Sentences with phrase «of oceanic life»

When the oceans begin to slow the rate of CO2 uptake at saturation point that will futher push atmospheric CO2 even higher, simultaneously the massive amounts of additional CO2 and methane and nitrous oxide etc released from the decay and oxidisation of oceanic living creatures who can not survive in a low ph environment will future ram the nail in the coffin.

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But the ocean is a huge, constantly moving three - dimensional ecosystem, and obtaining precise, real - time observations of marine life and of oceanic conditions such as temperature, current and salinity is quite challenging and astronomically expensive.

Norris and colleagues review the Cenozoic history of oceanic change; despite some short - lived past analogs, the oceans will also experience more rapid change than ever before.

It helps lay a foundation that scientists can apply to make predictions about what would allow life to alter exoplanets» atmospheres, and may inspire deeper studies, here on Earth, of how oceanic - atmospheric chemistry drives climate instability and influences the rise and fall of life through the ages.

From their vantage points in labs and living rooms around the world, oceanic explorers now plug into an ever - changing world once cloaked in darkness, and tap into the pulse of the ocean as it lives and breathes.

Durable proteins make life possible in the crushing depths of the ocean, and may have evolved in life below the surface of ice - bound oceanic exo - planets.

The authors speculate that Arktocara may have socialized in pods, like today's oceanic dolphins, while possessing a much longer snout, like its closest living relative in the freshwater rivers of South Asia.

High levels of oceanic oxygen could have allowed advanced, animal - like life to develop for the first time — only to be wiped out again as oxygen vanished

Cut off from their oceanic relatives for millions of years, the golden jellies, Mastigias papua etpisoni, have lost much of their sting and evolved a symbiotic relationship with algae that live in their tissues, lending their eponymous golden color.

Weimerskirch said the researchers will now study «the learning phase of young frigate birds, how they learn to use these extreme conditions... Also we will test whether living in different oceanic conditions — Galapagos, Western Pacific and Indian Ocean — results in different migratory and dispersal strategies.»

A remote expedition to the deepest layer of the Earth's oceanic crust has revealed a new ecosystem living over a kilometre beneath our feet.

While countless scientific reports have documented the ravages of climate change on oceanic life, a survey of the researchers who wrote them provides a silver lining: An overwhelming majority noticed examples of sea life withstanding climate change.

«This process also helps explain the unusually high oceanic phosphorus levels, thought to be the catalyst for the origin of animal life on Earth.»

In contrast, Dalziel suggests the development of a deep oceanic gateway between the Pacific and Iapetus (ancestral Atlantic) oceans isolated Laurentia in the early Cambrian, a geographic makeover that immediately preceded the global sea level rise and apparent explosion of life.

Although NASA terminated funding in 2005 for a proposed Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter (which would have searched for evidence of sub-ice, oceanic life on Europa, Callisto, and Ganymede), the Agency was still funding the development of a robotic submarine for exploring the sub-ice oceans of those icy moons in 2007 (Kathleen M. Wong, New Scientist, December 14, 2007).

The plankton, in turn, attracts a vast array of marine life, providing feeding as well as spawning grounds for myriad pelagic species, including some that have migrated across wide oceanic areas.

Marine life is dying, and as a result the whole oceanic ecosystem is threatened simply by various sources of pollution.

Such changes in oceanic environmental conditions will have negative consequences for marine life and organisms producing calcium carbonate (CaCO3) structures are amongst the most vulnerable due to the additional costs associated with calcification and maintenance of calcified structures under more acidic conditions.

This immaculate home is perfectly designed for tropical living by creating an oceanic atmosphere whilst providing the very best of ultra modern accessories.

This immaculate home is designed perfectly for tropical living by creating a oceanic atmosphere while providing the very best of ultra modern accessories.

The convergence of three major oceanic currents brings an incredible mix of marine life to this area.

The diversity of marine life is exceptional and Bali provides one of the few opportunities for divers to see the mighty mola (oceanic sunfish — mola ramsayi) manta rays and other large pelagics — but diving in Bali is not only for «big fish» enthusiasts, macro divers have a selection of treats awaiting them too — the pygmy sea horse, frogfishes, ghost pipe fish and a plethora of nudibranch species to name but a few can all be found on Bali's fringing coral reefs.

