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Environmental Sciences
Binod Rayamajhee, Nathan L. R. Williams, Nachshon Siboni, Kiri Rodgers, Mark Willcox, Fiona L. Henriquez, Justin R. Seymour, Jaimie Potts, Colin Johnson, Peter Scanes, Nicole Carnt
Summary: This study investigated the incidence and seasonal variation of pathogenic Acanthamoeba in coastal lagoons in Australia. It found that water abiotic factors and bacterial species were associated with Acanthamoeba incidence. The study highlights the need for public awareness and preventive measures to mitigate the risk of amoebic keratitis.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
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Environmental Sciences
Eleanor A. Weideman, Vonica Perold, Vincenzo Donnarumma, Giuseppe Suaria, Peter G. Ryan
Summary: Little is known about the distribution and abundance of floating anthropogenic litter in the coastal waters off east Africa. A study shows that meso- and microlitter, as well as microfibres, are pervasive pollutants in Tanzania and northern Mozambique. The majority of the litter originates on land, highlighting the need to improve solid waste management in the region.
MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
(2023)
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Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Boqi Liu, Congwen Zhu, Ning Jiang, Li Guo
Summary: The study identified two dominant modes of seasonal evolution of rainbands over East China: the sudden change pattern and the northward migration pattern, both regulated by sea surface temperature anomalies. The SSTAs in the Pacific modulate spring rainfall over South China via the ENSO-EASM teleconnection in the sudden change pattern, while the North Atlantic SSTAs change midlatitude wave train and modify summer rainfall over South and North China. The North Pacific SSTAs alter spring rainfall over South China and induce a Pacific-Japan teleconnection to shift the anomalous rainband northward to the Yangtze-Huai River and North China in summer in the northward migration pattern.
JOURNAL OF CLIMATE
(2021)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Baoyan Zhu, Bo Sun, Huijun Wang
Summary: The study reveals that since the early 1990s, the interannual variability of extreme high-temperature events during summer over eastern China has shown a dipole mode, which is associated with air-sea interaction over the western tropical Pacific and North Atlantic.
JOURNAL OF CLIMATE
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Lael Wakamatsu, Gregory L. Britten, Elliot J. Styles, Andrew M. Fischer
Summary: Toxic phytoplankton have had a detrimental impact on the fishing and aquaculture industry on the east coast of Tasmania, resulting in significant losses. Remote sensing data analysis reveals correlations between sea surface temperature and chlorophyll-a levels with increases in toxins. Variations in chlorophyll-a changes along the north, central, and southeast coasts of Tasmania were observed.
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Minghu Ding, Xiaowei Zou, Qizhen Sun, Diyi Yang, Wenqian Zhang, Lingen Bian, Changgui Lu, Ian Allison, Petra Heil, Cunde Xiao
Summary: This paper introduces a unique multiyear dataset and the monitoring capability of the PANDA automatic weather station network, which includes 11 AWSs across the Prydz Bay-Amery Ice Shelf-Dome A area in East Antarctica. The AWSs measure various meteorological variables at 1-hour intervals and transmit the data in near real time. The dataset is publicly available and can be used for climate change estimation, extreme weather events diagnosis, and other applications.
EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE DATA
(2022)
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Environmental Sciences
Beatriz Biguino, Carlos Antunes, Luisa Lamas, Luke J. Jenkins, Joao Miguel Dias, Ivan D. Haigh, Ana C. Brito
Summary: Climate change is causing spatially and temporally non-uniform increases in mean sea surface temperatures (SST) worldwide. This study aims to quantify changes in SST along the Western Iberian Coast over the past four decades by analyzing long-term time series data. The results show regional variations in SST trends, with an increase in air temperature appearing to be the main driver. The seasonal cycle of SST and trends in near-shore areas were not significantly affected, likely due to the buffering effect of seasonal upwelling. Recent decades have shown a slowdown in SST increase, potentially due to upwelling intensification and the impact of teleconnections like the North Atlantic Oscillation and the Western Mediterranean Oscillation Index.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Ji-Won Kim, Ting-Huai Chang, Ching-Teng Lee, Jin-Yi Yu
Summary: Through observational data and model hindcasts, it was discovered that different types of El Nino have varying effects on the East Asian winter monsoon, with EP and CP-II El Ninos showing the most significant weakening impact.
JOURNAL OF CLIMATE
(2021)
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Motoki Nagura, Michael J. McPhaden
Summary: This study introduces a method to predict interannual variability in sea surface height along the west coast of Australia using a simple ocean model driven by statistical atmospheric models, which can simulate tide gauge observations up to 13 months in advance. This approach can serve as a baseline for evaluating the performance of more sophisticated forecast models for predicting variations in sea surface height in the region.
