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Senior Library Books
Climate Change by Demystifies the issues and explains both sides of the arguments surrounding global warming and other climate changes.
Call Number: 363. 738 PITISBN: 9780643069312Publication Date: 2005-09-01
Introduction
Welcome to the research guide on the Greenhouse Effect: Oceanography. This guide has been created to assist Year 12 Marine and Maritime students researching how global warming may result from an increased greenhouse effect and how this impacts oceanography. Students are to describe how oceanographic factors will be enhanced by the greenhouse effect and for each factor describe two impacts:
- Marine habitat
- The thermohaline current
- Global sea levels
- Coral bleaching
Greenhouse Effect Animation
Department of Energy and Environment. (2017). Greenhouse Effect. Retrieved from https://www.environment.gov.au/climate-change/climate-science-data/climate-science/greenhouse-effect
Greenhouse Effect
- National Geographic. (2016). The Greenhouse effect. Retrieved from http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/gw-overview-interactive.htmlHere's what you need to know about the warming planet, how it's affecting us, and what's at stake.
- Marine ecosystem. (2019). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from https://school-eb-com-au.db.plcscotch.wa.edu.au/levels/high/article/marine-ecosystem/117267Marine ecosystem, complex of living organisms in the ocean environment. Marine waters cover two-thirds of the surface of the Earth. In some places the ocean is deeper than Mount Everest is high; for example, the Mariana Trench and the Tonga Trench in the western part of the Pacific Ocean reach depths in excess of 10,000 metres (32,800 feet). Within this ocean habitat live a wide variety of organisms that have evolved in response to various features of their environs.
- Department of Energy and Environment. (2017). Observed Changes in our Climate System. Retrieved from https://www.environment.gov.au/climate-change/climate-science-data/climate-science/understanding-climate-change/indicatorsOne of the strongest indicators of climate change is the amount of heat stored in the world’s oceans. The heat content of oceans has increased during recent decades and accounts for more than 90 per cent of the total heat trapped by added greenhouse gases and accumulated by the land, air and ocean since the 1970s. Ocean warming is continuing, especially in the top several hundred metres of the ocean. In the Australian region, the average sea surface temperature for each decade since 1900 has been warmer than the previous decade
Department of Environment
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site: marine.gov.au
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Key Terms
- marine habitat Marine ecosystems can be defined as the interaction of plants, animals, and the marine environment.
- thermohaline current The currents flow through the ocean in a process called thermohaline circulation. Cold water, in general, is denser than warm water. Likewise, water with a high salinity is denser than water that contains less salt. Surface ocean currents are primarily driven by winds. Deep ocean currents, on the other hand, are mainly a result of density differences.
- global sea levels the accumulation of a substance, such as a toxic chemical, in various tissues of a living organism. Bioaccumulation takes place within an organism when the rate of intake of a substance is greater than the rate of excretion or metabolic transformation of that substance.
- coral bleaching The loss of colour in a coral reef due to the loss of symbiotic algae as a result of stress
- oceanography Oceanography is the study of all aspects of the ocean. Oceanography covers a wide range of topics, from marine life and ecosystems to currents and waves, the movement of sediments, and seafloor geology.
- Greenhouse Effect Greenhouse effect, a warming of Earth’s surface and troposphere (the lowest layer of the atmosphere) caused by the presence of water vapour, carbon dioxide, methane, and certain other gases in the air. Of those gases, known as greenhouse gases, water vapour has the largest effect.
Global Climate Change
Anderson, P. (2016, February 1). 034 Global climate change [Video File]. Bozeman Science
Websites
- Geoscience Australia. (2019). Oceanography. Retrieved from https://www.ga.gov.au/scientific-topics/disciplines/oceanographyOceanography is the study of the composition and motion of the water column and the processes which are responsible for that motion. The principal oceanographic processes influencing Australia's continental shelf waters include waves and tides as well as wind-driven and other oceanic currents.
- World Ocean Network. (2013). What is the state of the Ocean? Retrieved from https://www.worldoceannetwork.org/won-part-6/carem-wod-2014-4/state-ocean/Today, scientists observe a consistent raise of the global average temperature of Earth’s atmosphere. They agree that this phenomenon is linked with higher atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases because of human activities. The primary human-related causes of CO2 release are fossil fuel combustion (mainly oil, coal and gas) and deforestation.
- Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. (2018). Reef health. Retrieved from http://www.gbrmpa.gov.au/the-reef/reef-healthThere’s been multiple significant impacts on the Great Barrier Reef over the last five years, with some of the most significant of those impacts occurring since 2016. This includes unprecedented back-to-back years of coral bleaching, outbreaks of coral disease and crown-of-thorns starfish, and severe cyclones and subsequent flood plumes.