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ASEAN Archaeological Meet Up 2025: Advancing Maritime Heritage Through the Bidong Shipwreck Excavation

ASEAN Archaeological Meet Up 2025: Advancing Maritime Heritage Through the Bidong Shipwreck Excavation By Hasrizal Shaari (FSSM – INOS) Pulau Bidong, renowned for its rich maritime history, once again became the centre of international attention with the successful organisation of the ASEAN Underwater Archaeological Meet Up 2025 and the Fifth Phase of the Bidong Shipwreck Excavation, held from 18 to 22 September 2025. The programme brought together underwater archaeologists, researchers, and heritage practitioners

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INOS and NAHRIM Unite to Address Sea Level Rise and Coastal Morphological Dynamics

INOS and NAHRIM Unite to Address Sea Level Rise and Coastal Morphological Dynamics By Effi Helmy Ariffin (INOS) KUALA NERUS — In a proactive effort to confront climate change and escalating coastal erosion, the Institute of Oceanography and Environment (INOS), Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT), and the National Water Research Institute of Malaysia (NAHRIM) organised the strategic outreach seminar “Kenaikan Aras Laut dan Dinamik Geomorfologi Pantai Malaysia: Daripada Penyelidikan ke Tindakan

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Strategic Focus Group Discussion (FGD): Coastal Disaster Management and Coastal Erosion Index Data Coordination

Strategic Focus Group Discussion (FGD):​ Coastal Disaster Management and Coastal Erosion Index Data Coordination​ By Effi Helmy Ariffin (INOS) The Strategic Focus Group Discussion (FGD) on Coastal Disaster Management and Harmonisation of Coastal Erosion Index Data was successfully held from 24 to 26 July 2025 in the Seminar Room at Swiss-Belhotel, Kuantan. This programme aimed to bring experts from various fields across universities, government and industry to exchange knowledge and

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Customer Satisfaction Survey on The Services of Institute of Oceanography and Environment (INOS), UMT

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Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research

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Abstract

While the sinking formation of Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) is well understood, how this bottom water "returns home" through upwelling within ocean basins, particularly the Indo-Pacific, remains shrouded in uncertainty. In the 1960s, Munk’s classic "Abyssal Recipes" theory sought to explain these abyssal flows, yet later observations exposed two significant conflicts with real-world data. In 2016, Ferrari, McDougall, and colleagues proposed the "Towards a New Abyssal Recipe" framework, introducing bottom boundary layer (BBL) upwelling to address Munk’s inconsistencies. Drawing on recent evidence of a potential cooling trend in the deep ocean, this talk revisits these debates, offering a fresh interpretation of Munk’s discrepancies and proposing a new mechanism for abyssal upwelling in the Indo-Pacific. It contributes to the ongoing quest to unravel how bottom waters complete their global journey.

Presented by: Prof. Dr. HAN Lei
Affiliation: China-ASEAN College of Marine Science, Xiamen University, Malaysia
Address: Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia

 

 

 

 

 

 

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