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2021)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Effi Helmy Ariffin, Manoj Joseph Mathew, Adina Roslee, Aminah Ismailluddin, Lee Shin Yun, Aditya Bramana Putra, Ku Mohd Kalkausar Ku Yusof, Masha Menhat, Isfarita Ismail, Hafiz Aiman Shamsul, David Menier, Nor Hisham M. Ghazali, Lee Hin Lee
Summary: The increase of 20 million people in the coastal zone in Southeast Asia has led to increased infrastructure risk. Malaysia lacks practical plans to mitigate coastal erosion, which is critically affecting the coastal population due to seasonal monsoons. This study conducted a comprehensive assessment of coastal vulnerability in 16 districts across 4 states, considering both physical and socio-economic factors, in order to identify the most vulnerable areas.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Hugh Venables, Michael P. Meredith, Katharine R. Hendry, Petra ten Hoopen, Helen Peat, Alice Chapman, Jennifer Beaumont, Rayner Piper, Andrew J. Miller, Paul Mann, Helen Rossetti, Ali Massey, Terri Souster, Simon Reeves, Mairi Fenton, Sabrina Heiser, Sam Pountney, Sarah Reed, Zoe Waring, Marlon Clark, Emma Bolton, Ryan Mathews, Hollie London, Alice Clement, Emma Stuart, Aurelia Reichardt, Mark Brandon, Melanie Leng, Carol Arrowsmith, Amber Annett, Sian F. Henley, Andrew Clarke
Summary: Obtaining marine data near Antarctica is extremely challenging due to its remote and inhospitable nature. However, the British Antarctic Survey Rothera Research Station has collected over 2000 Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) profiles and associated water sample data with year-round coverage. This valuable dataset spanning 20 years provides crucial insights into the role of the high-latitude ocean in climate change, ocean/ice interactions, and marine biogeochemistry and carbon drawdown.
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Ming Feng, Nick Caputi, Arani Chandrapavan, Miaoju Chen, Anthony Hart, Mervi Kangas
Summary: Ocean temperature variability off the west coast of Australia is influenced by various climate variability modes, with a shift to a multi-year cold phase following the unprecedented Ningaloo Nino event. This marine cold-spell has facilitated the recovery of local fisheries species impacted by previous marine heatwaves.
JOURNAL OF MARINE SYSTEMS
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Anamaria Bukvic, Steven Barnett
Summary: The study found that urban residents in coastal areas have a certain inclination towards relocation due to flooding, and the decision is influenced by factors such as age, race, place attachment, problem-solving capacity, and flood-related household and community concerns.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Juliana Castrillon, Raphael Mayaud, Craig Wilson, Greta Dalle Luche, Jenny Allen, Susan Bengtson Nash
Summary: Every year, humpback whales migrate to Moreton Bay, southeast Queensland, Australia. However, little is known about the significance of the bay for these whales. This study provides the first detailed information about humpback whale distribution, behavior, and habitat use within Moreton Bay, revealing that it serves as an important resting stopover for migrating whales.
FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE
(2023)
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Lequan Chi, Christopher L. P. Wolfe, Sultan Hameed
Summary: The study investigates the relationship between Gulf Stream transport and coastal sea level. The results indicate that Gulf Stream transport quickly loses correlation along its path, suggesting that the transport at a specific location does not represent the overall strength of the Gulf Stream. South of Cape Hatteras, Gulf Stream transport is significantly correlated with coastal sea level in the South Atlantic Bight. However, north of Cape Hatteras, the sea level changes associated with Gulf Stream transport decay rapidly away from the Gulf Stream and become negligible approximately 300 km northwest of the Gulf Stream axis. In this region, the correlations between Gulf Stream transport and sea level are primarily found in the deep ocean and rarely on the shelf, suggesting that coastal sea level is unlikely to be driven by geostrophic adjustment to changes in Gulf Stream transport.
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2023)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Ben I. McNeil, Tristan P. Sasse
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Environmental Sciences
Ben I. McNeil, Colm Sweeney, John A. E. Gibson
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Ben I. McNeil, Alessandro Tagliabue, Colm Sweeney
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2010)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Tristan P. Sasse, Ben I. McNeil, Gab Abramowitz
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2013)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Emily C. Shaw, Philip L. Munday, Ben I. McNeil
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2013)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Katrin J. Meissner, Ben I. McNeil, Michael Eby, Edward C. Wiebe
GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES
(2012)
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Biodiversity Conservation
Emily C. Shaw, Ben I. Mcneil, Bronte Tilbrook, Richard Matear, Michael L. Bates
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2013)
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Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Katsumi Matsumoto, Ben McNeil
JOURNAL OF CLIMATE
(2013)
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Oceanography
Emily C. Shaw, Ben I. McNeil, Bronte Tilbrook
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
(2012)
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Emily C. Shaw, Ben I. McNeil
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Ecology
T. P. Sasse, B. I. McNeil, R. J. Matear, A. Lenton
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Ecology
T. P. Sasse, B. I. McNeil, G. Abramowitz
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Ecology
B. I. McNeil, R. J. Matear
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Ecology
A. Lenton, B. Tilbrook, R. M. Law, D. Bakker, S. C. Doney, N. Gruber, M. Ishii, M. Hoppema, N. S. Lovenduski, R. J. Matear, B. I. McNeil, N. Metzl, S. E. Mikaloff Fletcher, P. M. S. Monteiro, C. Roedenbeck, C. Sweeney, T. Takahashi