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Arctic Ocean Rapidly Acidifying

2013-05-23 17:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Environmental News Network: After three years of ongoing research by an international team of scientists, a study commissioned by the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme for a first-ever comprehensive assessment of Arctic Ocean acidification was presented last week at a meeting of Arctic Council Ministers in Bergen, Norway. The research show that the cold waters of the Arctic sea are more vulnerable to acidification. Cold water more readily absorbs CO2 and combined with the precipitous drop in summer sea ice extent,...

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A Key Experiment to Probe the Future of Our Acidifying Oceans

2013-05-02 15:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Yale Environment 360: The sea urchin is a doughty animal that can withstand cold and turbulent seas, eat almost anything, and defend itself from many predators -- though not human gourmands -- with its pincushion of tough spines. Its one of the creatures that lured biologists to establish one of the worlds first marine research stations in 1877 at Kristineberg on Swedens west coast, for the sheltered Gullmar Fjord there is characterized by deep, cold waters that support a wide array of sea life. That water is still...

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