Search results

Create the page "Climate change and global warming" on this wiki! See also the search results found.

• Definitions of coastal terms
  ...astal Wiki. The focus is on terms related to '''physical coastal processes and engineering'''. A complementary list of definitions related to the living e .../www.dhigroup.com/marine-water/ebook-shoreline-management-guidelines</ref> and from the USACE Coastal Engineering Manual <ref name=CEM> USACE, 2012. Coast
  79 KB (11,862 words) - 21:40, 1 April 2024
• Natural causes of coastal erosion
  ...from Mangor et al. 2017 <ref> Mangor, K., Drønen, N. K., Kaergaard, K.H. and Kristensen, N.E. 2017. Shoreline management guidelines. DHI https://www.dhi ==Temporal erosion and ongoing erosion==
  14 KB (2,169 words) - 17:21, 26 August 2022
• Sea level rise
  ...nition= The term sea-level rise generally designates the average long-term global rise of the ocean surface measured from the centre of the earth (or more pr .... Lonnoy, J.B.R. Matthews, T. K. Maycock, T. Waterfield, O. Yelekci, R. Yu and B. Zhou (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press.</ref> for the year 2100 are si
  41 KB (6,164 words) - 16:08, 21 January 2024
• Shoreline management
  ...gement are <ref name="Karsten">Mangor, K., Drønen, N. K., Kaergaard, K.H. and Kristensen, N.E. 2017. Shoreline management guidelines. DHI https://www.dhi ...development activities in the coastal area follow an overall land use plan and a general environmental policy
  38 KB (5,697 words) - 22:31, 2 July 2022
• Parametric equilibrium models
  ...simple equations that have been derived through a mixture of curve-fitting and theoretical considerations. They are necessarily simplistic, but quick to Bruun (1954)<ref> Bruun, P., 1954, ‘Coast erosion and the development of beach profiles’, Beach erosion board technical memoran
  8 KB (1,195 words) - 12:36, 3 October 2021
• Blue carbon sequestration
  ..., R., Craft, C. and Widney, S.E. 2018. Coastal wetland loss, consequences, and challenges for restoration. Anthropocene Coasts 1: 1–15</ref>. ...nces that contribute to the realization of nature-based coastal protection and other ecosystem services delivered by coastal wetlands.
  41 KB (6,267 words) - 13:40, 21 April 2024
• Nutrient conversion in the marine environment
  ...ses involved in the conversion of the main nutrients: nitrogen, phosphorus and silicon. ...<ref name=”Rendell1993”>Rendell, A. R., Ottley, C. J., Jickells, T. D. and Harrison, R. M. 1993. The atmospheric input of nitrogen species to the Nort
  26 KB (3,923 words) - 20:02, 4 August 2023
• Effect of climate change on coastline evolution
  ...reshaping of the shoreline by, amongst other things, waves, tidal currents and human interventions. ...h is based on extrapolation of historic behaviour, is inappropriate if the climate changes.
  8 KB (1,288 words) - 21:24, 19 March 2021
• Global Forum of Oceans, Coasts and Islands
  ...common goal of encouraging the sustainable development of oceans, coasts, and islands. ==Third Global Conference on Oceans, Coasts and Islands==
  16 KB (2,281 words) - 16:59, 1 August 2019
• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
  ...s, particularly the Convention of the Parties (COP), the subsidiary bodies and their Bureau. ...bility can be affected by industrial and other emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. 195 countries have ratified the Convention, which
  4 KB (629 words) - 21:52, 31 July 2020
• Kyoto Protocol
  ...tem". In essence reduce the emission of greenhouse gases that cause global warming. ==The Kyoto Protocol and its rulebook==
  12 KB (1,909 words) - 17:05, 31 July 2020
• Convention on Biological Diversity
  ...uence of humans. It forms the web of life of which we are an integral part and upon which we so fully depend. ...characteristics). [[Biodiversity]] provides [[ecosystems|ecosystem]] goods and services that sustain our lives.
