Environmental, scientific and technological aspects
... While the oceans cover two thirds of the planet, it is estimated that the vast majority thereof are yet to be explored. Access to marine ecosystems beyond areas of national jurisdiction, in particular to benthic and deep pelagic ecosystems, is dependent on highly specialized technology relating to v ...
... While the oceans cover two thirds of the planet, it is estimated that the vast majority thereof are yet to be explored. Access to marine ecosystems beyond areas of national jurisdiction, in particular to benthic and deep pelagic ecosystems, is dependent on highly specialized technology relating to v ...
Meyers and Middleton
... • What role does the ocean play in setting atmospheric carbon levels? • Where and how does ocean and climate variability impact on pelagic ecosystems, their productivity and fisheries? • How do large-scale offshore changes affect our coastal environment and ecosystems? • Is there predictability in t ...
... • What role does the ocean play in setting atmospheric carbon levels? • Where and how does ocean and climate variability impact on pelagic ecosystems, their productivity and fisheries? • How do large-scale offshore changes affect our coastal environment and ecosystems? • Is there predictability in t ...
Key Action 3: Sustainable Marine Ecosystems
... Characterization and Observation of the Seafloor with a New Multi-Beam Front-Scan Sonar System ...
... Characterization and Observation of the Seafloor with a New Multi-Beam Front-Scan Sonar System ...
Chapter 12
... Coastlines are influenced by vegetation •Coastal wetlands occupy 27 million acres. •Four times more productive than the most productive farmland. ...
... Coastlines are influenced by vegetation •Coastal wetlands occupy 27 million acres. •Four times more productive than the most productive farmland. ...
Chapter 10: Siliciclastic Marine Environments The Shelf
... generated by storms that originate far out to sea. Storm waves: stronger more energenic waves that accompany storm activity on the shelf. They erode the beachface and upper shoreface. Wind-forced currents: unidirectional currents generated by wind-shear stress as wind blows across the water surface, ...
... generated by storms that originate far out to sea. Storm waves: stronger more energenic waves that accompany storm activity on the shelf. They erode the beachface and upper shoreface. Wind-forced currents: unidirectional currents generated by wind-shear stress as wind blows across the water surface, ...
Functional Benefits of Native Plants
... Study assessed the biomass production, biomass allocation patterns, height growth, and root airspace of seventeen wetland plant taxa, including two potentially invasive species, grown under high nutrient conditions and subjected to four hydrologic regimes: constant drawdown, cyclic flooding and draw ...
... Study assessed the biomass production, biomass allocation patterns, height growth, and root airspace of seventeen wetland plant taxa, including two potentially invasive species, grown under high nutrient conditions and subjected to four hydrologic regimes: constant drawdown, cyclic flooding and draw ...
Summary of Functional Benefits of Native Plants in Designed and
... Study assessed the biomass production, biomass allocation patterns, height growth, and root airspace of seventeen wetland plant taxa, including two potentially invasive species, grown under high nutrient conditions and subjected to four hydrologic regimes: constant drawdown, cyclic flooding and draw ...
... Study assessed the biomass production, biomass allocation patterns, height growth, and root airspace of seventeen wetland plant taxa, including two potentially invasive species, grown under high nutrient conditions and subjected to four hydrologic regimes: constant drawdown, cyclic flooding and draw ...
Impacts - 3 - Green Resistance
... May be as serious a problem as the more familiar greenhouse warming effect Currently: world’s ocean absorb on average ~ 1 metric ton of CO2 produced ...
... May be as serious a problem as the more familiar greenhouse warming effect Currently: world’s ocean absorb on average ~ 1 metric ton of CO2 produced ...
Heiken-Forest-Carbon-Myths.pps
... Forests are dark green, so they exacerbate global warming by absorbing rather than reflecting the sun's energy. ...
... Forests are dark green, so they exacerbate global warming by absorbing rather than reflecting the sun's energy. ...
The Treasurer, The Honourable Wayne Swan Parliament House Canberra
... While Greening Australia in principle welcomes a tax incentive for investment in carbon sink forests to mitigate Australia’s carbon emissions, we believe the recent amendments to the Tax Laws Amendment (2008 Measures No.2) Act 2008 and the accompanying guidelines give rise to a number of issues. The ...
... While Greening Australia in principle welcomes a tax incentive for investment in carbon sink forests to mitigate Australia’s carbon emissions, we believe the recent amendments to the Tax Laws Amendment (2008 Measures No.2) Act 2008 and the accompanying guidelines give rise to a number of issues. The ...
Chapter 36: Ecosystems and the Biosphere Feeding relationships
... (1) Photosynthetic plankton in the ocean account for about 50 percent of the photosynthesis on Earth. If their population is reduced, carbon dioxide levels will likely rise, intensifying the greenhouse effect. (2) At each trophic level, energy is dissipated as heat, a form of energy organisms cannot ...
... (1) Photosynthetic plankton in the ocean account for about 50 percent of the photosynthesis on Earth. If their population is reduced, carbon dioxide levels will likely rise, intensifying the greenhouse effect. (2) At each trophic level, energy is dissipated as heat, a form of energy organisms cannot ...
ch05_sec2 print out
... • Some phosphorus washes off the land and ends up in the______________. • Because many phosphate salts are not soluble in water, they sink to the bottom and accumulate as sediment. ...
... • Some phosphorus washes off the land and ends up in the______________. • Because many phosphate salts are not soluble in water, they sink to the bottom and accumulate as sediment. ...
Document
... This activity centers on the scientific question: What forest management practices are the most practical to maximize carbon sequestration? Following the Carbon Teaching Experiment (TE), students should have a good grasp that plants are carbon dioxide sinks and thus serve a key role in maintaining t ...
