Sentences with phrase «ocean issues in»

«We're proud to endorse him and look forward to his leadership on ocean issues in the 113th Congress.»

Ocean Champions» members voted him the second worst Member of Congress on ocean issues in 2013.

Not exact matches

While originally plagued with production issues — there was a recession at the beginning of construction, allegations of British spying in the middle, and technical issues toward the end — the carrier was deployed to the Indian Ocean during Operation Enduring Freedom and the initial liberation of Afghanistan.

Overturning Obama's Arctic drilling ban April 28 Trump issued an executive order overturning an indefinite ban on drilling in much of the U.S. Arctic Ocean and parts of the Atlantic.

The former, which consists only of the five Arctic states with direct borders on the Arctic Ocean — Canada, Denmark (Greenland), Norway, Russia, and the United States — primarily deals with oceanic issues.74 Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu even complained in 2015 about non-Arctic states using their military and economic power to «strive for greater roles in the Arctic,» 75 which likely was an implicit reference to China.

«We have to listen to them,» he says in the April issue of Ocean Drive magazine, on which he graces the cover.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — As part of its commitment to a regionally tailored approach to safe and responsible domestic energy production, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today issued a Call for Information and Nominations for potential Oil and Gas Lease Sale 242, proposed for the Beaufort Sea Planning Area off Alaska in 2017.

He is also a commissioner for the Global Ocean Commission, whose mandate is to formulate politically and technically feasible short -, medium - and long - term recommendations to address four key issues facing the high seas: overfishing, large - scale loss of habitat and biodiversity, the lack of effective management and enforcement, and deficiencies in high seas governance.

Some metal materials rust, so you must apply a corrosion protection every few years, especially in climates near the ocean where salt and humidity are an issue.

Somewhere in the midst of all of this, you'll also find my journey through sacroiliac joint dysfunction, autoimmune issues, Interstitial Cystitis, and any other drops in the ocean I find meaningful to share.

When I was in college, I had professors in both economics and ocean engineering point out this issue.

And though he's often seen as safe in his district, he does have a primary challenger: Democratic lawyer Blake Morris, a longtime Brooklynite and member of a group that has been increasingly harrying Felder about issues like Felder's attempt for a higher speed limit to speed traffic on Ocean Parkway, which critics say is too dangerous.

Depth may not be as much of an issue for you if you tend to fish in shallow waters, but if you fish in the ocean or deep lakes and rivers, having a maximum depth of 100 meters or more can be crucial to finding your next big catch.

To settle the issue, Ward and Babbin decided to look at exactly what was going on in anoxic ocean water when bacteria were given nitrogen and other nutrients to chew on.

A new study in Marine Biology Research tackles this issue by comparing the physical characteristics of two similar octopus species that live on the ocean floor, as deep as 9,500 feet (almost 2,900 m) below the water's surface.

The public widely believes that the marine environment is under threat from human activities, and supports actions to protect the marine environment in their region, according to a new study to be published in the February issue of the journal Ocean and Coastal Management.

Three storms that raged near Bermuda in 1995 boosted the flow of CO2 into the air over part of the Atlantic Ocean by more than half, according to a report in tomorrow's issue of Nature.

But issues related to flat or declining funding are jeopardizing the country's leadership and creating challenges in maintaining long - term ocean - related climate observations, the report says.

Another possible issue with attribution science, he says, is that the current generation of simulations simply may not be capable of capturing some of the subtle changes in the climate and oceans — a particular danger when it comes to studies that find no link to human activities.

As in years past, Our Ocean 2016 will tackle key issues including marine protected areas, sustainable fisheries, marine pollution, and climate - related impacts on the oOcean 2016 will tackle key issues including marine protected areas, sustainable fisheries, marine pollution, and climate - related impacts on the oceanocean.

One of the biggest lingering issues in the global warming slowdown is the full impact of the natural temperature cycles of Earth's oceans.

But there may be a way to cut drag force by almost 30 %, according to computer simulations of turbulent ocean - water flows reported in the 19 May issue of Science by mechanical engineer Yiqing Du of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and applied mathematician George Karniadakis of Brown University.