  7 KB (1,039 words) - 17:08, 27 February 2022
• Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM)
  ..., C. 1993. Essential elements of integrated coastal zone management. Ocean and Coastal Management 21:81-108</ref>. ...he terrestrial and marine components of the target territory, in both time and space”<ref>[http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:200
  29 KB (3,962 words) - 20:24, 18 September 2023
• Mediterranean Sea and Region, including Adriatic Sea
  ...maintenance of the coastal and marine [[ecosystem]]s that tourism activity and other activities such as fisheries depend upon. ==Mediterranean Sea and Region==
  11 KB (1,724 words) - 10:56, 1 August 2020
• Harmful algal bloom
  ...uce biotoxins. Harmful algal blooms (HABs) can occur in marine, estuarine, and fresh waters.<br> ...algal blooms: effects, environmental conditions, factors that promote HABs and management measures.
  23 KB (3,458 words) - 22:27, 12 February 2024
• Effects of global climate change on European marine biodiversity
  This article discusses global warming and the range of effects on marine systems. ...part C.J.M. (ed.) (2007). Impacts of climate change on the European marine and coastal environment: ecosystems approach.'' European Science Foundation, Ma
  16 KB (2,428 words) - 13:04, 21 February 2024
• Eutrophication in coastal environments
  |name=Job Dronkers and Justus van Beusekom|AuthorID=120| ...gative effects of eutrophication requires reduction of [[nutrient]] inputs and an ecosystem-based management strategy. The bio-geochemical cycles of nutri
  18 KB (2,538 words) - 12:37, 30 March 2022
• Ocean acidification
  ...tly lowers pH of surrounding seawater; widely thought to be happening on a global scale.}} ...dioxide into the atmosphere. The article begins by defining ocean acidity and the related concept of alkalinity. It further explains the counterintuitive
  23 KB (3,325 words) - 17:13, 22 April 2024
• Mangroves
  ...roduction is given to management aspects, discussing threats, conservation and [[Ecosystem rehabilitation|rehabilitation]] of mangrove forests. ...ropical coasts, i.e. North and South America, Africa and Middle-East, Asia and Oceania (incl. Australia). <ref name="vliz">http://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/man
  42 KB (6,310 words) - 17:09, 21 April 2024
• Seagrass meadows
  ...stics, distribution, [[zonation]], succession, biota, threats, functioning and adaptations of the organisms that live in seagrass meadows. Seagrass communities are highly productive and dynamic [[ecosystems]]. Seagrasses are not true grasses but rooted vascular
  37 KB (5,414 words) - 20:23, 24 December 2023
• Sea ice ecosystem
  ...ckmann, G. S., Sea ice. An introduction to its physics, chemistry, biology and geology. Blackwell Science, pp 1-21</ref>. ...nology, and methodology. Polar Biol 12:417-427</ref>. Land-fast ice forms and remains fast along the coast, attached to the shore or grounded to a shallo
  17 KB (2,538 words) - 23:36, 22 February 2024
• Ecological thresholds and regime shifts
  ...heffer, 2009<ref name=S9>Scheffer, M. 2009. Critical transitions in nature and society. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, USA</ref>). Th ...Elmqvist, T., Gunderson, L., Holling, C.S. and Walker, B. 2002. Resilience and Sustainable Development: Building Adaptive Capacity in a World of Transform
  13 KB (1,919 words) - 12:33, 2 March 2024
• Coastal squeeze
  ...el rise<ref>Pontee, N. 2013. Defining coastal squeeze: A discussion. Ocean and Coastal Management 84: 204-207</ref>}} This article complements the article '[[Effects of global climate change on European marine biodiversity]]' by Lieven Therry with a shorth introduct
  7 KB (1,034 words) - 13:09, 6 March 2022
• Coral bleaching
  ...onmental conditions. The major causes are unusually high water temperature and light intensity.}} ...f. With predictions of continued rising temperatures as a result of global warming, the future of tropical corals reefs is causing concern worldwide.
  1 KB (175 words) - 09:25, 7 October 2022
• Coral reefs
  ...tegories within the section dealing with biodiversity of [[marine habitats and ecosystems]]. ...u, Maldives, and Marshall Islands). Coral reefs also protect coral islands and island populations against the destructive forces of the sea under storm co
  27 KB (4,098 words) - 22:25, 5 April 2024
• Ocean circulation
  ...o play a crucial role in the global ecosystem by storing <math>CO_2</math> and recycling nutrients. ...ified when propagating onto the continental shelf (see the article [[Ocean and shelf tides]]).
  17 KB (2,486 words) - 15:39, 3 May 2021
• Science-Policy Interaction
  ...tion is understood here as “the ways in which research impacts on policy and policy draws on research” ...ddresses in particular science-policy interaction related to environmental and societal issues.
