Published: Tuesday, April 9, 2013 – 11:05 in Earth & Climate Stanford scientists have discovered that some purple sea urchins living along the coast of California and Oregon have the surprising ability to rapidly evolve in acidic ocean water — a capacity that may come in handy as climate
Month: April 2013
Evolutionary change during experimental ocean acidification
Posted on EPOCA: 09 Apr 2013 — Pespeni M. H., Sanford E., Gaylord B., Hill T. M., Hosfelt J. D., Jaris H. K., LaVigne M., Lenz E. A., Russell A. D., Young M. K. & Palumbi S. R., in press. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United
Microdocs – why are sea urchin babies like hambugers?
Posted on EPOCA: 09 Apr 2013 Sea urchin babies and hamburgers? See how scientists use genetics to understand how sea urchins are able to withstand increasingly acidic ocean water. Youtube, 28 March 2013. Video.
Sea urchins evolving to cope with ocean acidification
Posted on New Scientist: 08 April 2013 — By Bob Holmes Spiky on the outside and just as tough on the inside, genetically speaking (Image: David Wrobel/Getty) A little good news on the climate change front, for a change: some marine organisms may be able to adapt surprisingly well to
Acidic ocean hits Pacific Northwest
Posted on EPOCA: 5 Apr 2013 — Eric Niiler, Chemical & Engineering News, 25 March 2013 The path to Cape Flattery is a twisty, moss-carpeted tunnel underneath red cedar and Douglas fir trees that crowd Washington state’s rugged coastline. Micah McCarty scrambles down the forest trail to a shoreline below,