Sentences with phrase «of ocean biology»

As Pekka points out, there is considerable uncertainty associated with the magnitude of projections, but paleoclimatologic data indicate that they are likely to be sufficient to impair the calcification processes essential for the integrity of many marine species involved in the food chain, and thus of concern to us to the extent that our civilization is linked to the welfare of ocean biology...

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Among the new offerings include Washed Ashore — a collection ofmassive and colorful art sculptures completely made of ocean plastic debris; a new aquatic presentation featuring the amazing biology and adaptation of dolphins, beluga whales and more; the world premiere of PBS Kids» Splash and Bubbles 4 - D Experience; a redesigned gallery habitat highlighting the wonder and beauty of the world's kelp forests and more.

The IASOS has over 60 researchers from glaciology to biology and oceans policy, as well as the same number of students who are doing postgraduate courses, masters, or PhDs.

Fisheries management of the ocean, and therefore biology, is also of great importance because the Australian Antarctic Territory covers two - thirds of the Antarctic.

«It makes sense, because the coast is a much more complicated environment, whereas the open ocean is more homogeneous and the features are more spread out in space and time,» said coauthor Daniel Costa, a distinguished professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at UC Santa Cruz.

Marine biology is the scientific study of the plants, animals, and other organisms that live in the ocean.

In 2006, I flew across the ocean to study molecular biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

It had major effects on the world's oceans, climate and biology, and perhaps even triggered the evolution of humans.

«When we talk about fisheries» catch, we're talking about what fishers are aiming to catch,» explained Rebecca Lewison, an ecology professor at San Diego State University's Coastal Marine Institute Laboratory, who led the study with biology professor Larry Crowder of Stanford University's Hopkins Marine Station and Center for Ocean Solutions.

«By designing scientific lighting that mimics the ocean's light along with cameras that can capture the animals» fluorescent light, we can now catch a glimpse of this hidden biofluorescent universe,» said co-lead author David Gruber, an associate professor of biology at Baruch College and a research associate at the American Museum of Natural History.

These classes of molecules are commonly found near the ocean's surface, and they are ubiquitous in biology.

Co-authors are integrative biology professor Kevin McCann and other researchers at U of G, McGill University, the University of Washington, and Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

And many exchanges were heated because, despite 150 years of research on the biology of evolution, scientists still disagree about how and why multicellular creatures and plants emerged from ancient oceans that teemed with robust and self - reliant single - celled entities.

What is new in this study is it attributes the oxygen stabilisation to biology — the presence or absence of animals stirring up the ocean sediments.»

The Isthmus of Panama plays an outsized role in ocean circulation and may be a reason that our planet currently undergoes ice ages, so the new theory could rewrite not just the history of continents and biology, but also global climate.

And will mean scientists can do research for more of the year, can reach areas they've never been able to penetrate before, and will be able to bring back huge amounts of data on the ocean and marine biology,» Osborne said during a speech in Cambridge, according to a ScienceInsider post by Daniel Clery.

V: A lot of biology that was not known before, including the biology of the upper oceans, seems to be driven by capturing energy directly from the sun.

Ocean biology alters the chemical composition of sea spray in ways that influence its ability to form clouds over the oOcean biology alters the chemical composition of sea spray in ways that influence its ability to form clouds over the oceanocean.

«Continued monitoring of shelf inputs to Arctic surface waters is therefore vital to understand how the changing climate will affect the chemistry, biology, and economic resources of the Arctic Ocean,» the study's authors wrote.

Richard Thomson, a physical oceanographer at the Institute of Ocean Sciences in British Columbia who also did not take part in the work, says that deep - sea currents could be the driving factor behind the extreme variations in biology.

«Coastal ocean ecology is not just biology,» said study lead - author Robert Weisberg, Distinguished University Professor of Physical Oceanography at USF's College of Marine Science.

She graduated with a bachelor's in biology from Yale University and received a doctorate in ecology and evolutionary biology and a master's in ocean sciences from the University of California, Santa Cruz, where she examined the effects of ocean climate change on seabird populations.

«The deeper [dolphins] go into the ocean, the smaller the volume of gas or air in the lungs gets,» said study lead author Andreas Fahlman, a professor of biology at Texas A&M University in Corpus Christi.

While biology and chemistry control the growth of the blooms, it is ocean circulation that unites the nutrients with sunlight to facilitate photosynthesis, said Weisberg.

«It is a fundamental way of understanding more about our planet, the configuration of continents and oceans, climate change, mountain building, the location of precious resources, biology, etc..

«This study confirmed that ocean circulation physics and K. brevis biology are equally important and that both immediate and short term prediction may be achieved using a combination of circulation models supported by in situ observations of physical, biological and chemical variables and satellite imagery,» concluded the researchers.

