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Changes in Marine Ecosystem according to Climate Change and Fishery (기후변화에 따른 해양생태계 변화와 어업)

  • Hong, Sun-Kee
    • Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment
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    • v.47 no.4
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    • pp.302-311
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    • 2014
  • Global climate change is significant issue in marine ecosystem and fishery market. According to rising of both seawater temperature and sea-level, global fishery environment and marine ecosystem are changing drastically. Moreover, over-exploitation in fishery areas is the most important issue in the marine ecosystem conservation. In analysis and statistics of global network, major fish populations are decreasing very fastly, but fish catch are increasing annually. It means balance between product and consume is not appropriate in the global market. China as emerging new fish consumer in the world is strongly developing fishery industry and technology. In this paper, I try to review a relationship between marine ecosystem and climate change in global scale according to references. I also suggested possibility of sustainable global fishery in changing marine ecosystem by analysis of some related reports of international global fishery.

On the Change of Hydrologic Conditions due to Global Warming : 2. An Analysis of Hydrologic Changes in Daehung Dam Basin using Water Balance Model (지구온난화에 따른 수문환경의 변화와 관련하여 : 2. 물수지 모형을 이용한 대청댐 상류 유역 수문환경의 변화 분석)

  • An, Jae-Hyeon;Yun, Yong-Nam;Yu, Cheol-Sang
    • Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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    • v.34 no.5
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    • pp.511-519
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    • 2001
  • Global warming has begun since the industrial revolution and it is getting worse recently. Even though the increase of greenhouse gases such as $CO_2$is thought to be the main cause for glogal warming, its impact on global climate has not been revealed clearly in rather quantitative manners. The objective of this research is to predict the hydrological environment changes in the Daechung Dam basin due to the global warming. A mesoscale atmospheric/hydrologic model (IRSHAM96 model) is used to predict the possible changes in precipitation and temperature in the Daechun Dam basin. The simulation results of IRSHAM96 model and a conceptual water balance model are used to analyze the changes in soil moisture, evapotranspiration and runoff in the Daechung Dam basin. From the simulation results using the water balance model for 1x$CO_2$and 2x$CO_2$situations, it has been found that the runoff would be decreased in dry season, but increased in wet season due to the global warming. Therefore, it is predicted that the frequency of drought and flood occurrences in the Daechung Dam basin would be increased in 2x$CO_2$condition.

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Numerical Experiment of Environmental Change in the East China Sea under Climate Change (기후변화에 따른 동중국해 해양 순환 변화 예측에 대한 수치 실험 연구)

  • Min, Hong Sik;Kim, Cheol-Ho
    • Ocean and Polar Research
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    • v.34 no.4
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    • pp.431-444
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    • 2012
  • We simulated and compared present and future ocean circulation in the East China Sea using an East Asia Regional Ocean model. Mean climate states for 1990~1999 and 2030~2039 were used as surface conditions for simulations of present and future ocean circulation, which were derived from the simulations of three different global climate models, ECHAM5-MPI, GFDL-CM2.0 and MIROC3.2_hires, for the 20th century and those of 21st century as projected by the IPCC SRES A1B. East Asia Regional Ocean model simulated the detailed patterns of temperature, salinity and current fields under present and future climate conditions and their changes instead of the simple structures of global climate models. To some extent, there are consistent ocean circulation changes derived from the three pairs corresponding to the global climate model in so much as the temperature increases not only in winter but summer at both the surface and bottom and that temperature and salinity changes are prominent near the Chinese coast and in the Changjiang bank. However, the simulated circulations are different among each other depending on the prescribed atmospheric conditions not only under present climate but also with regard to future climate conditions. There is not a coincident tendency in ocean circulation changes between present and future simulations derived from the three pairs. This suggests that more simulations with different pairs are needed.

