Decline of diatoms due to ocean acidification
While calcifying organisms like oysters and corals have difficulty forming their shells and skeletons in more acidic seawater, diatoms have ...
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Long look at Hawaiian corals suggests reasons for optimism amid warming seas, ocean acidification
CORVALLIS, Ore. – The longest experimental study on corals to date, a 22-month project that replicated current and future ocean ...
Rapid evolution fuels transcriptional plasticity in fish species to cope with ocean acidification
A research team led by Dr Celia SCHUNTER at School of Biological Sciences (area of Ecology and Biodiversity) & The ...
Study of algae in Acadia National Park lakes shows recovery from acidification
Orono, Maine — Acadia National Park is known for its beautiful lakes — and they can tell scientists a lot about ...
Sharp decline in reported severity of ocean acidification impacts on fish behaviour
As humans fill the atmosphere with excess carbon dioxide, much of it gets absorbed by the oceans, acidifying them—a potential ...
Study examines the effects of ocean acidification on phytoplankton’s energy stores
Ocean acidification—which is mainly caused by carbon dioxide gas in the atmosphere dissolving into the ocean—is a significant threat to the ...
Ocean acidification and warming disrupts fish shoals
Researchers from the University of Adelaide have found that the way fish interact in groups is being upset by ocean ...
Revealing the ramifications of ocean acidification for coralline algae
Tsukuba, Japan – Scientists have long suspected that coralline algae are particularly sensitive to changes in ocean chemistry. Now, researchers ...
Natural cycles in the Gulf of Alaska accentuate ocean acidification
New research at the University of Alaska Fairbanks shows that the fluctuations of major wind and ocean circulation systems can ...
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Killing resistant prostate cancer with iron
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