Posted on EPOCA: 15 Oct 2012 Predicting consequences of ocean deoxygenation and ocean acidification for nearshore marine ecosystems requires baseline dissolved oxygen (DO) and carbonate chemistry data that are both high-frequency and high-quality. Such data allow accurate assessment of environmental variability and present-day organism exposure regimes. In this study, scales
Month: October 2012
Christopher Sabine at Nobel Conference 48
Posted on EPOCA: 12 Oct 2012 Christopher Sabine presenting “What does midwest coal have to do with the price of shellfish in Seattle? Understanding how fossil fuels contribute to ocean acidification” at Nobel Conference 48: Our Global Ocean. Gustavus
Fish Poop May Play Critical Role In Oceans’ Carbon Cycle
Posted 11 Oct 2012 — By Alan McStravick for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Image Credit: Photos.com Professor Deborah Steinberg of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) has dedicated her professional life to investigating crustaceans and their role in the “biological pump,” which is the process by which marine life
Changing climate hurting shellfish market
Posted on CBS News: 11 Oct 2012 By John Blackstone Dewey described the oyster die-off to hundreds of scientists gathered in Monterey, Calif., to study rising acid levels in world’s oceans. They call it “ocean acidification” and with Google, showing the long-term impact. The deepening red illustrates the expected rise
Oysters’ Future Imperiled as Oceans Acidify
Posted on Live Science: 11 Oct 2012 — By Katharine Gammon, LiveScience Contributor The combination of high temperatures and water pollution could be lethal to oysters. CREDIT: Inna Sokolova, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Monterey, Calif. — Oysters, those slimy mollusks whose juices are thought to boost sexual desire,