Hybrid Neoliberalism: Implications for Sustainable Development

Neoliberalism is frequently blamed for challenges in achieving sustainable development; consequently some also question if sustainability is still a useful concept. Neoliberal influence on natural resource management has evolved over the last 30?years to a hybrid form that seeks to compensate for its negative social and environmental externalities. Through review of literature and critical analysis of three case studies of resource development in Australia and New Zealand, we argue that, in spite of modifications under hybrid approaches, neoliberalism still tests achievement of sustainability goals, due to privileging industry and shifting risk and costs to future generations, through inadequate regulation, neglect of public consultation, lack of transparency, and weak impact assessment. We suggest that while neoliberal approaches bring both benefits and disadvantages, sustainability principles must continue to be kept at the forefront of legislation, regulation and management.     

青岛近岸泥质区敏感粒级组分及对沉积记录的指示

通过对青岛南部近岸泥质区3个岩心(Z14、Z16、QDZ03)进行粒度分析和AMS14C年龄测试,研究了沉积物粒度组成并提取了敏感粒级,探讨了敏感粒级的搬运机制及其环境指示意义。研究表明:研究区岩心沉积物以粉砂和黏土质粉砂为主,包含3个敏感粒级(敏感粒级1、敏感粒级2、敏感粒级3),分别对应粒度细端组分、中端组分和粗端组分,以悬浮和跳跃搬运为主,少量以滚动、推移方式搬运;沉积物主要受沿岸流输运的影响,粒度组分自东北向西南逐渐变细,反映了水动力条件自东北向西南逐渐减弱的趋势;其中,敏感粒级2对东亚冬季风增强事件具有较好的反映:利用QDZ03孔上部3.94 m岩心沉积物敏感粒级获得了近3 ka以来5个明显的东亚冬季风增强事件(230~370、1 050~1 180、1 400~1 550、1 850~1 950和2 250~2 350 aBP),对古气候记录具有较好的指示作用。     

基于IPCC-CMIP5 预估21世纪中国近海海表温度变化

观测事实表明,近百年来全球气候经历了显著的变暖过程,并且在人类活动排放的CO_2等温室气体不断增加的前提下,未来变暖将会持续下去.利用IPCC第五次评估报告中34个CMIP5模式对于未来不同CO_2排放情景下的输出结果,评估了未来百年中国近海海表温度(SST)的变化趋势.结果表明,基于当前人类的CO_2典型排放速度(RCP4.5),中国近海的大部分海区在2030年以后普遍升温并将接近或超过1℃(相对于1970~2005年的历史海温).其中,中高纬度海区的升温速率最为明显,黄海、渤海和东海的增温幅度明显高于南海,在2030~2039、2060~2069年和2090~2099年间的升温将会分别超过1、2℃和3℃左右.在CO_2加倍排放的情景下(RCP8.5),渤海在21世纪末最大升温可能接近5℃,从而成为全球升温幅度最大的区域之一.由此可见,未来气候变暖背景下中国近海的环境生态将面临严重挑战,这也使得控制减少温室气体的排放、降低气候变化的风险成为当前的紧迫议题.     

风能方向性参量遥感反演

目前可遥感反演的海上风能参量主要为平均风速和平均风功率密度,缺乏对风能方向性参量的反演。本文建立了以风向频率、风能密度方向分布为核心的风能方向性参量体系及相应的反演方法,使用2007年—2016年ASCAT星载散射计观测数据进行了反演实验,并利用海上现场观测数据对反演结果进行比较验证,通过理论分析和模拟实验对反演方法的数据量需求和误差传递进行了分析。结果表明,90%的反演结果通过了所有的同一性检验,验证了其有效性和准确性;风向频率和风能密度方向分布准确反演所需的最小数据量分别为350条和800条;遥感反演的风速风向数据的误差使得最终反演的风能方向性参量趋于离散,真实的风能方向分布越集中,对其影响越敏感。     

超强台风\

利用欧洲中心ERA-Interim逐6 h再分析资料（水平分辨率0.125°×0.125°）、NOAA逐日海表温度资料（水平分辨率0.25°×0.25°）、日本HMW8卫星逐时黑体亮温TBB（水平分辨率0.05°×0.05°）资料对对流非对称台风\     

New coring study in Augusta Bay expands understanding of offshore tsunami deposits (Eastern Sicily,Italy)

