Posted on EPOCA: 18 Oct 2011 — The report of the IPCC WGII/WGI Workshop on “Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Marine Biology and Ecosystems is now published. This report is the outcome of a workshop that took place in January 2011 in Okinawa, Japan. IPCC, 2011: Workshop Report of the
Month: October 2011
Oceanographer named to head NOAA’s Seattle research laboratory
An environmental oceanographer who has published more than 100 scientific articles on the global carbon cycle and was among the first to publish scientific data about ocean acidification has been chosen to be the director of the NOAA laboratory known for studying ocean physics and chemistry, innovative research in tsunamis,
Ocean acidification symposium
Posted on EPOCA: 17 Oct 2011 — Washington Sea Grant is hosting the Symposium on Ocean Acidification, November 9 from 12:30 to 6:00 p.m. at the Center for Urban Horticulture, 3501 NE 41st Street, in Seattle. November 9, 12:30 – 6:00 pm Center for Urban Horticulture 3501 NE 41st
Researchers explore plankton’s shifting role in deep sea carbon storage
Posted on EPOCA: 14 Oct 2011 — The tiny phytoplankton Emiliania huxleyi, invisible to the naked eye, plays an outsized role in drawing carbon from the atmosphere and sequestering it deep in the seas. But this role may change as ocean water becomes warmer and more acidic, according to a
Nitrogen source and pCO2 synergistically affect carbon allocation, growth and morphology of the coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi: potential implications of ocean acidification for the carbon cycle
Posted on EPOCA: 14 Oct 2011 Coccolithophores are unicellular phytoplankton that produce calcium carbonate coccoliths as an exoskeleton. Emiliania huxleyi, the most abundant coccolithophore in the world’s ocean, plays a major role in the global carbon cycle by regulating the exchange of CO2 across the ocean-atmosphere interface through photosynthesis and calcium