Sentences with phrase «marine water systems»

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The tiny beads seep out of water - treatment systems into lakes and rivers, choking fish and marine life that ingest it.

For marine - based operations for bivalves or algae, no nutrients may be added to the system and only nutrients from natural water flow are permitted.

As waters to continue to warm and ocean acidification changes the chemistry of Earth's marine systems, corals, and the incredible diversity of life they support, are at risk of vanishing.

In addition to a marine biologist's typical tools — water samplers to measure salinity and temperature, plankton nets — the team's toolbox will hold cameras, coring systems to collect seafloor sediment, and hydroacoustic equipment to map the topography of the now - exposed seabed.

The squirting water (seen in the video) overwhelms the target's lateral line, part of a fish's nervous system that detects vibrations and warns of approaching objects, the team reports this week in Marine Ecology Progress Series.

Since returning from Costa Rica last September, where she had been campaigning on behalf of marine sanctuaries, Cousteau has made it her personal and professional mission to advocate for protecting and replenishing the earth's water systems.

The survey's three main authors, Manuel Lopes - Lima and Ronaldo Sousa from the Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIMAR) and Professor Jürgen Geist / Chair of Aquatic Systems Biology at TUM, describe how crucial mussels are for aquatic ecosystems: they form around 90 percent of the biomass in the bed of a water body.

Water and extremophile microbiome Seasonal variability in the persistence of dissolved environmental DNA (eDNA) in a marine system: The role of microbial nutrient limitation.

Bruce Blumberg, professor of developmental and cell biology and pharmaceutical sciences at the University of California, Irvine, who coined the term «obesogen,» studies the effect that organotins — a class of persistent organic pollutants that are widely used in the manufacture of polyvinylchloride plastics, as fungicides and pesticides on crops, as slimicides in industrial water systems, as wood preservatives, and as marine antifouling agents — have on the body's metabolism.

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Coverage of areas specially conserved for biodiversity and ecosystem functions should be increased (at least to the Aichi Target 11 of 17 % terrestrial and 10 % marine area), with systems of conservation being democratized and based on integration of rights and responsibilities; in all kinds of land / water uses, activities that are ecologically damaging need to be modified or replaced; high priority should also be given to the regeneration and restoration of degraded ecosystems and the revival of populations of threatened species; equitable access (including through territorial and resource tenure) must be accorded to natural resources, with special focus on populations with high and direct dependence on such resources for their survival and livelihoods.

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She features everything you'll need to experience an underwater world of colourful marine life in safety and comfort including a state - of - the - art ride control system ensuring a super smooth journey even when travelling at up to 32 knots, a large hydraulic dive and snorkel platform for easy water access, spacious deck areas, warm freshwater showers, change rooms and even a licensed bar to share tales of your adventure.

These snappers thrive in the open waters of the marine reserve and are relatively abundant in Belize where Mother Nature has been generous in her distribution of a vibrant reef system and ecological diversity.

Crystal clear water, untouched coral reefs and magnificent marine Eco Systems will fill your mind, body and spirit.

Kelp forests at the Channel Islands experience a mixing of both warm water currents from the south and cold water currents from the north creating a highly productive system and supporting an incredible abundance and diversity of marine life.

The Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System (BBRRS), inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996, is comprised of seven protected areas; Bacalar Chico National Park and Marine Reserve, Blue Hole Natural Monument, Half Moon Caye Natural Monument, South Water Caye Marine Reserve, Glover's Reef Marine Reserve, Laughing Bird Caye National Park and Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve.

SharkSafe was allegedly tested for a year in the Kwa Zulu - Natal (a.k.a. «shark alley» of Cape Town), as well as in Australian waters where 460 sharks, birds and other marine life die yearly in more lethal, physical shark deterrent systems.

Encounter wild Dingos at Fraser Island, discover for yourself why the aqua water and white sands of Whitehaven Beach are so famous and snorkel one of the World's most extensive marine life systems - the Great Barrier Reef!

The journey to Tortuga Island will be on board a yacht equipped with 2 Cummins Marino 300 HP motors, radar, satellite navigation systems, VHF marine radio, clean bathrooms, and palatable drinking water.

Also included in this all - inclusive system with unlimited consumption are non-motorized water sports, kayaks, marine bicycles, snorkeling, wind glider and sailing; scuba diving mini course; aerobics and dance classes.

Also included in this all - inclusive system with unlimited consumption are non-motorized water sports such as kayaks and marine bicycles, aerobics and dance classes.

Boasting the second longest barrier reef system in the world, its crystal clear waters are so packed with vibrant marine life and impressive coral reefs that it is arguably the jewel in the continent's sub-aquatic crown.

In a historic decision for marine conservation efforts, the Government of Belize has adopted a full oil moratorium for all Belize offshore waters, including the entire Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System World Heritage site.

We then work with island villagers and ask them what tangible thing they need such as a kindergarten, fresh water delivery system or solar energy system, in exchange for establishing a new marine or forest reserve.

During this time, she also managed a multi-year project in the Pacific Islands to strengthen climate early warning systems for marine, inundation and drought events that impact food and water security in partnership with national Meteorological Services Offices.