  24 KB (3,360 words) - 13:16, 2 February 2023
• Thermohaline circulation of the oceans
  ...ne Circulation alter the global ocean heat transport and affect the global climate.(Broecker, W., 1991<ref>Broecker, W., 1991. The great ocean conveyor. Ocean ...rough the crevasses in the submarine sills that connect Greenland, Iceland and Great Britain. From there, it flows very slowly into the deep [[abyssal pl
  23 KB (3,524 words) - 17:38, 22 December 2020
• Arctic ocean
  ===Definition and basic facts=== ...Arctic Ocean: Implications for ocean modeling and geological, geophysical and oceanographic analyses. Geophysical Research Letters 35, L07602</ref>]]
  14 KB (2,150 words) - 23:23, 22 February 2024
• Carrying capacity and development of the Wadden Sea
  [[Image:Waddenzee.jpg|right|300px|''The Wadden Sea in Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands''|frame]] ...evelopments have a potential for significant effects on protected wildlife and there is little space left for alternative locations or compensation areas.
  11 KB (1,721 words) - 12:53, 6 March 2022
• Resilience and resistance
  ..., P.S. 2013. Resistance, Resilience and Restoration. Ecological Management and Restoration 14: 20-24</ref>). }} ...ton, DC, November 8-9, 2018, organized by the National Academy of Sciences and The Royal Society</ref>);
  27 KB (3,924 words) - 20:34, 18 September 2023
• Species extinction
  ...become Earth's dominant large animal and the cause of global environmental change. ==Past global species extinctions==
  25 KB (3,716 words) - 18:44, 23 February 2024
• Greenhouse gas regulation
  ...arzycki, T. (2007). Identification, definition and quantification of goods and services provided by marine biodiversity: implications for the ecosystem ap ...an, which has been termed the 'Biological Pump.' See [[Ocean carbon sink]] and [[Ocean acidification]] for further details.
  4 KB (602 words) - 16:15, 12 September 2023
• Algal bloom dynamics
  ...on]] of the coastal waters, algal blooms have become more frequent. Global warming may also play a role. This article introduces some elementary notions that ...rn, J.E. 2018. Why large cells dominate estuarine phytoplankton. Limnology and Oceanography 63: 392-409</ref>). Algae blooms can extend over large areas,
  42 KB (6,475 words) - 18:18, 12 February 2024
• Effects of climate change on the Mediterranean
  This article reports findings of the MARBEF subprojects MARPLAN and DEEPSETS in the period 2005-2008. ...y high [[species diversity]], largely due to its long evolutionary history and the prehistoric introduction of many Atlantic species into the
  15 KB (2,170 words) - 13:39, 2 December 2020
• Future marine biodiversity and ecosystem functioning research issues
  ...ionally united and productive. However, marine science is still developing and we still understand the ocean less than the terrestrial environment. For us ...nto, I., Vincx, M., Węsławski, JM., Nash, R. (2009). Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning. Printbase, Dublin, Ireland ISSN 2009-2539]</ref>. Th
  15 KB (2,229 words) - 18:36, 22 February 2021
• MarBEF booklet summary
  ...nto, I., Vincx, M., Węsławski, JM., Nash, R. (2009). Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning. Printbase, Dublin, Ireland ISSN 2009-2539]</ref> ...ablishing a [http://www.marbef.org European network on marine biodiversity and ecosystem functioning] (MarBEF) was to increase our understanding of large-
  11 KB (1,571 words) - 13:22, 21 February 2024
• The ICZM Process - a Roadmap towards Coastal Sustainability - Introduction
  ...plans, strategies and/or programmes for coastal areas in the Mediterranean and Black Sea. It is also intended that the implementation of the ICZM Process A unique and groundbreaking international legal instrument - the Protocol to the Barcelo
  9 KB (1,300 words) - 12:32, 14 July 2020
• Setting the Direction in ICZM
  ...dition of the coastal area in the future, in a time-span of 10 to 30 years and even beyond, if the strategy, plan or programme is implemented successfully * Clear and compelling;
  13 KB (1,876 words) - 11:54, 25 July 2020
• Deep ocean observatories
  ...fts. This demands a continuous stream of high quality data on climatically and ecologically relevant variables at a number of key locations. A high tempor *Understand short-term variation and ecosystem dynamics
  10 KB (1,459 words) - 14:43, 7 November 2013
• Dynamics, threats and management of biogenic reefs
  ==PROCESSES AND MECHANISMS DRIVING NATURAL DYNAMICS & ECOSYSTEM DEVELOPMENT == .../>. In this section, the processes and mechanisms driving natural dynamics and ecosystem development of biogenic reefs are discussed for each group in tur
  69 KB (10,049 words) - 18:34, 7 March 2023
• Case studies eutrophication
  ==Ecological impacts of eutrophication (Case study: Eutrophication and dead zones)== ...d zones worldwide<ref>Diaz R. J, Rosenberg R. (2008): Spreading dead zones and consequences for marine ecosystems. Science 321, 629.</ref>. Hypoxia is a n
  7 KB (1,140 words) - 12:17, 16 February 2024
• Open ocean habitat
  ...s]]. It gives an overview about the characteristics, [[zonation]], biology and threats of the open oceans. Some legal aspects are also discussed. ...dynamic [[habitat]]. Physical processes control the biological activities and lead to substantial geographic variability in production.
