Posted on Summit Voice December 5, 2011 by Bob Berwyn — Annual report card highlights ice loss, ecosystem changes A composite cloud-free NASA satellite image shows open ocean around Arctic ice cap. By Summit Voice SUMMIT COUNTY — Arctic researchers say the persistent decline in the thickness and summer extent
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Southern Ocean ‘warming faster’
THURSDAY, 01 DECEMBER 2011: ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE — The Southern Ocean plays a critical role in global and regional climate. More than 90% of the extra heat energy stored by the planet in the past 50 years has been absorbed in the world’s oceans, with
Featured video: Oyster standoff with ocean acidification
Posted on EPOCA: 28 Nov 2011 http://www.washington.edu/news/2011/11/23/featured-video-oyster-standoff-with-ocean-acidification/ Biologist Jennifer Ruesink considers UW oyster research and work with the shellfish industry in face of today’s environmental challenges, including ocean acidification. The UW 360 segment also includes Emma Timmins-Schiffman, aquatic and fishery sciences graduate student, and Taylor Shellfish Farms‘ Joth Davis, who is a UW affiliate
Amplification of hypoxic and acidic events by La Niña conditions on the continental shelf off California
Posted on EPOCA: 28 Nov 2011 Low-oxygen and low-pH events are an increasing concern and threat in the Eastern Pacific coastal waters, and can be lethal for benthic and demersal organisms on the continental shelf. The normal seasonal cycle includes uplifting of isopycnals during upwelling in spring, which brings low-oxygen
Submarine springs offer preview of ocean acidification effects on coral reefs
Posted on EurekaAlert!: Public release date: 28-Nov-2011 SANTA CRUZ, CA–Observations at submarine springs found along the coast of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula are giving scientists a preview of the possible fate of coral reef ecosystems in response to ocean acidification. The naturally low pH (a measure of acidity) in the water