scholarly journals Carbonic Anhydrase as a Biomarker of Global and Local Impacts: Insights from Calcifying Animals

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (12) ◽  
pp. 3092 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuri Dornelles Zebral ◽  
Juliana da Silva Fonseca ◽  
Joseane Aparecida Marques ◽  
Adalto Bianchini
Keyword(s):  
Carbonic Anhydrase ◽  
Climate Changes ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Cellular Responses ◽  
Environmental Programs ◽  
Global Climate Changes ◽  
Local Impacts ◽  
Global And Local ◽  
Emission Of Greenhouse Gases

The emission of greenhouse gases has grown in unprecedented levels since the beginning of the industrial era. As a result, global climate changes, such as heightened global temperature and ocean acidification, are expected to negatively impact populations. Similarly, industrial and urban unsustainable development are also expected to impose local impacts of their own, such as environmental pollution with organic and inorganic chemicals. As an answer, biomarkers can be used in environmental programs to assess these impacts. These tools are based in the quantification of biochemical and cellular responses of target species that are known to respond in a sensitive and specific way to such stresses. In this context, carbonic anhydrase has shown to be a promising biomarker candidate for the assessment of global and local impacts in biomonitoring programs, especially in marine zones, such as coral reefs, considering the pivotal role of this enzyme in the calcification process. Therefore, the aim of this review is to show the recent advances in the carbonic anhydrase research and the reasons why it can be considered as a promising biomarker to be used for calcifying organisms.

Global Climate Changes and World Economy

2011 ◽  
pp. 3-12
Author(s):  
I. Makarov
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Technological Progress ◽  
World Economy ◽  
Climate Changes ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
National Level ◽  
Carbon Markets ◽  
Adaptation Measures ◽  
Global Climate Changes

The article focuses on the influence of global climate changes on the world economy. The author points out that this influence is broader than the direct damage from the transformation of environment caused by climate change. It involves a variety of issues including impact on the technological progress and formation of new carbon markets. Special attention is paid to the role of intergovernmental regulation and to the composition of climate-related policy which are to be substantially changed as the influence of climate change grows. Climate policy passes to the national level and switches to the priority of adaptation measures.

Antarctic Climate History and Global Climate Changes

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pontus Lurcock ◽  
Fabio Florindo
Keyword(s):  
Ocean Circulation ◽  
Climate Changes ◽  
Numerical Models ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Sediment Cores ◽  
Ice Sheets ◽  
Global Ocean ◽  
Climate History ◽  
Global Climate Changes ◽  
Planetary Albedo

Antarctic climate changes have been reconstructed from ice and sediment cores and numerical models (which also predict future changes). Major ice sheets first appeared 34 million years ago (Ma) and fluctuated throughout the Oligocene, with an overall cooling trend. Ice volume more than doubled at the Oligocene-Miocene boundary. Fluctuating Miocene temperatures peaked at 17–14 Ma, followed by dramatic cooling. Cooling continued through the Pliocene and Pleistocene, with another major glacial expansion at 3–2 Ma. Several interacting drivers control Antarctic climate. On timescales of 10,000–100,000 years, insolation varies with orbital cycles, causing periodic climate variations. Opening of Southern Ocean gateways produced a circumpolar current that thermally isolated Antarctica. Declining atmospheric CO2 triggered Cenozoic glaciation. Antarctic glaciations affect global climate by lowering sea level, intensifying atmospheric circulation, and increasing planetary albedo. Ice sheets interact with ocean water, forming water masses that play a key role in global ocean circulation.

Regional model assessments of fire risks under global climate changes

2006 ◽  
Vol 411 (2) ◽  
pp. 1485-1488 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. I. Mokhov ◽  
A. V. Chernokulsky ◽  
I. M. Shkolnik
Keyword(s):  
Climate Changes ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Regional Model ◽  
Global Climate Changes

The influence of global climate changes on Western Siberia climate in the first half of XXI century

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
А.А. Лагутин ◽  
Н.В. Волков ◽  
Е.Ю. Мордвин
Keyword(s):  
Radiative Forcing ◽  
Climate Changes ◽  
Western Siberia ◽  
Climate Model ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Regional Climate ◽  
First Century ◽  
Global Climate Changes ◽  
Rcp 8.5

Представлены результаты исследований влияния глобальных климатических изменений системы Земля на климат Западной Сибири. Для установления зон региона, в которых к середине XXI в. прогнозируются изменения, использовались модельные данные региональной климатической модели RegCM4 и принятые в этом классе задач стандартизованные евклидовы расстояния между характеристиками климата для двух состояний климатической системы — современного и будущего. Установлены зоны Западной Сибири, в которых в рамках сценариев RCP 4.5 и RCP 8.5 возможной эволюции глобальной системы к 2050 г. прогнозируются изменения климата. Purpose. An analysis of the influence of a global climate changes on the climate of Western Siberia, determination of zones of the region where changes are expected in the middle of the twenty-first century. Methodology. Results obtained using the model data of the regional climate model RegCM4 and the standardized Euclidean distances between climate characteristics. Findings, originality. Simulations of the climate characteristics for the two states of the climate system — contemporary and future — have been carried out. The zones of Western Siberia region, in which climate change is expected in the framework of RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5 radiative forcing scenarios by the 2050, have been determined.

Responses of the Okhotsk Sea environment and sedimentology to global climate changes at the orbital and millennial scale during the last 350kyr

2012 ◽  
Vol 61-64 ◽  
pp. 73-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergey A. Gorbarenko ◽  
Naomi Harada ◽  
Mikhail I. Malakhov ◽  
Tatyana A. Velivetskaya ◽  
Yuriy P. Vasilenko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Changes ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Okhotsk Sea ◽  
Global Climate Changes ◽  
Millennial Scale
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