World War II and the “Great Acceleration” of North Atlantic Fisheries

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (10) ◽  
pp. 66-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Poul Holm
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
World War ◽  
Great Acceleration

scholarly journals Multidecadal increase in plastic particles in coastal ocean sediments

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (9) ◽  
pp. eaax0587 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer A. Brandon ◽  
William Jones ◽  
Mark D. Ohman
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Doubling Time ◽  
Coastal Sediments ◽  
Benthic Organisms ◽  
World War ◽  
Santa Barbara ◽  
Santa Barbara Basin ◽  
Exponential Increase ◽  
Great Acceleration ◽  
Deposit Feeding

We analyzed coastal sediments of the Santa Barbara Basin, California, for historical changes in microplastic deposition using a box core that spanned 1834–2009. The sediment was visually sorted for plastic, and a subset was confirmed as plastic polymers via FTIR (Fourier transform infrared) spectroscopy. After correcting for contamination introduced during sample processing, we found an exponential increase in plastic deposition from 1945 to 2009 with a doubling time of 15 years. This increase correlated closely with worldwide plastic production and southern California coastal population increases over the same period. Increased plastic loading in sediments has unknown consequences for deposit-feeding benthic organisms. This increase in plastic deposition in the post–World War II years can be used as a geological proxy for the Great Acceleration of the Anthropocene in the sedimentary record.

scholarly journals Determinants of Poland's Endeavors for the Accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Artur Błazejcżyk
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
North Atlantic Treaty Organization ◽  
Power Balance ◽  
World War ◽  
Central Eastern Europe ◽  
The North ◽  
New Instrument ◽  
The North Atlantic

AbstractAnalysis of the consequences of power balance disturbance in the Central-Eastern Europe after the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact and regaining sovereignty by states remaining under the dominance of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics after World War II leads to recognizing Poland's accession to NATO as Poland's indisputable diplomatic success providing it with a new instrument serving to implement its

NATO and Its Commentators: The First Five Years

1954 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 447-467 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence S. Kaplan
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
North America ◽  
United Nations ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
North Atlantic Treaty Organization ◽  
World War ◽  
Armed Attack ◽  
The North ◽  
The North Atlantic

The signing of the North Atlantic Treaty on April 4, 1949, gave rise to a number of books and articles on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) the volume of which will probably continue for some time. The treaty and the organization that it created represent the clearest challenge to Soviet expansionism since the end of World War II. Through this action twelve nations of North America and western Europe resolved to consider an armed attack against one member an attack against them all, and to create sufficient stiength within the alliance to deter potential aggressors. But NATO's continuing interest to commentators stems from reasons other than its value as a weapon against the spread of communism. To some writers NATO appears to be a stimulant that would revive a moribund United Nations, to others it is the beginning of a new kind of alliance unprecedented in history, to still others, it is a symbol of America's rejection of isolationism. So vague are some of the treaty's articles and so rapid has been the evolution of the organization that almost any observer could derive whatever meaning he wishes out of NATO's development.

Wehrmacht occupations in the new world: archaeological and historical investigations in Northeast Greenland

Polar Record ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 269-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jens Fog Jensen ◽  
Tilo Krause
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
New World ◽  
World War ◽  
World Archaeological ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Weather Stations ◽  
The North Atlantic ◽  
Access To Data

ABSTRACTAs the axis powers were denied access to data from international weather stations under allied control, soon after the outbreak of World War II Germany had to establish her own network of manned and automatic weather stations throughout the north Atlantic. These operations were primarily run by the Kriegsmarine and the Luftwaffe. In Greenland, several manned weather stations were established by the former. The two most successful of those were Holzauge and Bassgeiger in Northeast Greenland, each in operation for almost an entire year in 1942–1943 and 1943–1944 respectively. The allied forces, in return, had established the North-East Greenland Sledge Patrol in 1941, in order to defend the Northeast Greenland coast against German activities. In 2007 and 2008, archaeologists and historians from the National Museum of Denmark investigated the remains of the allied station at Eskimonæs on Clavering Ø (Clavering Island) and the German station Holzauge at Hansa Bugt on Sabine Ø (Sabine Island).

scholarly journals Creation of NATO and his role in the British–American relationship

2016 ◽  
pp. 70-85
Author(s):  
Tetyana Klynina
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
Us Foreign Policy ◽  
World War ◽  
The North ◽  
Us Military ◽  
Political Cooperation ◽  
The Us ◽  
The World ◽  
The Uk

Creation of NATO in the article is characterized. End of World War II gave a powerful impetus to the development of US foreign policy activities, relegating thus isolationism by the wayside. It became clear that in order to prevent a repetition of aggression in the world is necessary to create a collective security system. Close British–American cooperation during war escalated into a comprehensive Atlantic partnership, whose power was based in ideological, economic, political and military factors. Creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization finally secured registration of the US military and political cooperation and the UK in the form of cooperation within NATO.

Norway and Collective Defense Organization

1963 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 860-871
Author(s):  
Richard J. Kerry
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
Foreign Minister ◽  
North Atlantic Treaty Organization ◽  
International Organization ◽  
Collective Security ◽  
World War ◽  
The North ◽  
Collective Defense ◽  
The North Atlantic

World War II taught Norway that she was dependent on international organization for her security. When it became evident to her that the UN, in which she had originally placed such high hopes, could not meet her needs on this score, she began exploring the possibilities of regional organization. After the failure of the negotiations for some kind of Scandinavian arrangement, or the decision not to enter into such an arrangement, forward-looking elements, under the leadership of Foreign Minister Halvard Lange, turned their attention to the regional collective security organization which was ultimately established by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) treaty.

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