By Dave Donaldson, APRN – Juneau | November 28, 2011 A major education effort by scientists and fishermen is leading to the conclusion that if Ocean Acidification is not a problem yet, it’s about to be. And a proposal that will likely be before the legislature next session is looking for money
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Algae blooms’ sudden spread stumps scientists
Posted on SFGate: November 27, 2011 — Peter Fimrite, Chronicle Staff Writer Mark Costantini / The Chronicle — Red algae in a tidepool at the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve in Moss Beach, Calif. on Wednesday, November 26 2008. Marine scientists are trying to find out why previously unknown blooms of toxic
Improving Model Predictions of Ocean Biogeochemistry
By Curtis Deutsch (UCLA) The global cycles of the major biologically active elements are strongly shaped by physical climate. In turn, the primary greenhouse gases are largely regulated by these elemental cycles, giving rise to a variety of potential long-term feedbacks between biogeochemistry and climate. The inclusion of these processes
Second International Symposium, Effects of Climate Change on the World’s Oceans – S10: Changes in the marine carbon cycle
Posted on EPOCA: 24 Nov 2011 S10: Changes in the marine carbon cycle Convenors: James Christian (Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada) & Kitack Lee (POSTECH, Korea) Plenary speaker: Ben McNeil (University of New South Wales, Australia) Invited speaker: Dr. Masao Ishii (Meteorological Research Institute, Japan) The carbon cycle is
Turning tides on ocean acidification
Posted on EPOCA: 24 Nov 2011 Marine researchers want to know the effects of an increasingly acidic ocean, and have turned to two tide pool dwellers for some insight. It appears that mussels and purple sea urchins could tell scientists how marine life might adapt to changes in ocean