Prediction Method for Ocean Wave Height Based on Stacking Ensemble Learning Model by Yu Zhan, Huajun Zhang, Jianhao Li, Gen Li

“…We analyzed the correlation between wave heights and other oceanic hydrological features, according to eleven features, such as measurement time, horizontal velocity, temperature, and pressure, as the model inputs. …”
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The Suitability of the Pacific Islands for Harnessing Ocean Thermal Energy and the Feasibility of OTEC Plants for Onshore or Offshore Processing by Hyeon-Ju Kim, Ho-Saeng Lee, Seung-Taek Lim, Michael Petterson

“…This paper analyses the economics of using OTEC in combination with existing and potential future industries of importance to the Pacific (and other oceanic) regions, including tuna fisheries, seabed minerals and green hydrogen. …”
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Water Circulation and Marine Environment in the Antarctic Traced by Speciation of 129I and 127I by Shan Xing, Xiaolin Hou, Ala Aldahan, Göran Possnert, Keliang Shi, Peng Yi, Weijian Zhou

“…The variability of 127I and 129I concentrations and their species (127I−/127IO3 −, 129I−/129IO3 −) suggest limited environmental impact where ((1.15–3.15) × 106 atoms/L for 129I concentration and (0.61–1.98) × 10−11 for 129I/127I atomic ratios are the lowest ones compared to the other oceans. The iodine distribution patterns provide useful information on surface water transport and mixing that are vital for better understanding of the Southern Oceans effects on the global climate change. …”
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Vascular Plant Species Inventory of Mexico’s Revillagigedo National Park: Awareness of Alien Invaders as a <i>Sine Qua Non</i> Prerequisite for Island Conservation by Alejandra Domínguez-Meneses, Juan Esteban Martínez-Gómez, Teresa Mejía-Saulés, Israel Acosta-Rosado, Stefan Stadler

“…These islands remained uninhabited until the second half of the twentieth century, allowing a better conservation status than on other oceanic islands. However, the continuous introduction of potentially invasive alien plant species, and the lack of adequate control or eradication actions, jeopardize the conservation and restoration of these islands’ fragile ecosystems. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Two Approaches for Correcting the Systematic Ocean Temperature Bias of CAS-ESM-C by Mengjiao Du, Fei Zheng, Jiang Zhu, Renping Lin, Kan Yi

“…Currently, several ocean data assimilation methods have been adopted to increase the performance of air–sea coupled models, but inconsistent adjustments between the sea temperature with other oceanic fields can be introduced. In the coupled model CAS-ESM-C, inconsistent adjustments for ocean currents commonly occur in the tropical western Pacific and the eastern Indian Ocean. …”
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Ozone in the boundary layer air over the Arctic Ocean: measurements during the TARA transpolar drift 2006–2008 by S. V. Nghiem, S. Morin, S. Netcheva, J. W. Bottenheim

“…At other times of the year, ozone concentrations are comparable to other oceanic observations with winter mole fractions of ca. 30–40 nmol mol&lt;sup&gt;&amp;minus;1&lt;/sup&gt; and summer minima of ca. 20 nmol mol&lt;sup&gt;&amp;minus;1&lt;/sup&gt;. …”
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Linking extreme seasonality and gene expression in Arctic marine protists by Magdalena Wutkowska, Anna Vader, Ramiro Logares, Eric Pelletier, Tove M. Gabrielsen

“…Light-dependent functions had higher relative expression during polar day, except phototransduction. 64% of the most expressed genes could not be functionally annotated, yet up to 78% were identified in Arctic samples from Tara Oceans, suggesting that Arctic marine assemblages are distinct from those from other oceans. Our study increases understanding of the links between extreme seasonality and biological processes in pico- and nanoplanktonic protists. …”
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Processes determining the marine alkalinity and calcium carbonate saturation state distributions by B. R. Carter, J. R. Toggweiler, R. M. Key, J. L. Sarmiento

“…We estimate that the Arctic receives approximately twice the riverine alkalinity per unit area as the Atlantic, and 8 times that of the other oceans. Riverine inputs broadly elevate Alk^* in the Arctic surface and particularly near river mouths. …”
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Slab rollback and microcontinent subduction in the evolution of the Zambales Ophiolite Complex (Philippines): A review by Graciano P. Yumul, Jr., Carla B. Dimalanta, Ricky C. Salapare, Karlo L. Queaño, Decibel V. Faustino-Eslava, Edanjarlo J. Marquez, Noelynna T. Ramos, Betchaida D. Payot, Juan Miguel R. Guotana, Jillian Aira S. Gabo-Ratio, Leo T. Armada, Jenielyn T. Padrones, Keisuke Ishida, Shigeyuki Suzuki

“…This Meso-Cenozoic ophiolite complex is compared with the other oceanic lithosphere fragments along the western seaboard of the Philippines in the context of their evolution in terms of their recognized environments of generation. …”
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Carbon dynamics in the western Arctic Ocean: insights from full-depth carbon isotope profiles of DIC, DOC, and POC by D. R. Griffith, A. P. McNichol, L. Xu, F. A. McLaughlin, R. W. Macdonald, K. A. Brown, T. I. Eglinton

