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Food from the Oceans and Human Health: Balancing …

WebThe oceans provide great health benefits to humans, ranging from food and nutritional resources to recreational opportunities and new cures for human disease.

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Overview of the Oceans and Human Health Special Issue

WebFor many years, the scientific community has focused on the negative impacts of humans on the oceans. Recently, with major weather events such as the 2005 hurricane season, as …

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Marine Mammals as Sentinel Species for Oceans and …

WebAs more humans inhabit coastal regions, a global “anxiety” is developing about the health of our aquatic ecosystems. This anxiety is particularly prevalent in the United States, where …

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Cyclones, Tsunamis, and Human Health: The Key Role of …

WebBesides the many benefits of the ocean, human and other populations living in coastal regions share in the risk for meteorological and seismic hazards that originate from the …

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Surgical Masks on the Beach: COVID-19 and Marine …

WebCOVID-19. The disease has nearly forced the world to a full stop. Cities have emptied, traffic has halted, schools have closed. Beyond causing a serious respiratory illness, the SARS …

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Salton Sea Environmental Work and the Importance of …

WebSPOTLIGHT • Salton Sea Environmental Work and the Importance of Community Science. By Diego Centeno , Isabella B. Arzeno-Soltero , Andrea Delgado , …

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GlobalHAB: A New Program to Promote International …

WebFrom 1998 to 2013, the international community of scientists researching harmful algal blooms (HABs) in marine systems worked through the Intergovernmental Oceanographic …

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Human Health and Socioeconomic Effects of the …

WebFigure 1. A summary of human effects research findings from studies on nine large oil spills: Exxon Valdez (USA), Braer (UK), Sea Empress (UK), Prestige (Spain), …

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Exploring New Technologies for Plankton …

Weband climate change. Because plankton are sensitive to these stressors, they can serve as sentinels for assess-ing environmental health; such sentinels are required

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The Ocean Observatories Initiative Oceanography

WebThe Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) is an integrated suite of instrumented platforms and discrete instruments that measure physical, chemical, geological, and biological …

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Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative: Engagement with Public Health, …

WebPublic health and socioeconomic issues constitute one of the five priority areas for the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) Research Board (RB).

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The Gulf of Mexico: An Overview Oceanography

WebThe Gulf of Mexico is a semi-enclosed sea (Turner and Rabalais, 2019)—a sort of ocean in a bowl—with an area of 1,507,639 km², an average depth of 1,615 m, …

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Satellite Remote Sensing and the Marine Biodiversity Observation

WebINTRODUCTION. Multiple stressors to coastal ecosystems associated with global change include warming waters, rising sea level, reduced oxygen, reduced pH, …

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Marine Mammals as Sentinel Species for Oceans and Human …

WebToxoplasmosis is a sometimes fatal hu-man and animal disease caused by infection with Toxoplasma gondii, a single-celled proto-zoal parasite. Toxoplasmosis is a major cause …

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Harmful Algal Blooms at the Interface Between Coastal …

WebJump to. Algal blooms are a common occurrence in aquatic environments. A subset of these blooms poses environmental or public-health threats, and it is therefore referred to as …

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OVERVIEW OF Oceanography THE OCEANS AND HUMAN …

WebThe NRC document catalyzed a series of reports and other activities on various aspects of oceans and human health. In 2003, the Pew Oceans Commis-sion …

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GoMRI Insights into Microbial Genomics and Hydrocarbon …

WebFigure 1.Microbial community functional shifts in coastal sediments in response to oil from the Deepwater Horizon discharge. Genes coding for selected …

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Harmful Algal Blooms in the Alaskan Arctic: An Emerging Threat as …

WebHarmful algal blooms (HABs) present an emerging threat to human and ecosystem health in the Alaskan Arctic. Two HAB toxins are of concern in the region: …

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