Comparative assessment for Design Oriented Structural Reanalysis Models (설계지향 구조 재해석 모델의 비교 평가)

  • Hwang, Jin Ha;Lee, Jae Seok;Kim, Kyeong Il
    • Journal of Korean Society of Steel Construction
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    • v.12 no.1 s.44
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    • pp.45-54
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    • 2000
  • Design-oriented approximate structural reanalysis models are compared and assessed, particularly with focus on the case of large changes of design variables. The effectiveness and reliability are demonstrated by means of numerical examples. The results of the study suggest the following conclusions relative to the potential of the procedures. (A) local approximation is only appropriate for the case of small changes in design : (B) global approximation is exact for the case of large changes in a small number of design variables, but inefficient : (C) local-global approximation is most effective and reliable for the case of large changes with a large number of design variables. These methods can improve the total efficiency when they are appropriately used to the design information for the redesign process of large scale structures.

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Global Environmental Changes and the Antarctic (지구환경변화와 남극)

  • Lee, Bang-Yong;Chung, Ho-Sung;Kang, Sung-Ho;Chang, Soon-Keun
    • Journal of the Korean earth science society
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.216-233
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    • 2003
  • This study delineates the phenomena related with global environmental changes such as global warming, ozone depletion, and El Ni${\tilde{n}}$o/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) noted in the Antarctic. Retreat of ice cliffs, glaciers, and calving of ice shelves indicate the effects of recently aggravated global warming. The ice cliff located at Marian Cove, King George Island, South Shetland Islands off the Antarctic Peninsula has been observed to be retreating faster in the last 7 years than in the previous 38 years since 1956. There are some indications of temperature and precipitation changes associated with ENSO around King Sejong Station. The regression analyses indicate significant trends such as a decrease in the total amount of ozone and an increase in ultraviolet radiation which was seen by a satellite (TOMS-EUV) in September and October which correspond to ozone-hole season over King Sejong Station. Increase of UV radiation due to the ozone depletion in the Antarctic has changed the growth rate of marine organisms. It may also result in changes to the productivity, biomass, and species composition of marine organisms which can affect the whole marine ecosystem. The recent ice-core drilling over Lake Vostok has been reviewed with emphasis on the four cycles of glacial stages over the past 420,000 years. It is time to show more interest in mainland Antarctica through investigations of the coring and vast ice sheet, terrestrial geology, and upper atmospheric sciences in order to understand the past environmental changes and to predict possible changes to the environment in the future.

Exploring the Performance of Australian Construction Industry in a Recent Global Recession

  • Alfred, Olatunji Oluwole
    • Journal of Construction Engineering and Project Management
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    • v.1 no.3
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 2011
  • Available data on the recent global financial crisis (GFC) show that it lasted between the second quarter (Q2) of 2007 and the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2009. Australia is one of the first economies to fully recover from this crisis. This study explorles the role played by the Australian construction industry in stimulating economic growth during the recession. In order to investigate the macro-variability trend during the financial crisis, data were collected and analysed relating to the quarterly GDP of Australia and selected countries between Q1 2000 and Q4 2009. Specifically, changes in the construction industry's GDP were compared with aggregate GDP changes in Australian economy and similar indices in the 'Group of 7' (G7) countries and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. Moreover, specific attention was focused on Germany, France, Japan, United States of America (USA) and United Kingdom (UK). Graphical and Pearson's correlation methods were used to analyse the relationships between changes in construction GDP and Australia's overall economic growth during the recession. In addition, an attempt was made to develop a regression model for predicting economic growth during the recent recession using changes in gross fixed capital formation (GFCF), changes in construction GDP and the impact of these changes on national economy. Analysis shows a slight contraction in construction activities during the crisis; however construction triggered significant growth in the economy during the crisis period and afterwards. This appears to be the major difference between Australia and other major economies that have experienced a longer recession.