“…The latter process appears to be particularly important at intermediate depths, where mass balance calculations suggest that OC derived from in situ DIC fixation contributes up to 22% of POCsusp. As in other oceans, surface-derived OC is still a dominant source to Arctic POCsusp. …”
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Meltwater Pulse 1a drowned fringing reefs around Tahiti 15 000 years ago by Paul Blanchon, Peter Chutcharavan

“…It confirms MWP-1a was a global event, drowning reefs on Tahiti as well as those in other oceans.…”
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Dimethyl sulfide control of the clean summertime Arctic aerosol and cloud by W. Richard Leaitch, Sangeeta Sharma, Lin Huang, Desiree Toom-Sauntry, Alina Chivulescu, Anne Marie Macdonald, Knut von Salzen, Jeffrey R. Pierce, Allan K. Bertram, Jason C. Schroder, Nicole C. Shantz, Rachel Y.-W. Chang, Ann-Lise Norman

“…During the clean periods, the number concentrations of particles that can act as cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) increase from June through August suggesting that DMS, and possibly other oceanic organic precursors, exert significant control on the Arctic summertime submicron aerosol, a proposition supported by simulations from the GEOS-Chem-TOMAS global chemical transport model with particle microphysics. …”
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Analysis of variability of tropical Pacific sea surface temperatures by G. Davies, N. Cressie

“…SST anomalies, obtained by subtracting the appropriate monthly averages from the data, are the focus of the majority of previous analyses of the Pacific and other oceans' SSTs. Preliminary data analysis showed that not only Niño 3.4 spatial means but also Niño 3.4 spatial variances varied with month of the year. …”
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Climate of the Last Glacial Maximum: sensitivity studies and model-data comparison with the LOVECLIM coupled model by D. M. Roche, T. M. Dokken, H. Goosse, H. Renssen, S. L. Weber

“…As this result is in contradiction with the current palaeoceanographic view, we ran a range of sensitivity experiments to explore the response of the model and the possibilities for other oceanic circulation states. After a critical review of our LGM state with respect to available proxy data, we conclude that the oceanic circulation obtained is not inconsistent with ocean circulation proxy data, although the water characteristics (temperature, salinity) are not in full agreement with water mass proxy data. …”
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Environmental pollution of chlorinated hydrocarbons around Syowa Station by Hideo Hidaka, Ryo Tatsukawa

“…So it is concluded that the benthic organisms near Syowa Station are polluted considerably by PCB and slightly by DDT from the station activities, although the PCB and DDT levels in these fish are low compared with those in other oceans. In order to prevent the pollution from station activity, the more strict wastes disposal procedure will be necessary. …”
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Nitrogen Fixation in a Changing Arctic Ocean: An Overlooked Source of Nitrogen? by Lisa W. von Friesen, Lasse Riemann

“…The composition of the diazotroph community appears distinct from other oceans – challenging paradigms of function and regulation of nitrogen fixation. …”
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Metagenomic Analysis of the Indian Ocean Picocyanobacterial Community: Structure, Potential Function and Evolution. by Beatriz Díez, Johan A A Nylander, Karolina Ininbergs, Christopher L Dupont, Andrew E Allen, Shibu Yooseph, Douglas B Rusch, Birgitta Bergman

“…Comparative metagenomic analysis with picocyanobacteria populations in other oceans suggests that this evolutionary scenario may be globally important.…”
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Zonal Distribution Characteristics of Microplastics in the Southern Indian Ocean and the Influence of Ocean Current by Jingxi Li, Fenglei Gao, Di Zhang, Wei Cao, Chang Zhao

“…The results showed that the average abundance of microplastics in seawater of the southern Indian Ocean was 2.3 ± 2.1 items/m³, which was consistent with that in other oceans. Polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyethylene (PE), Rayon, polyamide (PA), and polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC) were the main polymers of microplastics in the southern Indian Ocean. …”
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Re-Os Isotope Systematics of Sulfides in Chromitites and Host Lherzolites of the Andaman Ophiolite, India by José María González-Jiménez, Sisir K. Mondal, Biswajit Ghosh, William L. Griffin, Suzanne Y. O’Reilly

“…These ages match well with the main tectonothermal events that are documented in the continental crustal rocks of South India, suggesting that the Andaman mantle (or its protolith) had a volume of lithospheric mantle once underlaying this southern Indian continental crust. As observed in other oceanic lithospheres, blocks of ancient subcontinental lithospheric mantle (SCLM) could have contributed to the development of the subduction-related Andaman–Java volcanic arc. …”
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Plastics in the Indian Ocean – sources, transport, distribution, and impacts by C. Pattiaratchi, M. van der Mheen, C. Schlundt, B. E. Narayanaswamy, A. Sura, S. Hajbane, R. White, N. Kumar, M. Fernandes, S. Wijeratne

“…However, the concentration, distribution, and impacts of plastics in the IO are poorly understood as the region is under-sampled compared to other oceans. In this review, we discuss sources and sinks, which are specific to the IO. …”
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