A global map to aid the identification and screening of critical habitat for marine industries

Marine industries face a number of risks that necessitate careful analysis prior to making decisions on the siting of operations and facilities. An important emerging regulatory framework on environmental sustainability for business operations is the International Finance Corporation’s Performance Standard 6 (IFC PS6). Within PS6, identification of biodiversity significance is articulated through the concept of “Critical Habitat”, a definition developed by the IFC and detailed through criteria aligned with those that support internationally accepted biodiversity designations. No publicly available tools have been developed in either the marine or terrestrial realm to assess the likelihood of sites or operations being located within PS6-defined Critical Habitat. This paper presents a starting point towards filling this gap in the form of a preliminary global map that classifies more than 13 million km² of marine and coastal areas of importance for biodiversity (protected areas, Key Biodiversity Areas [KBA], sea turtle nesting sites, cold- and warm-water corals, seamounts, seagrass beds, mangroves, saltmarshes, hydrothermal vents and cold seeps) based on their overlap with Critical Habitat criteria, as defined by IFC. In total, 5798×10³ km² (1.6%) of the analysis area (global ocean plus coastal land strip) were classed as Likely Critical Habitat, and 7526×10³ km² (2.1%) as Potential Critical Habitat; the remainder (96.3%) were Unclassified. The latter was primarily due to the paucity of biodiversity data in marine areas beyond national jurisdiction and/or in deep waters, and the comparatively fewer protected areas and KBAs in these regions. Globally, protected areas constituted 65.9% of the combined Likely and Potential Critical Habitat extent, and KBAs 29.3%, not accounting for the overlap between these two features. Relative Critical Habitat extent in Exclusive Economic Zones varied dramatically between countries. This work is likely to be of particular use for industries operating in the marine and coastal realms as an early screening aid prior to in situ Critical Habitat assessment; to financial institutions making investment decisions; and to those wishing to implement good practice policies relevant to biodiversity management. Supplementary material (available online) includes other global datasets considered, documentation and justification of biodiversity feature classification, detail of IFC PS6 criteria/scenarios, and coverage calculations.     

Analysis and comparison of heat flux of landfast ice during 2016 in the Prydz Bay,Antarctica

Long term in situ atmospheric observation of the landfast ice nearby Zhongshan Station in the Prydz Bay was performed from April to November 2016. The in situ observation, including the conventional meteorological elements and turbulent flux, enabled this study to evaluate the sea ice surface energy budget process. Using in situ observations, three different reanalysis datasets from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts Interim Re-analysis(ERA-Interim), National Centers for Environmental Prediction Reanalysis2(NCEP R2), and Japanese 55-year Reanalysis(JRA55), and the Los Alamos sea ice model, CICE, output for surface fluxes were evaluated. The observed sensible heat flux(SH) and net longwave radiation showed seasonal variation with increasing temperature. Air temperature rose from the middle of October as the solar elevation angle increased.The ice surface lost more energy by outgoing longwave radiation as temperature increased, while the shortwave radiation showed obvious increases from the middle of October. The oceanic heat flux demonstrated seasonal variation and decreased with time, where the average values were 21 W/m~2 and 11 W/m~2, before and after August,respectively. The comparisons with in situ observations show that, SH and LE(latent heat flux) of JRA55 dataset had the smallest bias and mean absolute error(MAE), and those of NCEP R2 data show the largest differences.The ERA-Interim dataset had the highest spatial resolution, but performance was modest with bias and MAE between JRA55 and NCEP R2 compare with in situ observation. The CICE results(SH and LE) were consistent with the observed data but did not demonstrate the amplitude of inner seasonal variation. The comparison revealed better shortwave and longwave radiation stimulation based on the ERA-Interim forcing in CICE than the radiation of ERA-Interim. The average sea ice temperature decreased in June and July and increased after September,which was similar to the temperature measured by buoys, with a bias and MAE of 0.9°C and 1.0°C, respectively.     

