the ocean makes winters in coastal regions slightly wa ...
... 1. water has a high heat capacity – takes a lot of energy to change the temperature of water 2. oceans take longer to heat or cool than land due to the huge amount of energy required 3. the oceans respond very slowly to changes in the seasons 4. the ocean makes winters in coastal regions slightly wa ...
L. Ciasto`s presentation notes: overview - geo.uni
... Gyres: closed surface currents occupying major ocean basins Forced by overlying pressure systems Subpolar low pressure system Subtropical high pressure system ...
... Gyres: closed surface currents occupying major ocean basins Forced by overlying pressure systems Subpolar low pressure system Subtropical high pressure system ...
... Most plastics and synthetic fibres are made from crude oil. Synthetic means that the fibre has been made by scientists and is not naturally occurring. Both natural and synthetic fibres are examples of polymers. There are advantages and disadvantages of using natural or synthetic materials. ...
Follow the balloons Trolling for plastic debris Painstaking plastic picking
... problem of plastics in the ocean when he crossed the North Pacific Gyre in his catamaran Alguita on the way back home to California from Hawaii. He found surprisingly large amounts of plastic debris (sometimes hyped in the media as a an island of floating plastic as large as Texas that you can walk ...
... problem of plastics in the ocean when he crossed the North Pacific Gyre in his catamaran Alguita on the way back home to California from Hawaii. He found surprisingly large amounts of plastic debris (sometimes hyped in the media as a an island of floating plastic as large as Texas that you can walk ...
PDF - The Ocean Cleanup
... industry, governments, and international governmental organizations at local to regional and global scales. The increase in global plastic production and the recent estimate of ∼8 million metric tons of mismanaged plastic waste entering the ocean each year (Jambeck et al., 2015) points to the need t ...
... industry, governments, and international governmental organizations at local to regional and global scales. The increase in global plastic production and the recent estimate of ∼8 million metric tons of mismanaged plastic waste entering the ocean each year (Jambeck et al., 2015) points to the need t ...
Part 2 - cosee now
... organisms and dictate population diversity in habitats. Resources are distributed unevenly throughout the Earth and its oceans. Marine policy has evolved over time in reaction to economic and environmental stimuli. Humanity and natural processes have effects on ecosystems such as coral reefs around ...
... organisms and dictate population diversity in habitats. Resources are distributed unevenly throughout the Earth and its oceans. Marine policy has evolved over time in reaction to economic and environmental stimuli. Humanity and natural processes have effects on ecosystems such as coral reefs around ...
Overview of emerging and new uses of the Ocean areas beyond
... An increase in amphipods – zooplankton predators, was observed in Southern Ocean, which is the main food for squid and whales. Summarised from CBD Technical Series No.45 ...
... An increase in amphipods – zooplankton predators, was observed in Southern Ocean, which is the main food for squid and whales. Summarised from CBD Technical Series No.45 ...
Research on Solid Waste Pollution along the Israeli Mediterranean
... include marine litter and micro-plastic abundances in the Mediterranean coastal zone, indicating types of marine litter and sources, as well as accumulation of pollutants on micro-plastic particles. The results indicate that the abundance of macroscopic marine debris on the Israeli coast is lower th ...
... include marine litter and micro-plastic abundances in the Mediterranean coastal zone, indicating types of marine litter and sources, as well as accumulation of pollutants on micro-plastic particles. The results indicate that the abundance of macroscopic marine debris on the Israeli coast is lower th ...
Census of Marine Life - Centre for Marine Biodiversity
... Network for Oceanic Acoustic Code Systems AMSA meeting, Hobart, Australia, July 2004 www.noacs.org ...
... Network for Oceanic Acoustic Code Systems AMSA meeting, Hobart, Australia, July 2004 www.noacs.org ...
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.