When we’re talking about the global ocean circulation, we mean the large amounts of water moving constantly in the oceanic area. The surface circulation is created by the winds. The basic circulation process that takes its place on the ocean surface carries the mass of water to the cooler areas from the hot tropics. While moving to the cooler areas [ Read More ]
The global warming of the ocean can affect not only the climate, but also totally crash the food chain. The bottom level of the food chain is the tiny planktons that have small size; still there are billions of them in the water. They are the food supply to many species living in the ocean including various fishes and even [ Read More ]
The global ocean freight is the perfect opportunity to send heavy and large objects to the far destinations. It might be some goods you want to sail abroad, the cars, multiple containers etc. Everything you can’t send by plane feel free to ship through the ocean. The freight obtains the list of advantages. For example the cost of the shipping [ Read More ]
April 25, 2001 — Miles below the ocean surface exist some of the most fascinating habitats for life on Earth. Here, where sunlight never reaches, live complex ecosystems that can appear and disappear within a matter of decades. What provides the thermal and chemical energy that fuels these ecosystems are deep-sea hydrothermal vents, one of the unofficial wonders of the [ Read More ]
EARTH DAY SHOULD BE OCEAN DAY By Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr. President Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education If we were to give relative time on Earth Day to different habitats, we would be talking about the oceans for 18 out of the 24 hours. Nearly three-quarters of the Earth’s surface is ocean. Although a costly lesson for [ Read More ]
During the last week of November (27 – 29), White Point in Nova Scotia will be the venue for a gathering of men and women who direct oceanographic research and operations in leading institutions world wide. The occasion is the Third Annual Meeting of the Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans. This Partnership is a registered not-for-profit society that [ Read More ]
By Gerrie Grevatt / South Shore Bureau White Point – Predicting climate change depends on understanding ocean behaviour as a major climate regulator, scientists say. Researchers from the world’s top oceanographic institutions gathered in White Point this week to talk about oceans and climate and the inroads scientists have made in monitoring oceans internationally. The oceanographers are members of the [ Read More ]