温度、浓度对流体中氟钛络合物水解的影响:对深部地质过程中钛元素活动的制约

Ti是自然界中丰度最高的高场强元素(HFSE),其主要赋存矿物——金红石的溶解度决定了俯冲带HFSE的活动与循环。而富氟流体被认为是影响Ti等HFSE能否活化、迁移的重要因素。本文对不同浓度的氟钛络合物(K2Ti F6)在100MPa压力和200~500℃温度下的稳定性进行了研究,结果显示其在热液条件下发生显著水解,水解程度与温度和初始浓度密切相关,即温度越高、初始浓度越低,则水解程度越剧烈。对实验数据进行拟合,首次获得了K2Ti F6的表观水解常数与温度的关系式:-ln K=(8972±788)/T-(4.16428±1.40362),其中获得的热力学参数为:ΔrHΘ=74.59±6.55k J/mol,ΔrSΘ=34.62±11.67J/(mol·K)。同时,运用上述获得的关系式将温度推广到俯冲带条件,计算了金红石溶解度和流体中Ti的最大迁移量之间的关系。结果显示,当金红石的溶解度大于1000μg/m L时,富F流体能有效迁移的Ti大于1μg/m L;随着金红石溶解度的增加,Ti的有效迁移百分比也逐渐增大,但俯冲流体中Ti的最大迁移量可能不超过6700μg/m L,比之前的预计要低得多。本文的研究证实了富F流体能最大程度活化并迁移Ti等HFSE。其中,对于岩浆-热液体系而言,F主要通过在岩浆中预富集,然后再大量分配进入晚期流体中而形成富F流体;对于俯冲带而言,多硅白云母的脱水或热解是形成富F流体/超临界流体的有效途径。     

沉淀-陈化-返溶作用和压力对热液中氟钛络合物高温水解的影响及地质意义

钛是自然界中最不活泼的金属元素之一,然而越来越多的证据显示钛可以在特定条件下能进入热液流体中发生迁移,其中氟可能在其中扮演着重要的角色。本文研究了300℃和50~400MPa压力条件下氟钛络合物(K2Ti F6)的稳定性以及沉淀-陈化-返溶作用和压力对氟钛络合物水解行为的影响。研究结果显示,氟钛络合物水解的过程中,由于Ti O2沉淀物的陈化作用,在稳定的温度和压力条件下,沉淀物的返溶很难发生;但在缓慢降温和机械性振荡过程中,沉淀物的返溶会明显发生。而且,在温度不变的情况下,压力的改变对K2Ti F6水解并没有显著的影响,显示氟钛络合物不管在高压还是低压环境下均遵循近似的水解规律。本文认为主要的原因在于压力的增高会促进水解反应沉淀物的陈化,进而抑制沉淀物的返溶,但并不破坏水解反应的平衡。最后,本文提出金属络合物的形成-水解-沉淀/返溶-陈化过程是水-岩作用或热液成矿过程中高场强元素活化、迁移和成矿的主要机制。     

GGR Biennial Critical Review: Analytical Developments Since 2014

This GGR biennial critical review covers developments and innovations in key analytical methods published since January 2014, relevant to the chemical, isotopic and crystallographic characterisation of geological and environmental materials. In nine selected analytical fields, publications considered to be of wide significance are summarised, background information is provided and their importance evaluated. In addition to instrumental technologies, this review also presents a summary of new developments in the preparation and characterisation of rock, microanalytical and isotopic reference materials, including a précis of recent changes and revisions to ISO guidelines for reference material characterisation and reporting. Selected reports are provided of isotope ratio determinations by both solution nebulisation MC‐ICP‐MS and laser ablation‐ICP‐MS, as well as of radioactive isotope geochronology by LA‐ICP‐MS. Most of the analytical techniques elaborated continue to provide new applications for geochemical analysis; however, it is noted that instrumental neutron activation analysis has become less popular in recent years, mostly due to the reduced availability of nuclear reactors to act as a neutron source. Many of the newer applications reported here provide analysis at increasingly finer resolution. Examples include atom probe tomography, a very sensitive method providing atomic scale information, nanoscale SIMS, for isotopic imaging of geological and biological samples, and micro‐XRF, which has a spatial resolution many orders of magnitude smaller than conventional XRF.     

