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Ocean Acidification
The chemistry of the world’s oceans is changing. Ocean acidity is creeping upward, a result of rising atmospheric carbon dioxide. The added carbon dioxide depletes seawater of carbonate, a chemical constituent of minerals that form the shells and structures of animals including corals, molluscs, plankton, and others. The accelerating impacts are expected to reverberate through the marine food web. Most people are unaware of ocean acidification and its expected impacts. This lesson will educate policy makers and university students about its causes and consequences. The lesson explains the chem ...
Understanding Marine Customers, 2nd Edition
Understanding Marine Customers, 2nd edition, introduces the different marine forecast customers and discusses what forecast information they need to know and why they need to know it. A better understanding of the needs of the marine forecast customer will lead to better daily forecasts. The 2nd edition expands upon marine customer base to include more nearshore users, such as beachgoers, surfers, and sea kayakers.
Coastal Climate Change
As climate changes, dynamic coastal regions are experiencing a wide range of impacts. Sea levels, ocean acidification, sea surface temperatures, ocean heat, and ocean circulation have all been changing in ways unseen for thousands of years. Arctic sea ice melted significantly more during summers in the last 30 years, and storms are intensifying. Coastal ecosystems stand to be damaged, and coasts will likely erode from rising sea levels, intensified storm surges, and flooding that climate change may amplify. Coastal communities will need to prepare adaptation strategies to cope, and many who li ...
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Reefs at Risk Revisited | World Resources Institute
This report provides a detailed assessment of the status of and threats to the world’s coral reefs. It evaluates threats to coral reefs from a wide range of human activities, and includes an assessment of climate-related threats to reefs. It also contains a global assessment of the vulnerability of nations and territories to coral reef degradation.
2010/No. 3/4 - December 2010 - Global framework for climate services at COP 16
is an issue of MeteoWorld. WMO, 2010Contains:
- Global framework for climate services at COP 16
- Record greenhouse gas levels
- Ozone: two-way link with climate change
- More coral reefs under threat from climate change
- UN Secretary-General at MeteoWorld
- Working with farmers
- Haiti update
- Latest weather and climate terms online
2010/No. 2 - April 2010 - African Ministers resolve to strengthen meteorological and hydrological services
is an issue of MeteoWorld. WMO, 2010Contains:
- African Ministers resolve to strengthen meteorological and hydrological services
- Building a new GCOS Reference Upper-Air Network
- World Meteorological Day
- Trinidad and Tobago Commissions High Tech Radar
- Volcanic ash
The status and distribution of freshwater biodiversity in the Eastern Himalaya
IUCN, 2010Biodiversity within inland water ecosystems in the Eastern Himalaya region is both highly diverse and of great regional importance to livelihoods and economies. However, development activities are not always compatible with the conservation of this diversity, and the ecosystem requirements of biodiversity are frequently not considered in the development planning process. One of the main reasons cited for inadequate representation of biodiversity is a lack of readily available information on the status and distribution of inland water taxa. In response to this need for information, the IUCN Spe ...
Climate, Carbon and Coral Reefs
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) - WMO, 2010 (WMO-No. 1063)This brochure summarizes the CO2 threat to coral reefs, the science supporting projections and the solutions that are needed to prevent the loss of one of the world’s natural wonders.
Report of the Workshop on Vulnerable Ecosystems and Destructive Fishing in Deep-sea Fisheries
FAO, 2008 (FAO Fisheries Report-No. 829)The FAO Workshop on Vulnerable Ecosystems and Destructive Fishing in Deep-sea Fisheries reviewed available information on national, institutional and personal experiences in relation to this issue. Relevant ecological considerations were reviewed and suggestions as how to consider these issues in terms of International Guidelines for the Management of Deep-sea Fisheries in the High Seas were discussed and documented.
Report of the Workshop on Data and Knowledge in Deep-sea Fisheries in the High Seas
FAO, 2008 (FAO Fisheries Report-No. 860)This document contains the report of the Workshop on Data and Knowledge in Deep-sea Fisheries in the High Seas held in Rome from 5 to 7 November 2007. The Workshop was convened to review an initial draft of the International Guidelines as called for by the FAO Committee on Fisheries at its twenty-seventh session in 2007. This expert consultation was preceded by the Expert Consultation on Deep-sea Fisheries in the High Seas, (...)
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Report of the Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization and FAO National Stakeholders' Workshops on Fishing Effort and Capacity on Lake Victoria (2006) : Mwanza, United Republic of Tanzania, 9–10 October 2006, Kisumu, Republic of Kenya, 12-13 October 2006, Mukono, Republic of Uganda, 17-18 October 2006.
FAO, 2008 (FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Report-No. 817)The Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization (LVFO) and FAO National Stakeholders’ Workshops on Fishing Effort and Capacity on Lake Victoria (2006) were held to: (i) develop a shared understanding amongst participants regarding the LVFO Regional Plan of Action for the Management of Fishing Capacity in Lake Victoria and its Basin (LVFO RPOA-Capacity) and the use of rights-based management approaches as a vehicle for ensuring the (...)
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Report of the Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization and FAO Regional Stakeholders’ Workshop on Fishing Effort and Capacity on Lake Victoria. Mukono, Republic of Uganda, 8 November 2006
FAO, 2008 (FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Report-No. 818)The Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization (LVFO) and FAO National Stakeholders’ Workshop on Fishing Effort and Capacity on Lake Victoria was held in Mukono, Republic of Uganda on 8 November 2006. The main objectives of the workshop were to share and include the national stakeholders’ perspectives and concerns that had been provided by national stakeholders at national workshops in the respective Partner States regarding the (...)
Report of the FAO Expert Workshop on Climate Change Implications for Fisheries and Aquaculture
FAO, 2008 (FAO Fisheries Report-No. 870)This report includes an overview of the presentations and discussions held during the Expert Workshop and presents the conclusions and recommendations agreed upon by participants. Three background documents commissioned by FAO formed the basis for the technical discussions. The authors of those papers, Neil Adger, Marie-Caroline Badjeck, Manuel Barange, Katrina Brown, Tim Daw, Sena De Silva, Doris Soto and Ian Perry, are thanked for their valuable contributions to the Workshop.
Report of the Expert Consultation on International Guidelines for the Management of Deepsea Fisheries in the High Seas
FAO, 2008 (FAO Fisheries Report-No. 855)The FAO Workshop on Vulnerable Ecosystems and Destructive Fishing in Deep-sea Fisheries reviewed available information on national, institutional and personal experiences in relation to this issue. Relevant ecological considerations were reviewed and suggestions as how to consider these issues in terms of International Guidelines for the Management of Deep-sea Fisheries in the High Seas were discussed and documented.
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