For the first time, researchers have shown that cultured picocyanobacteria, Synechococcus and Prochlorococcus, found in
the open ocean release fluorescent components that closely match these typical fluorescent signals found in oceanic environments.
Not exact matches
Findings include a discovery that surface waters in the
open Arctic
Ocean release heat - trapping methane gas into the atmosphere at a «significant» rate
«This is like
opening a pressure relief valve — the
ocean then
releases a surplus of heat to the atmosphere for several consecutive winters until the heat reservoir is exhausted,» adds Professor Latif.
It is not clear yet how much of the phosphorus being
released from the ice sheet is reaching the
open ocean, but if a large amount of phosphorus coming off the glacier makes it to the sea, the nutrient could rev up biological activity of Arctic waters, according to the study's authors.
As the carbon makes its way downstream, some is
released back into the atmosphere when it decays, while the rest makes it out to
open ocean.
The increased wave action reaches down and stirs up sediments on shallow continental shelves,
releasing radium and other chemicals that are carried up to the surface and swept away into the
open ocean by currents such as the Transpolar Drift.
Once she learns that Strickland wants to cut her new friend
open to better understand how he breathes, she makes plans to capture the sexy creature and put him in her bathtub until he can be
released into the
ocean at high tide.
This is lower than Star
Ocean 4's
opening on Xbox 360 with a lower install base and now Square Enix will be hoping that the PlayStation 3 version, due to be
released next month, will be able to boost cumulative sales to a respectable total of around 300K.
The strong winds from the south can push the ice further north into the Central Arctic, exposing the
open water and
releasing heat to the atmosphere from the
ocean.»
No one raises fish and
releases them into the
open ocean.
Researchers observed a natural, regular, multidecadal oscillation between periods of Southern
Ocean open - sea convection, which can act a release valve for the ocean's heat, and non-convective per
Ocean open - sea convection, which can act a
release valve for the
ocean's heat, and non-convective per
ocean's heat, and non-convective periods.
«Previous observations have pointed to large methane plumes being
released from the seabed in the relatively shallow sea off the northern coast of Siberia, but the latest findings were made far away from land in the deep,
open ocean where the surface is usually capped by ice.»
Additional heat
released to the atmosphere from the
opening ocean will amplify the Arctic warming and generate atmospheric waves which ultimately slow down stratospheric winds.