The West Pacific Gradient tracks ENSO and zonal Pacific sea surface temperature gradient during the last Millennium [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 Small changes in Pacific temperature gradients connected with the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) influence the Walker Circulation and are related to global climate anomalies.
J. Zinke +3 more
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 The Pacific Ocean is one of the important carbon sink regions, and there is a significant west-east difference in sea-air CO2 flux. However, the influence of the long-standing greater CO2 uptakes in the western Pacific than in the east and the dynamic ...
Guorong Zhong +47 more
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Conventional Military Doctrines and U.S.-China Military Engagement in the West Pacific [PDF]
China Quarterly of International Strategic Studies, 2019 This article explores how conventional military doctrines shape U.S.-China military engagement in the West Pacific under varying degrees of cooperation, competition and potential conflicts. Although military doctrines possess a certain level of influence
Muhammad Ali Baig
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Amplified surface warming in the south-west Pacific during the mid-Pliocene (3.3–3.0 Ma) and future implications [PDF]
Climate of the Past, 2023 Based on Nationally Determined Contributions concurrent with Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs) 2-4.5, the IPCC predicts global warming of 2.1–3.5 ∘C (very likely range 10–90th percentile) by 2100 CE.
G. R. Grant +9 more
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npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 2023 West Antarctic and the Antarctic Peninsula have experienced dramatic warming in austral spring since the 1970s. Using observations and the Community Atmosphere Model version 4 (CAM4), this study explores the physical mechanism by which the tropical ...
Ping Zhang, Anmin Duan
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Progress in Mesozoic-Cenozoic paleomagnetism and plate reconstruction of West Antarctica
Dizhi lixue xuebao, 2021 In this study, we summarized paleomagnetic data from West Antarctica and reconstructed the paleoposition of different crustal blocks of West Antarctica. Plate reconstructions identified two widely influenced tectonic events in West Antarctica due to the ...
GAO Liang
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Phylogenetic Position of the Barnacle Chelonibia testudinaria Linnaeus, 1758 from the Persian Gulf [PDF]
تاکسونومی و بیوسیستماتیک, 2022 Chelonibia testudinaria is a globally widespread epibiont barnacle. Previous phylogenetic studies have shown that specimens of this species positioned in three separate clades.
Nooshin Ospid +3 more
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Two new cumacean species (Crustacea: Peracarida) from shallow waters off Thailand
Scientia Marina, 2002 The examination of a collection of benthic macroinvertebrates from the Gulf of Thailand led to the erection of two new species of cumaceans (Crustacea), namely Pseudosympodomma carinatum sp. nov.
Jordi Corbera, Daniel Martín
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A crucible for bottom-up regionalism? The digital renaissance
Pacific Journalism Review, 2020 Commentary: West Papua has one of the most repressive media landscapes in the world. Consequently, West Papuans have increasingly harnessed social media platforms to broadcast human rights violations committed in West Papua.
Jason Titifanue +2 more
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Systematic revision of Platevindex Baker, 1938 (Gastropoda: Euthyneura: Onchidiidae)
European Journal of Taxonomy, 2021 In the Indo-West Pacific, intertidal slugs of the genus Platevindex Baker, 1938 are common in mangrove forests, where they typically live on the roots and trunks of mangrove trees.
Tricia C. Goulding +7 more
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