Tsunami deposits present an important archive for understanding tsunami histories and dynamics. Most research in this field has focused on onshore preserved remains, while the offshore deposits have received less attention. In 2009, during a coring campaign with the Italian Navy Magnaghi, four 1 m long gravity cores (MG cores) were sampled from the northern part of Augusta Bay, along a transect in 60 to 110 m water depth. These cores were taken in the same area where a core (MS06) was collected in 2007 about 2·3 km offshore Augusta at a water depth of 72 m below sea level. Core MS06 consisted of a 6·7 m long sequence that included 12 anomalous intervals interpreted as the primary effect of tsunami backwash waves in the last 4500 years. In this study, tsunami deposits were identified, based on sedimentology and displaced benthic foraminifera (as for core MS06) reinforced by X-ray fluorescence data. Two erosional surfaces (L1 and L2) were recognized coupled with grain-size increase, abundant Posidonia oceanica seagrass remains and a significant amount of Nubecularia lucifuga, an epiphytic sessile benthic foraminifera considered to be transported from the inner shelf. The occurrence of Ti/Ca and Ti/Sr increments, coinciding with peaks in organic matter (Mo incoherent/coherent) suggests terrestrial run-off coupled with an input of organic matter. The L1 and L2 horizons were attributed to two distinct historical tsunamis (ad 1542 and ad 1693) by indirect age-estimation methods using ²¹⁰Pb profiles and the comparison of Volume Magnetic Susceptibility data between MG cores and MS06 cores. One most recent bioturbated horizon (Bh), despite not matching the above listed interpretative features, recorded an important palaeoenvironmental change that may correspond to the ad 1908 tsunami. These findings reinforce the value of offshore sediment records as an underutilized resource for the identification of past tsunamis.     

海上风机稳桩施工平台吊装过程中的多船水动力干扰特性与动力响应分析

建立双臂起重船从运输船上起吊大型稳桩施工平台的吊装系统模型,其中,起重船与运输船呈T型布置。首先基于势流理论,采用专业水动力分析软件AQWA开展了双船系统的频域水动力分析,分析双船起吊系统的水动力干扰特性和遮蔽效应,并对双船间隙自由液面进行黏性修正从而提高频域多体水动力分析的精度。进一步采用频域—时域方法对起吊耦合系统进行参数分析,探究起吊速度、波浪周期等对吊索张力和起重船运动的影响规律。分析多个工况下运输船的遮蔽效应对起吊系统的影响。结果表明,对间隙流体施加阻尼自由液面边界条件可以一定程度提高计算模型的精度,在某些周期的迎浪条件下运输船对起重船的遮蔽效应可以降低吊装系统的响应;起吊速度对时域动力响应的影响较小;周期为8 s的规则波引起过大的动力响应。     

海洋物探方法在海上风电场勘察中的应用

海洋物探方法是海洋调查的主要方法,在海上风电地质勘察中得到了广泛的应用。在广东阳江沙扒海上风电场勘察中,通过浅地层剖面结合单道地震,查明了场区覆盖层厚度,绘制了基岩埋深图;采用多波束测深和侧扫声呐,并结合浅地层剖面探测和钻探取样成果查明了海底障碍物分布;通过浅地层剖面,初步查明了研究区浅层气分布范围;将海洋磁法成果绘制成研究区磁场等值线图。根据多波束测深、侧扫声呐、海洋磁法、浅地层剖面和单道地震等海洋物探方法特点,通过广东阳江沙扒海上风电项目,展示了应用海洋物探技术在海上风电勘察领域取得的成果。     

浙江近岸海域表层沉积物中氮的存在形态及其含量的分布特征

运用分相浸取法分析了浙江近岸海域60个站位的表层沉积物(0～2 cm)中各形态氮的含量和分布.研究结果表明,表层沉积物中总氮(TN)含量为214.66～861.44 mg/kg,均值为580.52mg/kg,位于浅水区的长江口、杭州湾和浙江沿岸的TN含量低于东部远岸海域;可转化态氮(TTN)含量只占总氮的3.06%～37.24%,有机态和硫化物结合态氮(OSF-N)是沉积物中可转化态氮的主要赋存形态,非转化态氮(NTN)是浙江近岸海域表层沉积物中的优势形态.各站位沉积物中氮在不同提取相中的含量差异较大,与沉积物的陆源输入、沉积物重金属含量、粒径分布及沉积海域的水动力条件等因素有关.     

Marine biofouling in offshore areas south of Hainan Island, northern South China Sea

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