Sentences with phrase «other ocean habitats»

Also along the waterfront, the outstanding Aquarium of the Pacific has huge tanks and displays featuring coral reefs, goofy Magellanic penguins and other ocean habitats.

Not exact matches

S. rosetta and V. fischeri are both marine organisms, encountering each other in the same ocean habitats.

Cheung and his colleague used modeling to predict how 802 commercially important species of fish and invertebrates react to warming water temperatures, other changing ocean properties, and new habitats opening up at the poles.

(iv) the potential for conservation of species or habitat types at serious risk due to climate change, ocean acidification, and other stressors.

A two - minute PSA about the importance of marine coastal habitats in mitigating climate change, ocean acidification, and other issues related to the increase in atmospheric CO2

As one of the largest national research programmes on ocean acidification, BIOACID has contributed to quantifying the effects of ocean acidification on marine organisms and their habitats, unravelling the mechanisms underlying the observed responses, assessing the potential for evolutionary adaptation, and determining how these responses are modulated by other environmental drivers.

We defend marine species and habitat from overfishing, offshore oil drilling, the impacts of climate change and ocean acidification, and a host of other threats — from the Sea of Cortez to the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic, the Hawaiian archipelago to Japan, and Antarctica north to the Arctic Circle.

She works on polar seas, on chemosynthetic ecosystems and other extreme habitats of the ocean.

Well - controlled laboratory as well as large - scale field experiments were conducted with keystone species and natural communities in a wide range of habitats in the North and Baltic Sea, the Atlantic and Arctic Ocean, and off Papua New Guinea, among other places.

Other research is looking into questions about how seamount populations change in response to climate - induced shifts in ocean circulation and whether habitats disturbed by human activity can recover.

Besides being adorable, these critters play an important role in our ocean ecosystems by providing habitat for others, helping balance the food chain, and facilitating nutrient cycling.

Fewer predators (do not need the protection of a pod) in the current habitat - most lone dolphins are observed in coastal habitats, whereas when found in the open ocean lone dolphins will swim with other species of cetaceans

We use environmental law to protect oceans, forests, and other habitats as well as all people.

This marine art exhibit presents work not just limited to ships on an ocean, but depicts a vast array of water scenes including breezy seashores, stark lighthouses, rocky coasts, a still pond, water mammals, fish and dozens of other water related subjects, animals and habitats in a variety of different media.

These organisms provide essential food and habitat to others, so their demise could affect entire ocean ecosystems.

(iv) the potential for conservation of species or habitat types at serious risk due to climate change, ocean acidification, and other stressors.

For example, wave energy installations can require large expanses of ocean space, which could compete with other uses — such as fishing and shipping — and cause damage to marine life and habitats.

You see, climate change currently presents one of the most significant threats to wildlife and their habitats, and we are already observing the effects of higher temperatures, rising sea levels, warming oceans, droughts and other changes.

The length of the growing season in interior Alaska has increased 45 % over the last century7 and that trend is projected to continue.8 This could improve conditions for agriculture where moisture is adequate, but will reduce water storage and increase the risks of more extensive wildfire and insect outbreaks across much of Alaska.9, 10 Changes in dates of snowmelt and freeze - up would influence seasonal migration of birds and other animals, increase the likelihood and rate of northerly range expansion of native and non-native species, alter the habitats of both ecologically important and endangered species, and affect ocean currents.11

In other words,rent - seeking Australian government hydrologists broke the Great Barrier Reef with their claims of greater competency than they actually possess, don't know how to fix the damage they've done and are still doing, and are defensively throwing up an obscuring cloud of ink like a spineless bottom - dweller in a rapidly dwindling ocean habitat that no longer provides them cover or sustenance.

Marine ecosystems such as the Giant Kelp forests off the coast of California are dependent upon certain ocean movements — the kelp receives nutrients from the passing waves, which then creates habitat for a multitude of other species from urchins to abalone to the iconic sea otters.

The responses of sea urchin larvae to ocean acidification may be influenced by habitat type, and may also be species specific, leading to the suggestion that some species are more robust to ocean change stressors than others (i.e. «winners versus losers»)[68].

We use environmental law to protect oceans, forests, and other habitats as well as all people.