Oceans Without Oxygen
The research team lowers a particle collection device into waters off the coast of Manzanillo, Mexico Photo Credit: MORGAN RAVEN
With no dissolved oxygen to sustain animals or plants, ocean anoxic zones are areas where only microbes suited to the environment can live. You don t get big fish, said UC Santa Barbara biogeochemist Morgan Raven. You don t even get charismatic zooplankton. But although anoxic oceans may seem alien to organisms like ourselves that breathe oxygen, they re full of life, she said.
These strange ecosystems are expanding, thanks to climate change a development that is of concern for fisheries and anyone who relies on oxygen-rich oceans. But what piques Raven s interest is the changing chemistry of the oceans the Earth s largest carbon sink and how it could move carbon from the atmosphere to long-term reservoirs like rocks.
Denmark: Sex Without Explicit Consent is Now Rape! Published December 18th, 2020 - 09:10 GMT
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“We must have changed society’s understanding of what rape is, and a new consent-based rape provision is a milestone in that effort.”
Denmark has strengthened its rape laws by criminalising sex without explicit consent.
The new law passed by parliament widened the circumstances that could constitute rape - under the old legislation, prosecutors had to show the rapist had used violence or attacked someone who was unable to resist. Now it will be clear, that if both parties do no consent to sex, then it s rape, justice minister Nick Haekkerup said in a statement.
Dec 18, 2020
Denmark toughened its rape law Thursday by criminalizing sex without explicit consent, a long-awaited victory for assault survivors and human rights groups.
In order to bring a rape charge, the law previously required proof of violence, threat or evidence that the victim was unable to fend off the assault. But the new legislation broadens the definition.
“Now it becomes clear that if both parties do not agree to sex, then it is rape,” Justice Minister Nick Haekkerup said after lawmakers unanimously approved the measure, which takes effect Jan. 1.
Denmark regularly leads indexes on gender equality and access to justice. Its sexual assault laws already criminalized marital rape, and the legal definition of rape includes acts other than sexual intercourse.
New research sheds light on carbon-cycle process in areas of the ocean without oxygen.
With no dissolved oxygen to sustain animals or plants, ocean anoxic zones are areas where only microbes suited to the environment can live.
“You don’t get big fish,” says Morgan Raven, a biogeochemist at the University of California, Santa Barbara. “You don’t even get charismatic zooplankton.” But although anoxic oceans may seem alien to organisms like ourselves that breathe oxygen, they’re full of life, she says.
These strange ecosystems continue to expand thanks to climate change, a development concerning to fisheries and anyone who relies on oxygen-rich oceans. But what piques Raven’s interest is the changing chemistry of the oceans the Earth’s largest carbon sink and how it could move carbon from the atmosphere to long-term reservoirs like rocks.