JERICO. Report on best practices in conductiong operations and maintaining ...

• Main Authors: Petihakis, George, Sorensen, Kai, Hernandez, Carlos, Testor, Pierre, Ntoumas, Manolis, Petersen, Wilhelm, Mader, Julien, Mortier, Laurent
• Format: Book
• Language: unknown
• Published: Ifremer 2012
• Subjects: Arctic; Climate change; Ocean acidification; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.13155/49741; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00386/49741/

The seas and oceans are an intrinsic part of the earth and climate systems. They cover 70% of our planet, provide 95% by volume of its biosphere, support more than 50% of global primary production and harbour an enormous diversity of life adapted to extremely broad-ranging environmental conditions. The oceans are a driver of our climate but are also affected by climate change and ocean acidification. They are under increasing pressure from human activities and pollution, and growing coastal populations. The combination of natural and human-induced changes taking place in our seas and oceans including, for example, rising temperatures, the melting of Arctic sea ice, ocean acidification, increasingly extreme weather events, transfer of non-indigenous marine species, changes in biodiversity and species distribution, and depletion of fisheries stocks, may have potentially profound impacts on our societies and economies in the medium-term. European research focused on the seas and oceans is central to addressing ...