Turning Up the Heat: How Global Warming Threatens Life in the SeaDIANE Publishing, 1999 - 47 pages Discusses current predictions of global climate change & synthesizes scientific evidence of the likely impacts of global climate change on some species & ecosystems. Chapters: global climate change & the oceans: sea level rise, wind patterns, deep-ocean circulation patterns, ocean stratification & primary productivity, & natural climate variability; lessons from El Nino & decadal variation; evidence of impacts on marine life: impacts in polar regions, coral reefs, shifts in species' distribution & the fate of Pacific Salmon, seabirds & marine mammals, & disease & harmful algal blooms; conclusion; & literature cited. |
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... climate change across a wide range of geographic locations and types of marine life , coinciding with the warmest years on record , strongly suggest that long - term global warming is now altering marine systems . Recent climate models ...
... climate change across a wide range of geographic locations and types of marine life , coinciding with the warmest years on record , strongly suggest that long - term global warming is now altering marine systems . Recent climate models ...
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... climate change . Currently , cold dense water near the poles sinks and moves toward the equator across the seafloor ... models predict a total shutdown of thermohaline circulation in the Atlantic will eventually occur . Such a shutdown would ...
... climate change . Currently , cold dense water near the poles sinks and moves toward the equator across the seafloor ... models predict a total shutdown of thermohaline circulation in the Atlantic will eventually occur . Such a shutdown would ...
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... climate change may increase the incidence of harmful al- gal blooms and ... models - will likely alter the incidence of disease by bringing pathogens ... climate change are par- ticularly troubling given other pressures currently ...
... climate change may increase the incidence of harmful al- gal blooms and ... models - will likely alter the incidence of disease by bringing pathogens ... climate change are par- ticularly troubling given other pressures currently ...
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... models predict that , given the prevailing rate of increase in atmospheric CO2 , average global temperatures for ... Climate models necessarily are a sim- plification of exceedingly complex natural systems and cannot predict the exact ...
... models predict that , given the prevailing rate of increase in atmospheric CO2 , average global temperatures for ... Climate models necessarily are a sim- plification of exceedingly complex natural systems and cannot predict the exact ...
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... climate change will affect numer- ous physical characteristics of the ocean ... models show that the observed warming trend over the last century is ... climate is limited by natural variability in part , " the bal- ance of evidence ...
... climate change will affect numer- ous physical characteristics of the ocean ... models show that the observed warming trend over the last century is ... climate is limited by natural variability in part , " the bal- ance of evidence ...
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Page 11 - Nevertheless, the balance of evidence suggests that there is a discernible human influence on global climate.
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Page 38 - J. (1998). The relationship between increasing sea-surface temperature and the northward spread of Perkinsus marinus (Dermo) disease epizootics in oysters. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 46, 587-97.
Page 22 - Satellite, operated and controlled by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the US Department of Commerce, a satellite environmental data collection capability will become available to meet national requirements.
Page 38 - Simulated sea level change alters anatomy, physiology, growth, and reproduction of red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle L.). Oecologia...
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Page 45 - Released by the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, US Department of State, March 5, 1999.
Page 35 - ... [t]here is no known geologic precedent for the transfer of carbon from the Earth's crust to atmospheric carbon dioxide, in quantities comparable to the burning of fossil fuels, without simultaneous changes in other parts of the carbon cycle and climate system. This close coupling between atmospheric carbon dioxide and climate suggests that a change in one would in all likelihood be accompanied by a change in the other.