Surface air temperature changes over the Tibetan Plateau: Historical evaluation and future projection based on CMIP6 models

With its amplification simultaneously emerging in cryospheric regions, especially in the Tibetan Plateau, global warming is undoubtedly occurring. In this study, we utilized 28 global climate models to assess model performance regarding surface air temperature over the Tibetan Plateau from 1961 to 2014, reported spatiotemporal variability in surface air temperature in the future under four scenarios (SSP1-2.6, SSP2-4.5, SSP3-7.0, and SSP5-8.5), and further quantified the timing of warming levels (1.5, 2, and 3 °C) in the region. The results show that the multimodel ensemble means depicted the spatiotemporal patterns of surface air temperature for the past decades well, although with differences across individual models. The projected surface air temperature, by 2099, would warm by 1.9, 3.2, 5.2, and 6.3 °C relative to the reference period (1981–2010), with increasing rates of 0.11, 0.31, 0.53, and 0.70 °C/decade under the SSP1-2.6, SSP2-4.5, SSP3-7.0, and SSP5-8.5 scenarios for the period 2015–2099, respectively. Compared with the preindustrial periods (1850–1900), the mean annual surface air temperature over the Tibetan Plateau has hit the 1.5 °C threshold and will break 2 °C in the next decade, but there is still a chance to limit the temperature below 3 °C in this century. Our study provides a new understanding of climate warming in high mountain areas and implies the urgent need to achieve carbon neutrality.     

2007年7月20日新疆特克斯5．7级地震烈度与房屋震害

介绍了2007年7月20日新疆特克斯5．7级地震的现场考察结果。该地震的宏观震中位于受灾最严重的特克斯县喀拉达拉乡琼库什台村东侧,极震区烈度为7度,圈定出6度1条等震线。同时归纳分析了灾区各类房屋建筑的震害特征及其破坏原因,并对该地区房屋的防震减灾研究提出了建议。     

防震减灾行业下一代IPv6信息网络发展研究

下一代网络(next generation network,缩写为NGN)是以高性能、可扩展、可运营、可管理、更安全的下一代电信网络为基础,实现高质晕流媒体应用、无线和移动应用、多样化终端没备、按需的传输质量控制和更高安全保障的新型网络,IPv6是下一代网络的关键支撑技术.IPv6网是F一代IP网,不等同于下一代网络,IPv6网只有在满足下一代网络的必要特征后才可成为下一代网络.     

汶川8级大地震的地表破裂特征及分段

2008年5月12日14时28分,四川省汶川县境内发生MS8.0地震.地表破裂多以跌水、陡坎形态发育在河流沟谷或晚新生代沉积层内,位移明显.山地受崩塌、滑坡影响,位移量较难获得.发震断裂主要有三条,即北川-映秀断裂、彭县-灌县断裂和小鱼洞断裂.北川-映秀断裂地表破裂由南向北活动性质从逆冲为主逐渐转变为走滑为主,长约220 km,平均垂直位移量约3 m,按位移量沿断裂走向的变化可以分为虹口段、北川段和南坝段;彭县-灌县断裂地表破裂以逆冲活动为主,长约82 km,平均垂直位移量约1.5 m,可以划分为白鹿段和汉旺段,断裂断距分布的几何特征与北川-映秀断裂的中南段相近;小鱼洞断裂是一条新生北西走向的次级破裂,长约5.6 km,平均垂直位移量约1.5 m,调节两侧构造单元变形差异,具有捩断层特征,活动以逆(左行)走滑为主,可划分出小鱼洞段和中坝段.姚都镇地表破裂可能说明南坝以北的地震具有不同的活动特征.活动断裂的运动方式反映区域应力场有北西西向挤压特征.     

Total Organic Carbon (TOC) as a Sum Parameter of Water Pollution in Selected Polish Rivers (Vistula,Odra, and Warta)

This paper reports on total organic carbon (TOC) and its fractions dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and particulate organic carbon (POC) studied in different Polish rivers. The samples investigated came from the Vistula, Odra, and Warta rivers, and were compared with similar data on river waters available in the literature. The DOC concentrations ranged from 10.0 to 14.2 mg/L and did not vary during the vegetative season. The POC values considerably increased from May through September and reached a maximum in summer. Results for the years 1991τ1996 evidenced a significant increase in the POC value for the Polish rivers from 10.8 to 24.5 mg/L, in comparison with analogous values for West European rivers and North American ones. The enhanced values of TOC and POC were interpreted as being due to anthropogenic pollution.