Analysis on Changes, and Problems in Phonology of Butterflies in Gwangneung Forest (광릉 숲 나비류의 생활주기 변화분석 및 문제점)

  • Kwon, Tae-Sung;Byun, Bong-Kyu;Kang, Seung-Ho;Kim, Sung-Su;Lee, Bong-Woo;Kim, Young-Kul
    • Korean journal of applied entomology
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    • v.47 no.3
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    • pp.209-216
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    • 2008
  • In order to find phenological change of butterflies due to global warming, we analyzed weekly monitoring data of butterfly at Gwangneung forest in 1958 and 2004. It was tested whether the timing of first flight and mean flight of butterflies in 2004 became earlier due to global warming compared with those in 1958 and whether the duration of flight period became longer. No significant difference was found in timing of first flight and in duration of flight period between 1958 and 2004. Furthermore, species showing delayed timing of mean flight was more abundant than species showing earlier timing of mean flight. Hence, the results do not confirm the predicted changes of phonology due to global warming. We discussed reasons on the non-apparent phenological changes despite the increase of temperature, and the problems and solutions in butterfly study on Korean butterfly fauna in utilization of butterflies as indicator for global warming.

Influence of the Global Warming in Domestic Construction Schedules (지구온난화가 국내 건설 공기에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구)

  • Chae, Hee-Mann;Cho, Sung-Woo;Yang, Chang-Hyun;Son, Chi-Soo;Kim, Kyung-Hwan;Kim, Jae-Jun
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute Of Construction Engineering and Management
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    • 2007.11a
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    • pp.567-570
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    • 2007
  • Recent changes of the climate, which caused by global warming, have much effect world-widely. Korea also has struggled with these kinds of weather problems, and construction industry couldn't get away with them, either. However, the research, regarding to these problems, has not been quite settled, yet. Therefore, this study is to find out how the global warming can affect construction periods. As a result, we could recognize that changes of climate, which caused by global warming, also affects non-working days, too. This study is expected to be used as the data to find out the relationship between weather changes and domestic construction industry in the future.

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Analysis of Performance Changes in Ground source Heat Pump and Air Source Heat Pump According to Global Warming (지구온난화에 따른 지열히트펌프와 공기열히트펌프의 성능 변화 분석)

  • Jin Yeong Seo;Se Hyeon Ham;Dongchan Lee
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Geothermal and Hydrothermal Energy
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    • v.19 no.4
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    • pp.8-17
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    • 2023
  • The air temperature is gradually increasing owing to global warming, especially in summer, therefore, the performance of an air source heat pump (ASHP) is expected to be decreased. Accordingly, the performance gap between the ASHP and ground source heat pump (GSHP) should be increased, however, the quantitative comparison has not been yet investigated. In this study, impact of global warming on the performance of the ASHP and GSHP is investigated based on the climate data for 1930, 1980, and 2030. The coefficient of performance (COP) as well as annual power consumption of the ASHP and GSHP are compared and analyzed. In the case of COP, the COP of GSHP hardly changes over the years owing to the constant ground temperature, while that of ASHP decreases by 3.7% for cooling and increases by 0.71% for heating. In the case of annual power consumption, the cooling and heating power consumption of GSHP increases by 12.69% and decreases by 15.58%, respectively, over the year owing to the changes in heating and cooling loads. As for the ASHP, the cooling and heating power consumption increases by 16.64% and decreases by 17.8%, respectively. For a more accurate comparison, power consumption ratio is introduced and shows that total annual power consumption of the GSHP to ASHP decreased from 68% in 1930 to 65% in 2030. Therefore, as global warming accelerates, the effect of reducing power consumption by using GSHP compared to ASHP is expected to be increasing.

Estimation of Global Warming by Coupled Atmosphere-Ocean GCM (대기/해양 접합 GCM을 이용한 지구 온난화의 추정)

  • Kim Jeong-Woo;Park Ji-Up
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2000.05a
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    • pp.14-19
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    • 2000
  • A coupled general circulation model (GCM) of the global atmosphere, oceans and lands is used for finding the future climate at times of doubled carbon dioxide concentration (DCDC) of the atmosphere. Two runs of the model were made in order to find the future change. Global changes at times of DCDC may be characterized by a global warmig of $1.4^{\circ}C$, a $3\%$ global precipitation increase, and an increase in the surface available water (SAW) over the global land among others. The estimated increase in SAW over the land implies that river discharge is likely to increase with increased chance of severe weather as a result of the future global warming.

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