NOAA Release: Posted 29 Jun 2012 A new network of water sensors in Monterey Bay is now aiding the abalone industry by monitoring water quality for harmful algal blooms and other potential hazards, helping to keep the valuable shellfish safe to eat while increasing knowledge of the bay’s environment. The
Month: June 2012
With $2.7 million funding, new buoys will measure ocean acidification
Posted on Alaska Dispatch: 28 Jun 2012 — Cordova Times | Jun 19, 2012 University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers plan to deploy new buoys near Kodiak and in Southeast Alaska between Juneau and Sitka to increase their ability to collect data on ocean acidification in coming years, using $2.7
Early developmental gene regulation in Strongylocentrotus purpuratus embryos in response to elevated CO2 seawater conditions
Posted on EPOCA: 27 Jun 2012 Ocean acidification, or the increased uptake of CO2 by the ocean due to elevated atmospheric CO2 concentrations, may variably impact marine early life history stages, as they may be especially susceptible to changes in ocean chemistry. Investigating the regulatory mechanisms of early development in an environmental
Decadal changes in the CaCO3 saturation state along 179°E in the Pacific Ocean
Posted on EPOCA: 27 Jun 2012 To assess degrees of ocean acidification, we mainly investigated decadal changes in the saturation state of seawater with respect to aragonite (Ωarg), which is a more vulnerable mineral form of CaCO3, along the 179°E meridian (WOCE P14N) in the Pacific Ocean. We found a
Californication: Acid Surf
Posted on Discovery News: 25 Jun 2012 — Analysis by Kieran Mulvaney IMAGE: Bixby Creek Bridge, Big Sur, Calif. (James Randklev, Corbis) Roughly one-third of the carbon dioxide that enters the atmosphere as a result of human activities eventually finds its way into the surface waters of the ocean –