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Racing Against Time

Racing Against Time By Mohd Uzair Rusli, Head Centre for Marine Conservation (CMC), INOS Marine conservation today is no longer constrained by scientific uncertainty. It is constrained by institutional hesitation, fragmented responsibility and the reluctance to act decisively in the face of overwhelming evidence. The persistent gap between scientific knowledge, policy formulation and on-the-ground action is not merely a technical failure. It is a governance and leadership failure. Across the

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Introducing CHARMS: Engineering the Smart Sea Turtle Sanctuary from the Ground Up

Introducing CHARMS: Engineering the Smart Sea Turtle Sanctuary from the Ground Up By Faizah Aplop (INOS) The Sea Turtle Research Unit (SEATRU) established its flagship volunteer program in 1998 to sustain long-term sea turtle conservation at the Chagar Hutang Turtle Sanctuary on Redang Island. Through volunteer participation, SEATRU supports vital monitoring, tagging, in-situ egg incubation, and research efforts for endangered green and hawksbill turtles. This annual program, which runs from

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Empowering Ocean and Biodiversity Literacy through the Curatorial Volunteer Club (CVC): Kuala Nerus Hosts Its First UNESCO Blue School Malaysia Programme (2025)

Empowering Ocean and Biodiversity Literacy through the Curatorial Volunteer Club (CVC): Kuala Nerus Hosts Its First UNESCO Blue School Malaysia Programme (2025) By Repository and Reference Centre (RRC-UMT) (INOS) Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT), through the Institute of Oceanography and Environment (INOS), achieved a major milestone in ocean education and community engagement with the successful implementation of the first UNESCO Blue School Malaysia programme in Kuala Nerus, Terengganu held in conjunction

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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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