The ecology of the oceans is all about who eats what, and small changes in the population of certain creatures near the bottom of the web could have large effects on larger ones that eat them.
There is more heat stored in the top four metres of the oceans than in all the Earth's atmosphere.
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The virtual world is possible because everything is physically connected by and travels through the globe-straddling weave of cables placed on the bottom of all the oceans.
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While we clearly have our work cut out for us, there is hope for the oceans if we all take responsibility for saving it.
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Right now there are only 1, 500 data-sensing buoys floating on all the oceans.
After sampling waters from the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans at all latitudes, they found that the amount of AAPB in the water is controlled mainly by the level of planktonic algae in the region, rather than by the amount of light.
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This raises the possibility that planets like ours orbiting in habitable zones could be covered in oceans - providing all the key constituents required for life.
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But China's recent claims over the mineral-rich South China, Yellow and East China seas and its aggressive patrols in vital sea lanes between the Pacific and Indian oceans have sent the not-at-all subtle message that it isn't willing to share power in its backyard.
Of the main taxonomic groups (phyla), almost all are found in the oceans and half are exclusively marine.
Mr Jarraud pointed out that until now, "carbon sinks" such as the oceans had reclaimed half of all atmospheric carbon dioxide, but that pattern would not necessarily continue.
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To satiate the appetites of upwardly mobile Chinese, fishermen traverse all corners of the Earth's oceans in search of sharks or, more specifically, their fins.
The oceans take up 40 percent of all carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, so they are pretty significant.
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In the seventies, Jacques Cousteau speculated without much hard evidence that roughly a third of all life in the oceans had vanished.
The models contemplate factors associated with how the atmosphere, oceans and continents interact, all natural elements that have unpredictability intrinsic to them.
Whether enjoying a microbrewery ale at a Gastro Pub to sampling the latest Molecular Gastronomy marvel, people all over the country are dipping their toes into the oceans of new dining experiences.
So, apart from all the side events with millionaire financiers launching ideas for getting money to poor countries, and ocean scientists warning that the oceans are turning more acidic because of CO2, and forestry experts explaining all the different and often conflicting ways of funding the protection of the forests, you have the main negotiations themselves.
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The algae, known as Symbiodinium, is part of a group of creatures known as dinoflagellates, which are responsible for processing one-third of all CO2 in the world's oceans, reports Science Daily.
Climate scientists have predicted that a warming world will bring increased temperatures, unpredictable precipitation, warming oceans, and more water in the atmosphere all of which drive extreme weather.
Or recognizing the harm to low-lying countries that rising oceans will inevitably cause to all of us.
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The Policy lays out a science-based approach to conservation and management, and brings together Federal, State, local, and tribal governments with all those who have a stake in our oceans, coasts, and the Great Lakes -- including recreational and commercial fishermen, boaters, offshore and coastal industries, environmental groups, scientists, and the public.
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But surface temperatures in all six of the ocean basins he examined (the north and south Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans) have increased by about half a degree Celsius.
"We've lost 17 percent of all plant life in the Atlantic, 26 percent in the North Pacific and in the sub-tropical oceans 50 percent or more of plant life has disappeared, " he said.
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