Upcoming Events--Institute of Oceanology Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Feb 13, 2015

Blue mussels not yet the bellwether of NE coastal environment
Ecologists sometimes look to mussel species, a well-studied and foundational genus in estuaries, as model organisms for assessing the condition of coastal habitats, which are crucial for people...
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Feb 13, 2015

Iceland rises as its glaciers melt from climate change
This global positioning satellite receiver is part of Iceland's network of 62 such receivers that geoscientists are using to detect movements of the Icelandic crust that are as small as one mil...
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Feb 13, 2015

Ocean waves used to monitor offshore oil and gas fields
"We've shown that we can generate images of the subsurface nearly every day instead of taking snapshots just two or three times a year," said Biondo Biondi, professor of geophysics at Stanford'...
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Feb 13, 2015

Mapping the deep
At the frontier of marine science, scores of Plymouth researchers are leading the way in advancing knowledge and transforming our understanding of the environment. Nowhere is this better demons...
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Feb 13, 2015

Increased frequency of extreme La Ni？a events under greenhouse warming
The El Ni？o/Southern Oscillation is Earth’s most prominent source of interannual climate variability, alternating irregularly between El Ni？o and La Ni？a, and resulting in global disruption...
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Feb 13, 2015

The effect of Mediterranean exchange flow on European time mean sea level
The slope in mean sea level along the coast is subject to stronger constraints than that in open ocean regions. The zero-order balance in the open ocean is geostrophic balance, in which sea lev...
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Feb 13, 2015

Smothered oceans: Extreme oxygen loss in oceans accompanied past global climate change
Seafloor sediment cores reveal abrupt, extensive loss of oxygen in the ocean when ice sheets melted roughly 10,000-17,000 years ago, according to a study from the University of California, Davi...
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Feb 13, 2015

Environmental Scientists Find Antibiotics, Bacteria, Resistance Genes in Feedlot Dust
After testing dust in the air near cattle feedlots in the Southern High Plains, researchers at The Institute of Environmental and Human Health at Texas Tech University found evidence of antibio...
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Feb 13, 2015

Using less fish to test chemicals safety
The JRC has released a new strategy on how to replace, reduce and refine the use of fish in testing of chemicals' effect on flora and fauna in water (aquatic toxicity) and chemicals' uptake and...
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Feb 13, 2015

How will ocean acidification impact marine life?
Many marine organisms--such as coral, clams, mussels, sea urchins, barnacles, and certain microscopic plankton--rely on equilibrated chemical conditions and pH levels in the ocean to build thei...