Sentences with phrase «on ocean ecosystem»

This article is part of a series on the Ocean Ecosystem looking at the various species of plants and animals which depend on a healthy coast and ocean environment, and the threats that can be posed to them by human activity

There will be effects on the ocean ecosystem but it is unclear exactly what the effects and just how serious they will be.

The effects on the ocean ecosystem can not be determined only by examining individual species.

Worm, B. et al (2006) Impacts of Biodiversity Loss on Ocean Ecosystem Services.

For a more relaxed adventure also at Atlantis The Palm, the Lost Chambers Aquarium is a great option for educating the kids on the ocean ecosystem while keeping them captivated.

There are some farming techniques that may make be viable options in the future, especially for those on a budget, but current methods have a drastic impact on native seafood species and on the ocean ecosystem.

I've read a few papers on ocean ecosystem modeling and would argue that our understanding of the crucial processes is still quite primitive.

Worm, B. et al (2006) Impacts of Biodiversity Loss on Ocean Ecosystem Services.

MORE TO EXPLORE Impacts of Biodiversity Loss on Ocean Ecosystem Services.

On board of this ship belonging to the Spanish Armada, and the Sarmiento de Gamboa ship belonging to the CSIC, researchers studied for nine months (seven aboard the Hespérides and two aboard the Sarmiento) the impact of the global change on the ocean ecosystem and explored its biodiversity.

But many disagree about the impact this is having on ocean ecosystems.

More work needs to be done to quantify the impact of anthropogenic soluble iron on ocean ecosystems and climate.»

Now, for the first time, elaborate studies are revealing where they come from and the grip they exert on ocean ecosystems.

The 4th International Symposium will bring together experts from around the world to better understand climate impacts on ocean ecosystems — and...

The overall goal of this sympsoium is to bring together experts from around the world to better understand climate impacts on ocean ecosystems — and how to respond.

Ocean acidification: Abrupt (human scale), catastrophic if you're a fish, a plankton, a coral, or anything that eats them or depends in any way on ocean ecosystems.

In the Arctic, the tipping points identified in the new report, published on Friday, include: growth in vegetation on tundra, which replaces reflective snow and ice with darker vegetation, thus absorbing more heat; higher releases of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from the tundra as it warms; shifts in snow distribution that warm the ocean, resulting in altered climate patterns as far away as Asia, where the monsoon could be effected; and the collapse of some key Arctic fisheries, with knock - on effects on ocean ecosystems around the globe.»

Steven Gaines's research focuses on marine ecology and conservation, sustainable fisheries, the design of marine reserves, and the impact of climate change on ocean ecosystems.

For instance, oceans absorb heat from the atmosphere and mix with freshwater run - off from melting glaciers and ice caps, which changes ocean chemistry and puts stress on ocean ecosystems.

A large body of evidence reveals that small amounts of warming in the Ocean can have large effects on ocean ecosystems.

Steve Gaines's research focuses on marine ecology and conservation, sustainable fisheries, the design of marine reserves, and the impact of climate change on ocean ecosystems.

We won't be able to run, we won't be able to hide from that problem because it's having a very profound effect on ocean ecosystems everywhere and will have very long lasting and damaging consequences unless we get that under control.

Prof Murray Roberts, who co-ordinates the Atlas project at the University of Edinburgh, told BBC News: «The changes we're seeing now in deep Atlantic currents could have massive effects on ocean ecosystems.

Professor Gaines's research focuses on marine ecology and conservation, sustainable fisheries, the design of marine reserves, and the impact of climate change on ocean ecosystems.

Ove and I organized a session on climate change impacts on ocean ecosystems at the NCSE «Our Changing Oceans meeting» this week in Washington, DC.

According to Francis Chan, a marine ecologist at OSU, this recurrent dead zone is just another sign of global warming's harmful impact on ocean ecosystems around the world — prompted by unprecedented changes in wind patterns and water currents.

While it's no secret that keeping up with the world's demand for seafood puts terrible strain on ocean ecosystems, it turns out that fish aren't the only species feeling the pinch from overfishing.

Not exact matches

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.

So, the researchers argue, a major decrease in availability of the element would have had catastrophic effects on the ocean's ecosystems — and thus may have caused, or at least played a major role in, the widespread die - offs.

On a small Australian island in the Indian Ocean, supercolonies of yellow crazy ants are causing what one biologist refers to as a «meltdown» of the native ecosystem.

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.

These are top predators with long lifespans — and their loss could have cascading effects on the whole ocean ecosystem.

The report found some deep mesophotic coral ecosystems may be less vulnerable to the most extreme ocean warming, but others may be just as vulnerable as their shallow counterparts and can not be relied on to act as «life boats.»

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.

But current evidence suggests that plastic pollution is as prevalent in land and freshwater ecosystems as it is in the oceans, where it's found «from the equator to the poles,» says Rochman, author of a separate commentary on the state of plastic pollution research published in the April 6 Science.

And tropical deep reefs are not barren landscapes on the deep ocean floor: they are highly diverse ecosystems that warrant further study.

Commercial overfishing damages fish populations, marine habitats and ecosystems — consequences that also affect people who depend on the ocean for food and work.

The finding, from the first survey of ocean acidification around one of the world's greatest natural landmarks, supports fears that the ecosystem is on its last legs.

The request also calls for canceling five NASA earth science missions, including an operating Earth - facing camera on the Deep Space Climate Observatory satellite and the planned Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem satellite, set for launch in 2022, which would assess the ocean's health and its interactions with the atmosphere.

«Humans rely heavily on a diversity of services that are provided by ocean ecosystems, including the food we eat and industries that arise from that,» says project leader Professor Ivan Nagelkerken, from the University's Environment Institute.

«Southern Ocean: Reconstructing environmental conditions over the past 30,000 years: Sea - ice zone has a major influence on the ecosystem.»

The landmark 1972 legislation recognized marine mammals as a central element of their ocean ecosystems, setting population goals based on levels that would contribute to the health and stability of those ecosystems.

The net effect of changes in temperature and ocean acidification on benthic microalgae is non-existent if there are crustaceans in the ecosystem.

With heat, water and nutrients, subsurface Europa could resemble the deep - sea ocean vents on Earth that support vast ecosystems.

From the ocean, the fresh water flows into the Greenland fjords where is influence local circulation with impacts on the production and ecosystem structure.

Cashion is a researcher for the Sea Around Us project at the University of British Columbia's Institute for the Ocean and Fisheries, and he and his colleagues have been collecting data to illuminate the impact of fisheries on marine ecosystems.

As Dr. Mackey cited in the published article Sea Change: UCI oceanographer studies effects of global climate fluctuations on aquatic ecosystems: «They would tell us about upwelling and how the ocean wasn't just this one big, homogenous bathtub, that there were different water masses, and they had different chemical properties that influenced what grew there,» she recalls.

She was suggesting that Europa's ocean was not its only source of liquid water; the moon also harbored hidden lakes far closer to vital molecules on the surface, perhaps close enough to support miniature habitable ecosystems.

A study of California mussels, a key species in the rocky intertidal ecosystems of the West Coast, indicates that the effects of ocean acidification will vary from place to place along the coast depending on a range of interacting factors.

Ocean acidification is therefore one of the most important research areas regarding the effects of elevated CO2 on benthic marine calcifiers and the marine ecosystem in general.