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Warming Ocean Portends Troubling Changes at the Base of the Marine Food Web
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Warming Ocean Portends Troubling Changes at the Base of the

Andrew Burger September 10, 2013

Conducting research of potentially vital importance to marine and coastal zone resource policy makers and managers, fisheries managers, fishing communities and stakeholders worldwide, researchers from the University of East Anglia’s (UEA) School of Environmental Sciences and School of Computing Sciences and the University of Exeter have found that warming ocean temperatures pose potentially grave risks […]Read More

Deep Ocean Argo Floats, New Approach Yield New Insights into Ocean Acidification
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Deep Ocean Argo Floats, New Approach Yield New Insights into

Andrew Burger September 6, 2011

Thanks to the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration and a joint US-Canadian research team, it is now possible for marine scientists to use satellite data from five-foot-tall Argo floats that drift with deep ocean currents to remotely monitor ocean acidity (pH) and the total carbon dioxide (CO2) content of seawater to better understand changes in ocean chemistry.Read More

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