It is intended to provide information that can be used to support further research and analysis, with the ultimate goal of identifying a set of common elements of good governance for transboundary freshwater and marine water bodies as well as groundwater systems.

- ARAMATE (The reconstruction of ecosystem and climate variability in the north Atlantic region using annually resolved archives of marine and terrestrial ecosystems)- CLIM - ARCH-DATE (Integration of high resolution climate archives with archaeological and documentary evidence for the precise dating of maritime cultural and climatic events)- CLIVASH2k (Climate variability in Antarctica and Southern Hemisphere in the past 2000 years)- CoralHydro2k (Tropical ocean hydroclimate and temperature from coral archives)- Global T CFR (Global gridded temperature reconstruction method comparisons)- GMST reconstructions - Iso2k (A global synthesis of Common Era hydroclimate using water isotopes)- MULTICHRON (Constraining modeled multidecadal climate variability in the Atlantic using proxies derived from marine bivalve shells and coralline algae)- PALEOLINK (The missing link in the Past — Downscaling paleoclimatic Earth System Models)- PSR2k (Proxy Surrogate Reconstruction 2k)

Climate is a key factor determining different characteristics and distributions of natural and managed systems, including the cryosphere, hydrology and water resources, marine and freshwater biological systems, terrestrial biological systems, agriculture and forestry.

Many other challenges such as the distortion of ecosystem services, the loss of biodiversity, the degradation of land, sprawling urbanization, worsening water scarcity, the disturbances in terrestrial and marine food chains or the ubiquitous pollution of all environmental systems have to be taken into consideration.

She has prepared Environmental Impacts Statements, Operations Plans, Monitoring and Mitigation Plans, and Deep Water Port Applications and is very familiar with the requirements of and compliance with federal, state, and local laws, regulations, and guidelines for projects related to offshore energy development including National / State Environmental Policy Acts (Environmental Assessment / Environmental Impact Statements), Marine Protection Research and Sanctuaries Act, Clean Water Act (including National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System), Coastal Zone Management Act, Water Resources Development Act, Endangered Species Act, Magnuson - Stevens Act, Rivers and Harbors Act, and the Oil Pollution Act.

This EPA ruling that demands conversion of cooling systems from once - through to cooling towers is meant to mitigate impacts upon marine life from sucking in marine animals into the water intake, impinging larger animals onto filter screens, and discharging warm water that disrupts the ecosystem's normal temperature balance.

Developing an Infrastructure Fund for the Planet explored how ecosystem service payments and markets in carbon, water and biodiversity are quickly becoming a key solution to the urgent environmental problems of climate change, fresh water pollution, biodiversity loss, soil erosion, and destruction of our coastal and marine systems.

The proposed site of the first new nuclear station was on the coast of Port Elizabeth, where warm water discharged by the nuclear station's cooling system would have raised the temperature of the ocean, harming marine life and jeopardizing the livelihoods of small - scale fishermen in the area.

Thanks to this propulsion system, the Gymnobot could be used in shallow, rocky water where conventional submersible robots can't go to film and study the marine life near the seashore.

Topics that I work on or plan to work in the future include studies of: + missing aerosol species and sources, such as the primary oceanic aerosols and their importance on the remote marine atmosphere, the in - cloud and aerosol water aqueous formation of organic aerosols that can lead to brown carbon formation, the primary terrestrial biological particles, and the organic nitrogen + missing aerosol parameterizations, such as the effect of aerosol mixing on cloud condensation nuclei and aerosol absorption, the semi-volatility of primary organic aerosols, the importance of in - canopy processes on natural terrestrial aerosol and aerosol precursor sources, and the mineral dust iron solubility and bioavailability + the change of aerosol burden and its spatiotemporal distribution, especially with regard to its role and importance on gas - phase chemistry via photolysis rates changes and heterogeneous reactions in the atmosphere, as well as their effect on key gas - phase species like ozone + the physical and optical properties of aerosols, which affect aerosol transport, lifetime, and light scattering and absorption, with the latter being very sensitive to the vertical distribution of absorbing aerosols + aerosol - cloud interactions, which include cloud activation, the aerosol indirect effect and the impact of clouds on aerosol removal + changes on climate and feedbacks related with all these topics In order to understand the climate system as a whole, improve the aerosol representation in the GISS ModelE2 and contribute to future IPCC climate change assessments and CMIP activities, I am also interested in understanding the importance of natural and anthropogenic aerosol changes in the atmosphere on the terrestrial biosphere, the ocean and climate.

Hydro - Gen, based in France, have produced a low - cost low - maintenance floating marine or river - current energy - converter system, mounted under a platform supported by a catamaran, with a slide - able turbine and generator unit that can be raised out of the water for maintenance on a tower, and which can also be folded down for transport by truck.

Marine birds, such as sea gulls, are able to drink salt water because their bodies have a sophisticated desalination system that extracts excess salt from their blood via glands found near their eyes and excretes it from their nostrils where it runs down grooves in their bills.

Marine geotechnical engineers provide analysis, investigation, design, and construction services for geotechnical, transportation, water resources, mining, and environmental projects for marine syMarine geotechnical engineers provide analysis, investigation, design, and construction services for geotechnical, transportation, water resources, mining, and environmental projects for marine symarine systems.