Posted on EPOCA: 23 Oct 2012 Calcifying echinoid larvae respond to changes in seawater carbonate chemistry with reduced growth and developmental delay. To date, no information exists on how ocean acidification acts on pH homeostasis in echinoderm larvae. Understanding acid–base regulatory capacities is important because intracellular formation and maintenance of
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Researchers recover recorder from Antarctic waters containing critical baseline on acidification
Posted on EPOCA: 22 Oct 2012 — UCSB-SIO research team’s underwater sensor survives harsh polar winter to provide previously unavailable data A research team supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) has retrieved data from a sensor in Antarctic waters that will provide critical baseline data on the changes in
Federal policy and funding relating to ocean acidification
Posted on EPOCA: 18 Oct 2012 In recent decades, we have become increasingly aware of changes to our global climate resulting from human-made emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. It is common knowledge that increasing levels of these gases in the atmosphere are changing earth’s climate, resulting in
Acidic oceans prompt evolution
Posted on EPOCA: 18 Oct 2012 It’s no secret that greenhouse gases warm the planet and that this has dire consequences for the environment — whole islands swallowed up by rising seas, animal and plant species stressed by higher temperatures, and upsets in ecological interactions as populations move to cooler areas. However, carbon dioxide
Good and bad news for mussels
Posted on SeafoodSource.com: 16 Oct 2012 — By Nicki Holmyard, SeafoodSource contributing editor Mussels have been under much discussion in the aquaculture world recently. First, the results of a recent study found them to have a very low carbon footprint compared to other protein sources, and second because scientists are