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China's deep water sediment sampling system completes sea trial
A deep water sediment sampling system has completed a sea trial with a Chinese geophysical survey ship in the South China Sea, according to the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
BEIJING, April 19 (Xinhua) -- A deep water sediment sampling system has completed a sea trial with a Chinese geophysical survey ship in the South China Sea, according to the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
The sediment sampling system can operate at de...
Apr 21, 2021
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HKU partners with IOCAS to set up Joint Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences
With the emerging of threats of climate change and human impacts on the marine environment, marine ecosystems across the globe are changing rapidly, leading to the urgent need for the conservation and restoration of these key systems. To build towards a...With the emerging of threats of climate change and human impacts on the marine environment, marine ecosystems across the globe are changing rapidly, leading to the urgent need for the conservation and restoration of these key systems. To build towards a...
Dec 07, 2020
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Antarctic krill take refuge from climate change
New research shows that Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba), a key link in the Southern Ocean food web, have refuges from the rapid climatic warming and ice loss that has degraded part of its habitat. The study is published in the journal Limnology and ...22 September, 2020 https://www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/antarctic-krill-take-refuge-from-climate-change/
New research shows that Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba), a key link in the Southern Ocean food web, have refuges from the rapid climatic warm...
Sep 29, 2020
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Green technologies for deep blue protection
Climate change and the pace of development are threatening marine ecosystems, which in turn, disrupts the marine-driven economy. From investigating the mechanisms underlying algal blooms, to developing techniques for ecological restoration, and slowing ...From Nature www.nature.com/collections/iocas
Climate change and the pace of development are threatening marine ecosystems, which in turn, disrupts the marine-driven economy. From investigating the mechanisms underlying algal blooms, to developing te...
Jul 23, 2020
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Dive into oceans in the pursuit of knowledge
When the People’s Republic of China was founded in 1949, modern oceanography research was almost unknown in the country. Driven by the need to investigate and exploit marine resources, renowned biologists T. C. Tung and C. K. Tseng proposed the establi...What led to the founding of IOCAS?
When the People’s Republic of China was founded in 1949, modern oceanography research was almost unknown in the country. Driven by the need to investigate and exploit marine resources, renowned biologists T. C. Tu...
Jul 23, 2020
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Chinese scientists discover natural supercritical carbon dioxide
Chinese scientists identified bubbles from some hydrothermal vents in the western Pacific Ocean as supercritical carbon dioxide, and this is the first time that natural supercritical carbon dioxide has been discovered on Earth.QINGDAO, May 10 (Xinhua) -- Chinese scientists identified bubbles from some hydrothermal vents in the western Pacific Ocean as supercritical carbon dioxide, and this is the first time that natural supercritical carbon dioxide has been discovered on Eart...
May 11, 2020
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Origin of Caroline Seamount offers close evidence to mantle plume hypothesis: Chinese researchers
A Chinese research team has found that the origin of Caroline Seamount in the west of the Pacific Ocean offers close evidence to the mantle plume hypothesis.
QINGDAO, March 12 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese research team has found that the origin of Caroline Seamount in the west of the Pacific Ocean offers close evidence to the mantle plume hypothesis.
The hypothesis, proposed by scientists nearly half a century ...
Mar 15, 2020
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Moored Observations of Transport and Variability of Halmahera Sea Currents
The observation challenges the existing studies suggesting a major inter-basin wave guide from the western Pacific Ocean through the Halmahera Sea to the west coasts of the New Guinea and the Australia continent and to the eastern Indian Ocean. The observation challenges the existing studies suggesting a major inter-basin wave guide from the western Pacific Ocean through the Halmahera Sea to the west coasts of the New Guinea and the Australia continent and to the eastern Indian Ocean. Focusing...
Feb 17, 2020
