scholarly journals Goodbye on the Seas: Rising Waters, Submerging Lives

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 251-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina Yin
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
South China Sea ◽  
South China ◽  
Life Story ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
The South China Sea ◽  
Human Survival ◽  
China Sea ◽  
Straits Of Malacca

This hybrid memoir begins and ends with a sea journey. Combining real-life story and dystopian tropical imaginary, the author takes us to the Straits of Malacca off the coast of Peninsular Malaysia, to futures of submerged cities in 2050, and on a final journey into the South China Sea off the coast of Sarawak on the island of Borneo. This is a story of climate change and rising seas entwining vignettes of pandemic lockdown, of a father’s dying, and the author’s future life submerged. It questions human survival in a world of demise, shaped by pandemic and surrounded by waters slowly but inexorably rising.

scholarly journals The Current Environmental Situation and Green Solutions for Vietnam's East Sea

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (9) ◽  
pp. 70-74
Author(s):  
Thi Minh Hao Dong ◽  
Huu Cuong Le ◽  
Thanh Hai Truong
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
South China Sea ◽  
South China ◽  
Natural Capital ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
The South China Sea ◽  
East Sea ◽  
The South ◽  
China Sea ◽  
The Impact

The South China Sea, including the Vietnam Sea, is witnessing significant changes under the impact of both nature and man. These are the impacts of climate change and ocean change with "extreme" signs such as increasing storms, coastal floods, sea level rise, sea acidification, pollution and environmental incidents, ... occur thicker, more intense and irregular. Especially serious degradation of the environment and biodiversity of the sea, increasing environmental incidents, including oil spills, ... due to human impact. Especially the large-scale destruction of coral reefs, seagrass beds in island clusters off the South China Sea has been happening at a worrying rate. The destructive fishing activities of humans in the South China Sea have caused ecosystem degradation and the extinction of some species, such as sea turtles, some sharks and another species. Other fish, especially the giant mussel, the consequence is a decrease in the natural capital of the sea, leading too prolonged "ecological disturbances". The reserves of seafood in the Spratly region (of Vietnam) and the West Sea in the East Sea have decreased by about 19% compared to before 2017. Therefore, the improvement of marine environment quality, including biodiversity conservation and major marine ecosystems are to preserve marine natural assets, contributing to the implementation of Vietnam's green growth strategy and action plan. This is the path that Vietnam has chosen to both grow marine economy, adapt to climate change, and protect the environment both in the short and long term, towards sustainable development.

Diversity and biogeography of picoplankton communities from the Straits of Malacca to the South China Sea

2020 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-33
Author(s):  
Zhao-Yu Jiang ◽  
Fu-Lin Sun
Keyword(s):  
Community Structure ◽  
South China Sea ◽  
South China ◽  
Marine Ecosystem ◽  
The South China Sea ◽  
Rrna Genes ◽  
The South ◽  
China Sea ◽  
Open Sea ◽  
Straits Of Malacca

AbstractMarine picoplankton, including prokaryotic and eukaryotic picoplankton, drive many biogeochemical processes, such as carbon, nitrogen and sulfur cycles, making them crucial to the marine ecosystem. Despite the fact that picoplankton is prevalent, its diversity and spatial distribution from the Straits of Malacca (SM) to the South China Sea (SCS) remain poorly investigated. This work explores the phylogenetic diversity and community structure of picoplankton in relation to environmental factors from the SM to the SCS. To this end, the Illumina MiSeq sequencing technique was applied to 16S and 18S rRNA genes. The results showed significant differences in the dynamics of picoplankton between the open sea and the strait region. Proteobacteria and Cyanobacteria constituted a larger part of the prokaryotic group. Within Cyanobacteria, the abundance of Prochlorococcus in the open sea was significantly higher than that of Synechococcus, while the opposite trend was observed in the strait. Dinoflagellata, Cnidaria, Retaria, Tunicata, and Arthropoda dominated among the eukaryotic taxa. High-throughput sequencing data indicated that salinity, temperature and NO2-N were the key factors determining the prokaryotic community structure, while temperature and dissolved oxygen determined the eukaryotic community structure in the studied region. The network analysis demonstrated that the cooperation and competition were also important factors affecting the picoplankton community.

State Practices in Southeast Asia: Possible Collaboration amongst Claimants in the South China Sea Dispute

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 364-372 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arif Havas Oegroseno
Keyword(s):  
South China Sea ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
South China ◽  
The South China Sea ◽  
Coral Triangle ◽  
The South ◽  
China Sea ◽  
Joint Activities ◽  
Territorial Sovereignty ◽  
Straits Of Malacca

This article considers the prospects for cooperation between the claimants in the South China Sea dispute. A number of reasons are provided to explain why the likelihood of resolving the dispute over territorial sovereignty is slim. Nonetheless, such disagreements need not stand in the way of managing the South China Sea dispute. In this regard, inspiration is sought in other practices in Southeast Asia where joint activities are conducted in areas where not all maritime boundaries and sovereignty disputes have been settled. These practices are (1) the management of the Straits of Malacca and Singapore, and (2) the Coral Triangle Initiative. The author suggests that China and the asean member states should gain first-hand information about these practices with a view to establishing comparable joint activities in the South China Sea.

Anthropogenic climate change revealed by coral gray values in the South China Sea

2010 ◽  
Vol 55 (13) ◽  
pp. 1304-1310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin Wang ◽  
DongXiao Wang ◽  
RongZhen Gao ◽  
DongHuai Sun
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
South China Sea ◽  
South China ◽  
The South China Sea ◽  
Anthropogenic Climate Change ◽  
The South ◽  
China Sea ◽  
Gray Values
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