Offshore oil exploitation has a disastrous impact on marine ecological environment, resulting in the death or extinction of marine benthic animals. However, full understanding of these effects is hindered by sparse observations in many areas of th...
02 22, 2022Almost all materials immersed in seawater are suffering from microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) all the time. MIC catalyzed by sulfate reducing bacteria (SRB) is one of the main causes of pipeline network damage, leading to great economi...
02 21, 2022There might be a southward-flowing undercurrent beneath the Kuroshio at its origin off the east coast of Luzon Island, named Luzon Undercurrent (LUC). The low-latitude western boundary current system in the North Pacific Ocean, including the upper...
02 18, 2022Internal waves are widely distributed in the global ocean area, and the amplitude can reach hundreds of meters, affecting the ocean environment.Remote sensing is a crucial method for observing internal waves in the ocean. However, inversion of int...
02 17, 2022Seamounts are defined as isolated terrain elevations with a depth of more than 1000 meters above the seafloor. The presence of seamounts affects the circulation of seawater, inducing nutrients upwelling mobility and stimulating primary production,...
02 17, 2022Clouds play a critical role in the global climate system because they influence the radiation balance. The unique Antarctic environment, with extremely low temperature, low moisture, and low aerosol concentration, makes cloud formation different f...
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