Sentences with phrase «ocean impacts of»

Despite its climate - centric name and mission, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has been focusing increasing attention on direct ocean impacts of carbon dioxide, most notably in an excellent 2011 report, «IPCC Workshop on Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Marine Biology and Ecosystems.»

As their efforts start to bear fruit, the ocean impacts of climate change may test the mettle of the burgeoning industry.

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«This book had an immense impact on me as I was developing the Runway of Dreams Foundation,» says Scheier of Blue Ocean Strategy by W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne.

The revision process, which includes conducting environmental impact studies and taking public comments, has taken about two years in the past, said Connie Gillette, chief of public affairs for the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, the unit of the Interior Department that oversees the lease schedule.

Examples include cleaning up floating plastic debris, slowing down the pace of ocean acidification, and gathering far more data about the habitat impact of illegal overfishing.

I wonder what kind of an impact your life will count for to this world, probably about as much as if tossed a pebble into the ocean.

She wonders if the voluntary simplicity movement is like «a change in the geography of the ocean floor that's creating a swell on the surface but won't impact the shore.

To gain some perspective on the impact humanity has on the Universe at large, sail out into the middle of the ocean.

Also, the world view of those who have not seen mountains or oceans isn't impacted or changed because of the other person's claim.

John Tran, director of sustainability and responsibility at Pernod Ricard USA, said: «Plastic straws can have a large environmental impact to marine life and oceans.

«We know that this type of non-biodegradable plastic is having a detrimental impact on the environment and oceans, and for us it's crucial that we play our role in helping to prevent any further damage.»

With a Masters in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation from Scripps Institution of Oceanography, she has experienced firsthand the devastating impacts of commercial seafood production on the oceans.

Life Cycles of the Seas» exhibit; and the eye - opening «Sea Debris: Awareness through Art,» which reveals the amount of waste dumped into our oceans every year and the impact it has on our coast's ecosystems.

Some also use local fabric and materials, enabling you to cut the impact of shipping across the ocean from your diapers» environmental lifecycle, and others, like Mommy's Touch, are manufactured solely by work - at - home moms.

Shedd Aquarium is teaming up with Chicagoland restaurants on World Oceans Day, June 8, to decrease Chicago's contribution of plastic waste that winds up in our oceans and negatively impacts marine animals and pOceans Day, June 8, to decrease Chicago's contribution of plastic waste that winds up in our oceans and negatively impacts marine animals and poceans and negatively impacts marine animals and plants.

The point is New York's economy is an ocean liner — a complex structure that includes dairy farms worried about the price per hundredweight of milk and the world headquarters of major financial institutions fretting over the impact of Dodd - Frank.

The new proposed model could allow a better quantification of the impacts that will likely occur under changing climate and could be considered in future ocean resources and land use management.

Morgan asked the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP), a global collaboration of marine research, for more than $ 100 million to collect six 2 - mile - deep cores from around the crater's center to better understand peak ring formation and the impact's environmental effects.

She has also written blog posts on Medium.com, participated in a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) that generated more than 800 questions, and engages regularly with oyster farmers to better understand the impacts of ocean acidification on shellfish farming.

In the current context of global warming it is important to assess the impacts that changes in ocean and climate may have on Antarctica, and reconstructing past climate fluctuations provides vital information on the responses and possible feedback mechanisms within the climate system.

Rising anthropogenic, or human - caused, carbon dioxide in the atmosphere may have up to twice the impact on coastal estuaries as it does in the oceans because the human - caused CO2 lowers the ecosystem's ability to absorb natural fluctuations of the greenhouse gas, a new study suggests.

The balance between the two therefore has a significant impact on the production and consumption of greenhouse gases in the ocean.»

Even in the deepest, darkest, most inaccessible location on the planet, the impact of human civilization is still evident on the ocean floor.

An international team examining the impact of ocean acidification on coral has found that a key reef - building coral can, over a relatively short period of time, acclimate to a doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide levels.

The team also developed a model to simulate the impact of volcanoes on ocean chemistry.

Findings published today in the journal Nature Climate Change reveal that water temperature has a direct impact on maintaining the delicate plankton ecosystem of our oceans.

