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Marine Snow Storms: Assessing The Environmental Risks Of Ocean Fertilization, Robin M. Warner
Marine Snow Storms: Assessing The Environmental Risks Of Ocean Fertilization, Robin M. Warner
Faculty of Law - Papers (Archive)
The threats posed by climate change to the global environment have fostered heightened scientific interest in marine geo-engineering schemes designed to boost the capacity of the oceans to absorb atmospheric carbon dioxide. This is the primary goal of a process known as ocean fertilization which seeks to increase the production of organic material in the surface ocean in order to promote further draw down of photosynthesized carbon to the deep ocean. This article describes the process of ocean fertilization, its objectives and potential impacts on the marine environment and some examples of ocean fertilization experiments. It analyses the applicability of …
Boundaries, Biodiversity, Resources, And Increasing Maritime Activities: Emerging Oceans Governance Challenges For Canada In The Arctic Ocean, Clive H. Schofield, Ian Townsend-Gault, Tavis Potts
Boundaries, Biodiversity, Resources, And Increasing Maritime Activities: Emerging Oceans Governance Challenges For Canada In The Arctic Ocean, Clive H. Schofield, Ian Townsend-Gault, Tavis Potts
Faculty of Law - Papers (Archive)
The Arctic region is undergoing rapid environmental and socioeconomic change. As one of the most rapidly warming places on the planet, the Arctic is experiencing dramatic climate change-related impacts, such as a severe downward trend in sea ice cover. The scientific community projects that this trend could result in a sea ice-free summer by as early as 2020. As conditions warm, the retreat of sea ice is driving an expansion of political and economic activity. Recent world media attention has been focused on the Arctic to an unprecedented extent. Much of the discourse has been devoted to a perceived Arctic …
Blurring The Lines: Maritime Joint Development And The Cooperative Management Of Ocean Resources, Clive H. Schofield
Blurring The Lines: Maritime Joint Development And The Cooperative Management Of Ocean Resources, Clive H. Schofield
Faculty of Law - Papers (Archive)
The first part of the paper examines the significant extension in coastal State jurisdiction offshore and outlines progress in the delimitation of maritime boundaries worldwide. Some of the problems associated with lack of maritime boundary delimitation and the resultant large zones of overlapping maritime claims are then highlighted. Progress in the cooperative management of ocean resources through maritime joint development zones is then reviewed.
The Arctic: A Race For Resources Or Sustainable Ocean Development, Tavis Potts, Clive Schofield
The Arctic: A Race For Resources Or Sustainable Ocean Development, Tavis Potts, Clive Schofield
Faculty of Law - Papers (Archive)
The Arctic Ocean is a semi-enclosed sea surrounded by five coastal states: Canada, Denmark (Greenland), Norway (Svalbard), the Russian Federation and the United States of America (Figure 1). Since the planting of a Russian flag on the sea-bed at the North Pole in August 2007 there have been renewed efforts by the other Arctic Ocean littoral states to reinforce their claims in the region. This, combined with the dramatic decrease in the extent of summer sea-ice, means that the Arctic has become a focus of global media, scientific and government attention. Much of this Arctic narrative has been decidedly alarmist, …