«The main issue is that there is only a handful of islands in the Southern Ocean and not all of them are suitable to sustain large breeding colonies» says Robin Cristofari, first author of the study, from the Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC / CNRS / University of Strasbourg) and the Centre Scientifique de Monaco (CSM).

A coral reef ecologist by training, she keeps one foot wet in the field, while the other roams the worlds of creative storytelling and problem - solving, with a focus on ocean conservation and climate change issues.

But a previous round in the 1980s - before global warming was an issue - attracted similar sums, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.

The discovery, reported in the current issue of Nature Communications, logs a number of firsts: the first record of ancient tsunami activity found in a sea cave; the first record for such a long time period in the Indian Ocean; and the most pristine record of tsunamis anywhere in the world.

Most recently, he reported on the diversity of oceanic viral communities in a special issue of the journal Science featuring the Tara Oceans Expedition, a global study of the impact of climate change on the world's oOceans Expedition, a global study of the impact of climate change on the world's oceansoceans.

In addition, nearly half of the examined stories on ocean health issues cited potential solutions to problems described in the sample's articleIn addition, nearly half of the examined stories on ocean health issues cited potential solutions to problems described in the sample's articlein the sample's articles.

This special issue contains a series of Reviews and News pieces that highlight some of the ways in which we see our oceans changing.

Marcia McNutt, editor - in - chief of the Science family of journals, joined U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on 1 June as he talked with high - school students about ocean protection and environmental issues.

A new report by the Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC) sheds light on the many effects of litter in our oceans, and highlights the severity and scale of the issue.

«This suggests new issues you could have with ocean impacts that people hadn't thought of before,» says Brian Toon of the University of Colorado at Boulder, who was not involved in the work.

Holdren called on scientists and engineers to dedicate 10 % of their time educating policymakers and the public on issues such as climate change, protecting the world's oceans and public lands, continuing Arctic research and demonstrating the importance of investing in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programs for elementary and middle school students.

Other papers in the issue examine how deep sea sediments may affect seismic wave readings, and evaluate how the Cascadia Initiative's data collection from ocean bottom seismometers has improved over the first three years of the study.

The study, «Picocyanobacteria and deep - ocean fluorescent dissolved organic matter share similar optical properties» appeared in the May 17 issue of Nature Communications.

In an email to his staff last week, Larry Marshall, chief executive of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in Canberra, «stated that up to 350 jobs could be eliminated over the next 2 years, including 110 positions in the Oceans and Atmosphere division, the bulwark of CSIRO's climate research,» Leigh Dayton reported in this week's issue of SciencIn an email to his staff last week, Larry Marshall, chief executive of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in Canberra, «stated that up to 350 jobs could be eliminated over the next 2 years, including 110 positions in the Oceans and Atmosphere division, the bulwark of CSIRO's climate research,» Leigh Dayton reported in this week's issue of Sciencin Canberra, «stated that up to 350 jobs could be eliminated over the next 2 years, including 110 positions in the Oceans and Atmosphere division, the bulwark of CSIRO's climate research,» Leigh Dayton reported in this week's issue of Sciencin the Oceans and Atmosphere division, the bulwark of CSIRO's climate research,» Leigh Dayton reported in this week's issue of Sciencin this week's issue of Science.

At 8.05 a.m. local time, the Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics in Jakarta issued a bulletin about a hypothetical tsunami — modelled on the one that hit Sumatra on Boxing Day 2004 and claimed more than 200,000 lives — to national focal points around the Indian Ocean.

In the April 12 issue of the journal Science, Lutz and co-author Paul Falkowski, a professor in Rutgers's departments of Geological Sciences and Marine and Coastal Sciences, point out that the handful of samples taken thus far from the ocean's depths have introduced scientists to new strains of an anaerobic bacteria known as actinomycetes, which Lutz calls «fascinating organisms with profound medical possibilities.&raquIn the April 12 issue of the journal Science, Lutz and co-author Paul Falkowski, a professor in Rutgers's departments of Geological Sciences and Marine and Coastal Sciences, point out that the handful of samples taken thus far from the ocean's depths have introduced scientists to new strains of an anaerobic bacteria known as actinomycetes, which Lutz calls «fascinating organisms with profound medical possibilities.&raquin Rutgers's departments of Geological Sciences and Marine and Coastal Sciences, point out that the handful of samples taken thus far from the ocean's depths have introduced scientists to new strains of an anaerobic bacteria known as actinomycetes, which Lutz calls «fascinating organisms with profound medical possibilities.»

