Upcoming Events--Institute of Oceanology Chinese Academy of Sciences

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01 2015

Jan 26, 2015

New Sulfate-breathing Species Discovered Beneath Ocean Crust: Third of Earth's Biomass in Largely Uncharted Environment
The microbes, which have yet to be classified and named, exist in massive undersea aquifers -- networks of channels in porous rock beneath the ocean where water continually churns. About one-th...
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01 2015

Jan 26, 2015

Renewable Resources Reach Their Limits
Landscape ecologists Prof. Dr. Ralf Seppelt, Dr. Ameur M. Manceur and plant ecologist Dr. Stefan Klotz from the UFZ analysed the production and extraction rates of 27 global renewable and non-r...
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01 2015

Jan 26, 2015

Efficient Meltwater Drainage Through Supraglacial Streams and Rivers on the Southwest Greenland Ice Sheet
Meltwater runoff from the Greenland ice sheet is a key contributor to global sea level rise and is expected to increase in the future, but it has received little observational study. We used sa...
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01 2015

Jan 26, 2015

NASA, NOAA Find 2014 Warmest Year in Modern Record
The 10 warmest years in the instrumental record, with the exception of 1998, have now occurred since 2000. This trend continues a long-term warming of the planet, according to an analysis of su...
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01 2015

Jan 23, 2015

Wildlife Loss in the Global Ocean not As Dire As on Land
Over the past 500 years, approximately 500 land-based animal species have gone the way of the dodo, becoming extinct as a result of human activity. In the ocean, where scientists count only 15 ...
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01 2015

Jan 23, 2015

Efficient Meltwater Drainage Through Supraglacial Streams and Rivers on the Southwest Greenland Ice Sheet
Meltwater runoff from the Greenland ice sheet is a key contributor to global sea level rise and is expected to increase in the future, but it has received little observational study. We used sa...Thermally incised meltwater channels that flow each summer across melt-prone surfaces of the Greenland ice sheet have received little direct study. We use high-resolution WorldView-1/2 satellit...
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01 2015

Jan 22, 2015

Recreational Fishing in the Mediterranean Is More Harmful than Previously Thought
Total of 10% of adults living in developed countries practice recreational fishing, which in the Mediterranean Sea represents around 10% of the total production of fisheries. Despite its import...
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01 2015

Jan 21, 2015

CAS-TWAS President’s Fellowship Programme for PhD Candidates——Call for Applications
Introduction
　　According to a new agreement between the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) for the advancement of science in developing countriep to 20...
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01 2015

Jan 16, 2015

Algae Blooms Create Their Own Favorable Conditions
Fertilizers are known to promote the growth of toxic cyanobacterial blooms in freshwater and oceans worldwide, but a new multi-institution study shows the aquatic microbes themselves can drive ...Fertilizers are known to promote the growth of toxic cyanobacterial blooms in freshwater and oceans worldwide, but a new multi-institution study shows the aquatic microbes themselves can drive ...
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12 2014

Dec 30, 2014

Global warming's influence on extreme weather
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