The prolific range of marine life found in these waters results from the convergence of five major oceanic currents that converge on the lonely cluster of islands on the equator.

The Blue Planet II production team will lead a talk on the new book and the much - loved popular BBC TV series and how they brought to life the different habitats of the oceanic world.

Marine life here includes both hard and soft corals, crinoids of many colors, a wide variety of reef fish and there is always the possibility of spotting the oceanic giants like Whale Sharks and Manta Rays.

Including littoral, wetland, and mangrove ecosystems, to seagrass beds interspersed with lagoonal reefs, to the outer barrier reef platform and oceanic atolls, this ecological gradient provides for a full complement of life - cycle needs, supporting critical spawning, nesting, foraging, and nursery ecosystem functions.

The diverse and abundant nature of marine life in the Galapagos is the result of the mixing of five major oceanic currents.

We will make sure all your needs are catered for so you can enjoy doing what you do best, observation of Mother Natures wonderful oceanic bird life.

This oceanic island is surrounded by shear walls of soft coral home to myriad of marine life and attracting large pelagic creatures such as green sea - turtles and immense schools of barracudas.

The richness of aquatic life here compares to that found in the Similans, while oceanic visitors abound.

The Southern Caribbean features a vast oceanic platform with a large amount of brilliant living coral and superb diving points.

The group of abstract artists shares a notable inclination for insinuated forms, as if they lived on a coastline where oceanic abstractions touch firm figurativism.

While Methane and Nitrous oxide gases are more short lived, Co2 is long lived in the atmosphere, so stopping some of the gases will not eliminate the long term forcing on the oceanic thermal absorption.

And given the fact that land warms more quickly than ocean, resulting in areas of low pressure over land, changing patterns of atmospheric and oceanic circulation are bringing them to the coasts — where so much life's diversity is found.

The root cause of all three conditions is overuse of resources: energy, land, water, forests, soil, biodiversity, oceanic life, etc..

Biosphere (terrestrial and marine)- The part of the Earth system comprising all ecosystems and living organisms, in the atmosphere, on land (terrestrial biosphere) or in the oceans (marine biosphere), including derived dead organic matter, such as litter, soil organic matter and oceanic detritus.

This study, which was supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation, is the first to analyze long - term trends in rainfall and surface air temperature over a timescale of nearly an entire century, the study's lead author, Natalie Thomas, a doctoral candidate in atmospheric and oceanic science at the University of Maryland, told Live Science.

The oceans would then become a realm of bacteria metabolizing sulfates, and producing hydrogen sulfide, which would then get released into the water and the atmosphere, killing oceanic plants and terrestrial life.

With atmospheric and oceanic CO2 levels rising and the consequent acidification of the oceans, marine life has to adapt rapidly if they want to stay around.

Throughout its life, the USGCRP has created and maintained a mix of atmospheric, oceanic, land, and space - based observing systems; gained new theoretical knowledge of Earth System processes; advanced understanding of the complexity of the Earth System through predictive modeling; promoted advances in computational capabilities, data management, and information sharing; and developed and harnessed an expert scientific workforce.

In the meantime, their results have tentatively breathed a small hint of life back into the climate models, basically buying them a bit more time — time for either the observed temperatures to start rising rapidly as current models expect, or, time for the modelers to try to fix / improve cloud processes, oceanic processes, and other process of variability (both natural and anthropogenic) that lie behind what would be the clearly overheated projections.

The oceans absorb a significant amount of the carbon that enters the atmosphere, creating carbonic acid that makes it hard for marine life to survive and threatens the entire oceanic food chain.

This activity report showcases a set of case studies that present the work of a wide range of financed and supported projects that make a case for further investment in marine protected areas to restore the health of oceanic and coastal ecosystems, strengthen resilience in the face of climate change, sustain fisheries and other economic activities, and improve the lives of the world's poorest communities.

Remember that all of the energy and matter that fuels oceanic food webs comes from the phytoplankton, who use sunlight to create living matter from inorganic elements.»