Sentences with phrase «what areas of the ocean»

By understanding what areas of the ocean are being heavily fished, agencies and governments can make important decisions about how much fishing should be allowed in any given area.

Not exact matches

Optical sensors installed on ships, for instance, can determine ocean water color that reflects the activity of micro-algae at the bottom of the food chain and, when examined alongside satellite color observations, can support extrapolations about what's happening in a given area of ocean.

«What surprised me about the results was that most people overestimated the amount of ocean area being protected, and thus have a more optimistic view of ocean conservation and management than there actually is.

That legal framework puts a whole new emphasis on mapping and exploring the ocean floor at the edge of what is technically possible, because those efforts will determine what areas a given country can exploit later.

By the time the water reaches this area and is taken up into seafood, radioactivity is probably well diluted below what is probably dangerous for human consumption, but marine biologist Nicholas Fisher of Stony Brook University in New York says that the study will be a useful baseline to understand how radiation is dispersed in the specific ocean patterns and sea life of the Pacific.

Gage and Gordon take issue with claims by Rudall Blanchard Associates, Shell's consultants, that the deep ocean «supports a small range of species»; that deep - water fishing does not take place in the area; and that water currents at the site are what atmospheric meteorologists would call «dead calm».

What I do like, from your description, is the 2 story atrium and light - filled areas tucked away where you can watch the ocean for hours, the casual elegant attire and of course, the service and attention to detail.

The best part of this luxury vacation rental may not be what's inside, but what's outside: an expansive private lanai facing the ocean, with sitting and dining areas and a built - in barbecue.

What better way to experience the natural beauty of the unique Tilba area with its irresistible combination of mountains and unspoilt ocean beaches.

What this course lacks in sea views, as offered by most of the ocean - facing and cliff - top golf courses along Bali's coastal resort areas, Handara Golf makes up for with its great combination of flowing bentgrass greens backed by lush shrubbery, tropical gardens and mountain panoramas, together with the cool mountain air that allows for pleasant rounds of golfing throughout the 18 - hole golf course.

Paul D... As a part - time alarmist I would answer that with a little bit of extrapolation added to some warnings of climate scientists I guess the worst case scenario at least includes the total collapse of the WAIS, creating tsunamis at least all over the Pacific rim, the subsequent sea level rise of c. 7m will destroy most of the remaining harbours, communication centers near coasts, next up would be the melting of the collapsed ice in the southern ocean altering the climate of the entire southern hemisphere, making it near - impossible to guess what areas are good for similar agriculture as before, leading to massive movements of people.

Which seems to announce the coming of what will possibly be called the South Pacific Garbage Patch: The fifth area of the ocean to present plastic pollution surveyed by 5 Gyres.

There does need to be more study to identify exactly how much carbon dioxide is actually sequestered in the bottom of the ocean, but the use of iron as a fertilizer in naturally barren areas of the ocean to induce plankton blooms is no different from what mankind has been doing for thousands of yeas — albeit on the ocean versus on land.

What's not in this article like the dead areas of the oceans, the clear cut rain forests, the overcrowded cities, the CO2 infected atmosphere, the deteriorated ozone, the polluted rivers, the melting permafrost, and more and more just might make one wonder whether it is possible to convert all this to Paradise, or is Paradise just being lost forever.

What we do not see in this image, but what clearly happened, was that an ice mass hundreds of meters tall and covering an area of about 12.5 square kilometers was shattered into flinders as warming ocean waters invaded the Greenland Ice ShWhat we do not see in this image, but what clearly happened, was that an ice mass hundreds of meters tall and covering an area of about 12.5 square kilometers was shattered into flinders as warming ocean waters invaded the Greenland Ice Shwhat clearly happened, was that an ice mass hundreds of meters tall and covering an area of about 12.5 square kilometers was shattered into flinders as warming ocean waters invaded the Greenland Ice Sheet.

What does the missing warming of areas not much affected by ocean air temperature trends indicate?

What counts in producing the greenhouse effect on Venus are the differences to the Earth, such as the lack of oceans on Venus (Oceans cover 71 % of Earth's surface area), and the much higher total atmospheric preoceans on Venus (Oceans cover 71 % of Earth's surface area), and the much higher total atmospheric preOceans cover 71 % of Earth's surface area), and the much higher total atmospheric pressure.

I find this section to be an excellent summary of what is going on in the upper Arctic Ocean and sea ice — and Arctic climate dynamics is one of my areas of expertise.

Since the northern Atlantic Ocean is one of the main areas that the AMO is active (meaning that area of the ocean is what warms up) it is hardly surprising that arctic ice in that region is impaOcean is one of the main areas that the AMO is active (meaning that area of the ocean is what warms up) it is hardly surprising that arctic ice in that region is impaocean is what warms up) it is hardly surprising that arctic ice in that region is impacted.

There are many issues with measurement of pH in ocean waters, some physical, like depth and area coverage, some chemical like what pH is, some a mixture like whether dead / live biota should be considered, or filtered out with how fine a filter.

The animal inhabitants of Southern California's harbor areas, however, are likely to be undisturbed by people seeing what their lives are like in this urbanized ocean.

Record droughts in many areas of the world, the loss of arctic sea ice — what you see is an increasing trend that is superimposed on annual variablity (no bets on what happens next year, but the five - to - ten year average in global temperatures, sea surface temperatures, ocean heat content — those will increase — and ice sheet volumes, tropical glacier volumes, sea ice extent will decrease.

What I DO know is that based on the total area of the oceans that a millimeter of sea level represents about 360 km ^ 3 of water.

«To explain in a little more detail: Biology - driven processes in the Southern Ocean (e.g., biological pump efficiency) make this area potentially an even bigger sink than what is described in the article, which focusses on physical processes (i.e., upwelling of «old» deep water).

What strikes me is that people must see something of value in living on the coast in areas with warm ocean temperatures (= high hurricane risk), something sufficiently valuable that is to at least partially offset both the risk of heat waves and the risk of hurricanes.