Upcoming Events--Institute of Oceanology Chinese Academy of Sciences

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10 2015

Oct 22, 2015

Ocean protection gaining momentum, but still lags progress made on land
In a report published in the journal Science, researchers from Oregon State University point out that numerous international policy agreements call for protection of 10 percent of coastal and m...
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10 2015

Oct 22, 2015

Gone with the wind: Migratory birds need less time to travel along longer routes when they optimize for wind support
On their migratory journey, birds cross oceans, the highest mountains, and deserts. The arctic tern, for example, holds the world record in annual avian travel distance, where it moves between ...
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10 2015

Oct 22, 2015

High-speed search methods to better estimate climate threats to biodiversity
In a study published this week in the journal PLOS ONE, researchers have used new high-performance computing methods and comprehensive data on the distribution of thousands of species to map th...
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10 2015

Oct 22, 2015

Forecasters look higher for clues to winter weather
Meteorologists at the University of Reading, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) and Environment Canada found that by taking account of changing winds in the stratosphere...
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10 2015

Oct 22, 2015

Methane bubbling off Svalbard is not a source of atmospheric greenhouse gas
Dr Carolyn Graves, the lead author of the study from the NOC, said "Strong ocean bottom currents carry the dissolved methane northwards, while bacteria consume it to produce carbon dioxide. Thi...
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10 2015

Oct 22, 2015

Alaskan boreal forest fires release more carbon than the trees can absorb
The research is reported in the journal Nature Climate Change.
　　Alaska fire records go back only to 1939, and scientists often assume that present-day fire activity mirrors that of the ancie...
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10 2015

Oct 22, 2015

Carbon sequestration in soil: The potential underfoot
"However, if strict emission reduction targets are only adopted inside Europe, efforts within the EU to reduce emissions could lead to increased emissions in other parts of the world, which cou...
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10 2015

Oct 22, 2015

Pledges by top three greenhouse gas emitters shut out other nations
In advance of the conference, organizers have requested that countries submit Intended Nationally Determined Contributions -- pledges to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, by an amount that shoul...
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10 2015

Oct 22, 2015

Fossils reveal humans were greater threat than climate change to Caribbean wildlife
University of Florida researchers say the discovery, detailed in a study appearing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, shows many human activities pose a threat to the futur...
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10 2015

Oct 22, 2015

NASA studying 2015 El Nino event as never before
This year's El Ni？o is already strong and appears likely to equal the event of 1997-98, the strongest El Ni？o on record, according to the World Meteorological Organization. All 19 of NASA's c...