Sentences with phrase «vast ocean ecosystems»

Our oceans are under attack from pollution around the globe and we must work together to protect our coastal areas and vast ocean ecosystems.

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Our work was the most comprehensive investigation to date of how mercury is deposited to the Arctic tundra, a vast northern ecosystem surrounding the Arctic Ocean.

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

For me, that begins with people accepting that there is no hiding place left in the science — the overwhelming consensus of the vast body of scientists that study climate is that the trends we are seeing in the air, the oceans and in our ecosystems are entirely consistent with the theory of global warming, while the alternatives offered by sceptical scientists — even the much heralded role of the Sun — so far fail that test.

At stake, added Ove Hoegh - Guldberg, director of the Center for Marine Studies at the University of Queensland, Australia, and the study's senior author, are ecosystems that play vital roles in providing habitats for a vast array of marine species that are essential to the oceans» complex food chain.

Both ocean fertilization and boreal deforestation could potentially slow down global warming a bit, but at the expense of disturbing or destroying vast natural ecosystems.

Our oceans are a vast system of diverse and complex ecosystems and natural resources; and the health of the world's oceans is inextricably tied to the health of our planet.