... This activity centers on the scientific question: What forest management practices are the most practical to maximize carbon sequestration? Following the Carbon Teaching Experiment (TE), students should have a good grasp that plants are carbon dioxide sinks and thus serve a key role in maintaining t ...
Marine Ecosystems - Saltwater Studies
... finfish, are unable to tolerate such changes in salinity. These organisms are considered to be stenohaline (salt intolerant). These specieds require more constant levels of salinity, forcing them to either migrate to new areas when fluctuations in salinity levels occur or to seek out areas where sal ...
... finfish, are unable to tolerate such changes in salinity. These organisms are considered to be stenohaline (salt intolerant). These specieds require more constant levels of salinity, forcing them to either migrate to new areas when fluctuations in salinity levels occur or to seek out areas where sal ...
Folie 1 - Ocean in a High
... Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM), University of Oldenburg, Germany Oceanography (Theory), Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM), University of Oldenburg, Germany ...
... Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM), University of Oldenburg, Germany Oceanography (Theory), Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM), University of Oldenburg, Germany ...
RADIOCARBON IN PARTICULATE MATTER FROM THE Woods
... water movement with respect to the dump sites, we are reasonably certain that the trap was free of contaminated particulate carbon that had been fixed at the surface near the dump sites. Besides, if the trap material were contaminated, we would expect both PIG and PUG to contain similar 14C levels, ...
... water movement with respect to the dump sites, we are reasonably certain that the trap was free of contaminated particulate carbon that had been fixed at the surface near the dump sites. Besides, if the trap material were contaminated, we would expect both PIG and PUG to contain similar 14C levels, ...
Talking points: Examples of news headlines relating to climate
... In this activity, students are presented with a series of news headlines relating to climate change. Each headline is accompanied by some information explaining the issue. Ask students to discuss the information on each slide in groups and, where possible, to decide what action could be taken to dea ...
... In this activity, students are presented with a series of news headlines relating to climate change. Each headline is accompanied by some information explaining the issue. Ask students to discuss the information on each slide in groups and, where possible, to decide what action could be taken to dea ...
mangrove4
... • Peat accumulation balanced by tidal export, fire and hurricanes • Advance and retreat of zones according to the fall or rise of sea level • Stressed or youthful ecosystems – Slowed or arrested succession – Low diversity – Open nutrient cycles ...
... • Peat accumulation balanced by tidal export, fire and hurricanes • Advance and retreat of zones according to the fall or rise of sea level • Stressed or youthful ecosystems – Slowed or arrested succession – Low diversity – Open nutrient cycles ...
Silicon vs. Carbon - Coristines
... form silicon tetrahalides especially fluorine since it takes place at room temperature but the others requiring warming over 300°C. ...
... form silicon tetrahalides especially fluorine since it takes place at room temperature but the others requiring warming over 300°C. ...
Ecology PPT - Dr Magrann
... anyway — it pays to be green. But today’s sustainability efforts mean the ...
... anyway — it pays to be green. But today’s sustainability efforts mean the ...
Blue SDU - Department of Biology
... Blue interests: Global carbon cycle/budget, arctic biological carbon pump, carbon sequestration by seagrasses, Invasive species Research area: metabolomics, linking molecular approaches to ecosystems level marine eco-systems biology, assessment of marine plants to sequestrate carbon, effect of globa ...
... Blue interests: Global carbon cycle/budget, arctic biological carbon pump, carbon sequestration by seagrasses, Invasive species Research area: metabolomics, linking molecular approaches to ecosystems level marine eco-systems biology, assessment of marine plants to sequestrate carbon, effect of globa ...
Slide 1
... Swiadek JW. 1997. The impacts of Hurricane Andrew on mangrove coasts in southern Florida: a review. Journal of coastal research:242–245. Tovilla-Hernández C, Espino de la Lanza G, and Orihuela-Belmonte DE. 2001. Impact of logging on a mangrove swamp in south Mexico: cost/benefit analysis. Rev Biol T ...
... Swiadek JW. 1997. The impacts of Hurricane Andrew on mangrove coasts in southern Florida: a review. Journal of coastal research:242–245. Tovilla-Hernández C, Espino de la Lanza G, and Orihuela-Belmonte DE. 2001. Impact of logging on a mangrove swamp in south Mexico: cost/benefit analysis. Rev Biol T ...
http://www.tigurl.org/images/tiged/docs/activities/565.pdf
... off, while a source emits more than it absorbs. The amount of carbon in the atmosphere at any one time depends on the balance that exists between the sinks and sources. This system of sinks and sources operates all over the planet and is known as the carbon cycle. Natural sources of atmospheric CO2 ...
... off, while a source emits more than it absorbs. The amount of carbon in the atmosphere at any one time depends on the balance that exists between the sinks and sources. This system of sinks and sources operates all over the planet and is known as the carbon cycle. Natural sources of atmospheric CO2 ...
9693 MARINE SCIENCE MARK SCHEME for the May/June 2014 series
... (rocky) attachment for algae / seaweeds / other marine organisms / ora ; (rocky) more habitats / ora ; (rocky) provide shelter / protection / ora ; example of rocky habitat given, e.g. rock pool ; (sandy) organisms washed away ; (sandy) only suitable for burrowing organisms / ora ; (b) (i) ...
... (rocky) attachment for algae / seaweeds / other marine organisms / ora ; (rocky) more habitats / ora ; (rocky) provide shelter / protection / ora ; example of rocky habitat given, e.g. rock pool ; (sandy) organisms washed away ; (sandy) only suitable for burrowing organisms / ora ; (b) (i) ...