Concurrently, coastlines of the Bahamas and Bermuda were impacted by massive storms generated in the North Atlantic Ocean, resulting in a unique trilogy of wave - transported deposits: megaboulders, chevron - shaped, storm - beach ridges, and runup deposits on high dune ridges.

«Thanks to the newest NASA missions, such as Oceans Melting Greenland and Operation IceBridge, we have been able to make great advances in understanding the evolution of this very dynamic sector of Greenland and its impact on sea level rise now and in decades to come,» he said.

Whilst this is a small figure in actual terms, combined with the contribution from other melting glaciers around the world and expansion of the world's oceans, it will have an impact upon society through flooding of low - lying coastal regions.»

«This study focused on one single stressor, ocean acidification, but we must keep in mind that the combination of several stressors, such as ocean acidification and warming could lead to larger impacts on baby corals,» Dr Moya says.

To measure the impact, people go out in ships and drill holes in the ocean floor, where shells of marine organisms have settled throughout geologic history.

Previous studies have documented the impact of plastic debris on more than 660 marine species — from the smallest of zooplankton to the largest whales, including fish destined for the seafood market — but none have quantified the worldwide amount entering the ocean from land.

Back in the lab, they will analyze the mosaics to see how the reefs are changing over time, and how the variation of ocean conditions and human activities impact each reef.

Still others have explored other ocean metrics, such as the concentration of shell - building minerals, as a more accurate way to keep tabs on acidification's impacts at a local level.

The new monitoring techniques can help monitor hot spots such as the Bay of Bengal, the Arctic Ocean and the Caribbean, three places where ocean acidification could have major economic impacts but where little research has been Ocean and the Caribbean, three places where ocean acidification could have major economic impacts but where little research has been ocean acidification could have major economic impacts but where little research has been done.

For example, as global CO2 levels rise, increases in the acidity of the ocean are expected to have dramatic impacts on sea life.

These alterations could have an impact on the chemistry, and therefore life, in the ocean and on the rest of the planet.

Koslow has researched the impact of climate - change - driven warming on what are known as oxygen minimum zones (OMZs), naturally occurring low - oxygen regions found well below the ocean's surface.

This area of the ocean is projected to be the most severely impacted by aspects of climate change.

Climate change impacts in the deep ocean are less visible, but the longevity and slow pace of life in the deep makes that ecosystem uniquely sensitive to environmental variability.

Scientists say reserves can help marine ecosystems and people adapt to five key impacts of climate change: ocean acidification; sea - level rise; increased intensity of storms; shifts in species distribution, and decreased productivity and oxygen availability.

This information is critical to understanding the depth of the spray layer above the ocean surface and the overall impact of spray on storm intensity.

But as you can imagine, in this day of budget cutting in countries around the world, Antarctic science programs are being sliced, so there is this concern that it's a place also that could be kind of forgotten in the not so distant future, and that would be a tragedy because as that ice melts and if it can specifically continues to melt at the rate it is now, that will impact all of the world's oceans.

While the shipping industry — which now has easy northern access between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans — may be cheering this «natural» development, scientists worry about the impact of the resulting rise in sea levels around the world.

In this regard, one of the key questions is: How will the warming of the oceans and resultant decrease in dissolved oxygen impact marine life forms» productivity?

The reports also identifies other challenges that impact sustained observations, such as the declining investment in new technological development, increasing difficulty in retaining and replenishing the human resources associated with sustained ocean observing, and a decreasing number of global and ocean - class research vessels.

Scientists also claim that the impact of the asteroid would have filled Earth's atmosphere with sulphur trioxide, subsequently creating a gas cloud that would have caused a mass amount of sulphuric acid rain to fall in just a few days, making the surface of the ocean too acidic for upper ocean creatures to live.

The evaporation of sea spray is thought to contribute to the transfer of heat from the ocean to the atmosphere, which accelerate winds in a storm, potentially impacting its intensity.

Jon: Half the world's population lives within 50 to 60 miles off the coastline, so what happens to the coastlines will have its own Ocean's impact s [on] half of the population.

Dr Gudmundsson said: «Although floating ice shelves have only a modest impact on of sea - level rise, ice from Antarctica's interior can discharge into the ocean when they collapse.