  14 KB (2,153 words) - 13:08, 23 February 2021
• Bruun rule for shoreface adaptation to sea-level rise
  ...ia Nazionale dei Lincei, Atti.Cl.Sci.Fis., Mat.e Nat.Mem. 5: 284-304</ref> and Fenneman (1902) <ref> Fenneman, N. M. 1902. Development of the profile of e ...on of the shoreface shift in response to sea-level rise. The shaded eroded and deposited volumes are equal. The vertical/horizontal scale ratio is greatly
  11 KB (1,739 words) - 22:49, 11 December 2022
• European Platform for Biodiversity Research Strategy: Recommendations 2005 meeting
  ...of EU Nature Ministers in October 2005 (Recommendations on Climate Change and Biodiversity Conservation: Knowledge Needed to Support Development of Integ ...sity, many of the research priorities are equally relevant for terrestrial and aquatic biodiversity. They are summarized below to provide a comprehensive
  8 KB (1,083 words) - 17:18, 1 August 2019
• Pressures, impacts and policy responses in European coastal zones
  ...ems approach. This framework of analysis enables the transfer of knowledge and experience among coastal sites, with full consideration of site-specific co ...ersity of European coastal environments. They all host valuable ecosystems and most of them have a NATURA2000 status. Dark blue = entirely NATURA2000, lig
  20 KB (2,992 words) - 20:35, 18 January 2022
• Spatial and temporal scales in biogeomorphology
  ...eractions between several factors that lead to variations in the stability and morphology of fine intertidal sediment shores. The coupling of [[mudflat|mu ..., pp. 99-128.</ref> as an essential aspect of understanding the [[biotic]] and [[abiotic]] processes that affect the [[biogeomorphology of coastal systems
  6 KB (900 words) - 22:24, 1 July 2020
• Nature-based shore protection
  ...erate climate zones. Mangroves are dealt with in the article [[Mangroves]] and coral reefs in the article [[Coral reefs]]. ...Coastal Wiki articles are devoted to this topic, see [[Shore nourishment]] and further references therein.
  69 KB (10,397 words) - 17:04, 17 April 2024
• Introduction to biodiversity of coastal and marine habitats and ecosystems
  ...nt objective is the [[Valuation and assessment of biodiversity|restoration and preservation of marine biodiversity]]. ...oastal and marine processes]. Key areas for the categorization of habitats and ecosystems are:
  8 KB (1,167 words) - 19:01, 21 February 2024
• Natural variability and change in coastal ecosystems
  ...for understanding the problems that managers face because of the constant change taking place within coastal systems. ...n is influenced by issues relating to [[climate change]], water catchments and human activity is also discussed.
  28 KB (4,152 words) - 12:34, 6 March 2022
• Seaweed (macro-algae) ecosystem services
  ...e. Seaweeds are phototrophs, deriving their energy from [[photosynthesis]] and live in shallow seawater where light can penetrate. There are many differen ...unlocking their potential in global aquaculture development. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Circular No. 1229. Rome, FAO</ref>:
  35 KB (5,044 words) - 17:21, 16 February 2024
• Ocean carbon sink
  ...C., Andrew, R.M., Friedlingstein, P., Sitch, S., Pongratz, J. et al. 2018. Global carbon budget 2017. Earth Syst. Sci. Data 10: 405–48</ref>. ==Global carbon stocks==
  12 KB (1,798 words) - 22:09, 23 April 2024