The researchers reported in a recent issue of Nature Communications that the effects of the Earth's tilt on the amounts of water in the oceans and in groundwater account for the changes in sea levels during this period, the Early Triassic.

In a paper released in the November 14, 2016 issue of the journal Nature Geoscience, Repeta and colleagues at the University of Hawaii found that much of the ocean's dissolved organic matter is made up of novel polysaccharides — long chains of sugar molecules created by photosynthetic bacteria in the upper oceaIn a paper released in the November 14, 2016 issue of the journal Nature Geoscience, Repeta and colleagues at the University of Hawaii found that much of the ocean's dissolved organic matter is made up of novel polysaccharides — long chains of sugar molecules created by photosynthetic bacteria in the upper oceain the November 14, 2016 issue of the journal Nature Geoscience, Repeta and colleagues at the University of Hawaii found that much of the ocean's dissolved organic matter is made up of novel polysaccharides — long chains of sugar molecules created by photosynthetic bacteria in the upper oceain the upper ocean.

Bell, one of the authors of a 2011 National Research Council (NRC) report that identified future areas for scientific research in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, notes that the communications issue came up frequently in the report, and has been an issue for over a decade.

The Arctic Ocean is beginning to take on traits and forces commonly found in the Atlantic Ocean, according to a new study in the 7 April issue of Science.

El Niño, a periodic warming in the waters of the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, will probably emerge in the coming months, according to a forecast issued yesterday by the Climate Prediction Center (CPC) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

«We are able to go back in time and analyze archived museum earplug samples that were harvested in the 1950s and examine critical issues such as the effects of pollution, use of sonar in the oceans and the introduction of specific chemicals and pesticides in the environment over long periods of time,» Usenko said.

In his research published in the December issue of the journal Geology of the Geological Society of America, Czaja and his colleagues Nicolas Beukes from the University of Johannesburg and Jeffrey Osterhout, a recently graduated master's student from UC's department of geology, reveal samples of bacteria that were abundant in deep water areas of the ocean in a geologic time known as the Neoarchean Eon (2.8 to 2.5 billion years agoIn his research published in the December issue of the journal Geology of the Geological Society of America, Czaja and his colleagues Nicolas Beukes from the University of Johannesburg and Jeffrey Osterhout, a recently graduated master's student from UC's department of geology, reveal samples of bacteria that were abundant in deep water areas of the ocean in a geologic time known as the Neoarchean Eon (2.8 to 2.5 billion years agoin the December issue of the journal Geology of the Geological Society of America, Czaja and his colleagues Nicolas Beukes from the University of Johannesburg and Jeffrey Osterhout, a recently graduated master's student from UC's department of geology, reveal samples of bacteria that were abundant in deep water areas of the ocean in a geologic time known as the Neoarchean Eon (2.8 to 2.5 billion years agoin deep water areas of the ocean in a geologic time known as the Neoarchean Eon (2.8 to 2.5 billion years agoin a geologic time known as the Neoarchean Eon (2.8 to 2.5 billion years ago).

The paper is one of five landmark studies borne from the Tara Oceans Expedition featured this week in a special issue of the journal Science.

That shift of the coastal ocean from carbon source to sink, quantified for the first time in the Dec. 5, 2013, issue of the journal Nature, suggests coastal areas are a key component of the global carbon budget, the scientists say.

Each December, six months before the start of hurricane season, the now 75 - year - old Gray and his team issue a long - range prediction of the number of major tropical storms that will arise in the Atlantic Ocean basin, as well as the number of hurricanes (with sustained winds of 74 miles per hour or more) and intense hurricanes (with winds of at least 111 mph).

Natural climate fluctuations have combined to keep the upper ocean cool, scientists report in an upcoming issue of Geophysical Research Letters.

Gage and Gordon take issue with claims by Rudall Blanchard Associates, Shell's consultants, that the deep ocean «supports a small range of species»; that deep - water fishing does not take place in the area; and that water currents at the site are what atmospheric meteorologists would call «dead calm».