The rapid technology development is expected to lead to more exciting discoveries of the ocean and its physics, chemistry, and biology, which may result in breakthrough in earth system science.

Researchers carry out innovative basic and applied research programs in coral reef biology, ecology, and geology; fish biology, ecology, and conservation; shark and billfish ecology; fisheries science; deep - sea organismal biology and ecology; invertebrate and vertebrate genomics, genetics, molecular ecology, and evolution; microbiology; biodiversity; observation and modeling of large - scale ocean circulation, coastal dynamics, and ocean atmosphere coupling; benthic habitat mapping; biodiversity; histology; and calcification.

However, my interest in reproductive behaviors and fishes can be blamed on George Barlow, my undergraduate advisor whose excitement about science, teaching and mentorship shifted my plans from veterinary school to graduate study in evolutionary biology at the University of California Santa Barbara with Robert Warner (bringing me even closer to the ocean!).

Looking for life at Saturn «wasn't on Cassini's pre-launch list,» she adds, but when the spacecraft confirmed Enceladus» salty, water ocean after flying through the moon's enigmatic plumes and taking samples, it became one of the most compelling places beyond Earth to find extraterrestrial biology.

Co-authors are integrative biology professor Kevin McCann and other researchers at University of Guelph, McGill University, the University of Washington, and Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

They want to ask questions that cross scientific boundaries, such as how ocean chemistry affects biology or how the geology on the seafloor affects the physics of flowing water.

The quantitative population ecology of zooplankton with emphasis on zooplankton small - scale distribution and abundance, organic matter transport into the deep - sea, the biology of Gulf Stream Rings, zooplankton associated with deep - sea hydrothermal vents, dynamics of populations on Georges Bank and on the continental shelf region of the Western Antarctic Peninsula, acoustical determination of zooplankton biomass, abundance, and size, and the census of holozooplankton biodiversity in the worlds oceans.

Microbiology is actually a vital part of marine biology since the ocean depths contain not only large animals, but also organisms that can not be seen with the naked eye.

The new name also more accurately reflected the broad - based academic training in mathematics, physics, chemistry, and biology as well as specialized curricular elements related to understanding the oceans as a unified dynamic system and the study of its living components and resources.

The JCVI teams are focused on a variety of genomic research areas including continued work in synthetic biology; sampling and analysis of the world's oceans, fresh water and soils to better understand the microbes living in these environments; and new analysis on the human genome in the hopes of discovering new insights into disease prevention and treatment.

Marine sciences is an interdisciplinary field concerning the biology, physics and chemistry of the oceans.

identify where the impacts of acidification on Mediterranean waters will be more significant, taking into account the sequence of causes and effects, from ocean chemistry through marine biology to socio - economic costs.

You can have a differential impact on biology and chemistry, so if you really want to assess what will be the status of calcifying organisms in 2100 there is one part, the chemistry, for which the organisms have no control but for the biology they can perhaps adapt and there might be a way for the organisms to mitigate the negative impacts of ocean acidification.

«One opinion in the scientific community has been, «If the ice shell is thick, that's bad for biology — that it might mean the surface isn't communicating with the underlying ocean»,» says Dr. Britney Schmidt, a research scientist at the University of Texas and lead author of the study.

What about the possible consequences of ocean acidification at biology, ecology and biogeochemistry level?

We also have modellers that project future changes of ocean chemistry and biology in the next decades and century.

The ocean helps moderate climate change thanks to its considerable capacity to store CO2, through the combined actions of ocean physics, chemistry, and biology.

Antje Boetius is an expert of marine biogeochemistry, biological oceanography, deep - sea biology and microbial of the ocean.

Juli Berwald fell in love with the ocean during her junior year abroad in Israel, when, on a whim, she signed up for a weeklong marine biology course, snorkeling amid the coral reefs of the Red Sea.

She taught biology and administered international schools in the Netherlands for 14 years and, since returning to BC, has also been the local Department of Fisheries and Oceans Education Coordinator, Communications Director for the SOS Marine Conservation Foundation and Community Liaison for the «Namgis First Nations KUTTERA Closed Containment Salmon Farm.

The Expedition team will start its series of introductory lectures about wildlife, biology, life in the ocean and the ecosystems of coral reefs, also known as the rainforests of the sea.

At sea you will have a series of lectures supported by videos of the biology and history of the Sub Antarctic Islands and the Southern Ocean.

What do you KNOW about physics, chemistry and biology of Oceans?

Have you ever heard about Ocean - acidification and the following impact on chemistry and finally biology of the Oceans?