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[Proving Solar Power] Antarctic Peninsula Climate - A Change in Krill Ecosystem ...: Carbon sequestering into the deep ocean from the algae and phytoplankton occur by both the salp and krill. Both species eliminate the atmospheric carbon received from the primary producing algae by producing fecal pellets by the salps and sticky balls by the krill, thereby, reducing the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

[We Are Scientists 5] Even Deep Sea Ecosystems Will Be Affected By Climate Change | We ...: However, according to Ken Smith, a marine ecologists, changes in the Earth’s climate can cause unexpectedly large changes in the deep sea ecosystems. Based on an 18 year study, Smith and his coauthors show that these ecosystem changes happen over short time scales of weeks and months and also longer periods of time, like years to decades.

[Consortium for Ocean Leadership] Study Begins On Air-Sea Exchanges And Their Influence On Climate: (From UnderwaterTimes) -- A two-year project, which will provide vital information on the interaction between the ocean and the atmosphere and its influence on climate, begins this month. The Arctic has profound significance for climate and functioning of ecosystems around the globe.

[We Are Scientists 5] Even The Depths Of The Ocean Is Affected By Climate Change | We ...: However, according to Ken Smith, a marine ecologists, changes in the Earth’s climate can cause unexpectedly large changes in deep sea ecosystems. Based on an 18 year study, Smith and his coauthors show that such ecosystem changes occur over short time scales of weeks to months and longer periods of times, like years to decades.

[Consortium for Ocean Leadership] NOAA Seeks Public Comments on its Draft Arctic Vision and Strategy: Because the region is particularly vulnerable and prone to rapid change, NOAA must position itself to respond with quality products, .“ Increasing air and ocean temperatures, thawing permafrost, loss of sea ice, and shifts in ecosystems are evidence of widespread and dramatic ongoing change.

[Suite101: Environmentalism Articles] Ocean Acidification Risks Fisheries and Advances Climate Change: Research on ocean acidification is a new study field with most of the research papers published after 2004. Current research is unable to make significant projections of impacts or to identify thresholds that mark the limit of marine ecosystems ability to recover.

[AlphaGalileo RSS Channel] Ocean Acidification in the Arctic - EU EPOCA Project investigates ...: The multidisciplinary experiment, which will last until mid July, involves molecular and cell biologists, marine ecologists and biogeochemists, ocean and atmospheric chemists. The scientists expect new results about the sensitivities of Arctic plankton communities to ocean acidification and their impacts on the Arctic food web and biodiversity, the cycling of carbon, nutrients and other elements, the production of climate relevant gases and their exchange with the atmosphere.

[The Official MPA Blog] The Official MPA Blog: WCPA - Marine Progress report 2009 - 2010: Stemming from a letter from Marine Vice Chair to the Premier of Bermuda this sustained discussions through IMPAC 2 to a key workshop hosted by the Government in Bermuda in February 2010 and generously supported by the Kaplin Foundation, and with the support of key regional governments, including the US, the UK, Trinidad and Tobago, and South Africa, in collaboration with WCPA, Mission Blue and the Center for Ocean Solutions Discussions relating to the Sargasso Sea also occurred during the Mission Blue Voyage and resulted in the commitment from donors to support this initiative with over $1 million in initial support. Further development of the approach focussing on the Sargasso Sea is ongoing with key meetings occurring in late May and early June 2011.

[WWF Climate Blog] Arctic Sea Ice Extent & Volume at Record Lows for the Date | WWF ...: So what does this tell us about the fate of Arctic sea ice extent as the melting season progresses towards the minimum (usually in September)? The remaining ice is relatively thin -- and therefore more likely to break up and to melt. This year to date is the warmest on record, and the warmth has been especially pronounced in the Arctic. 

[Switchboard, from NRDC Ӽ Frances Beinecke's Blog] A View of the Oil Damage Below the Surface | Frances Beinecke's ...: effort to plug the Deepwater Horizon well has failed, oil will most likely be gushing into the Gulf of Mexico until August. This is an outrageous situation: we will be watching oil devastate our coasts for months to come.

[Everyone's Blog Posts - A Climate For Change] Palaeo-perspectives on ocean acidification - marine ecosystems ...: Anthropogenic climate change is driving Ocean Acidification threatening marine ecosystems, according to a new scientific paper. This will create conditions not seen on Earth for at least 40 million years.

[RationalOptimist.com - Blog] Unprecedented warming? | The Rational Optimist”¦: As the past 10 years of declining annual average global temperatures have been revealed despite the IPCC's and the Hadley's efforts at their concealment, the "hockey stick" is now taking its well-earned place in the pantheon of history alongside the Solar Constant, phlogiston, and the Luminiferous Ether.

[Sea Otter Scoop] Overfishing, climate change and superhero sea otters « Sea Otter Scoop: In Tasmania, warming waters are driving the range expansion of the spiny urchin that is driving the loss of kelp beds. The unexpected range expansion of the urchin is problematic in itself””but when paired with the removal of the urchins’ predator, the impact is exponential.

[The Unbearable Nakedness of CLIMATE CHANGE] A Shell Game Behind Ocean Acidification? « The Unbearable ...: Riebesell presents a preview of some as-yet-unpublished [ probably published by now - Jim] results of CO2 perturbation experiments conducted south of Bergen, Norway, where nine 11-m3 enclosures moored to a floating raft were aerated in triplicate with CO2-depleted, normal, and CO2-enriched air to achieve CO2 levels of 190, 370 and 710 ppm, simulating glacial, present day, and predicted conditions for the end of the century, respectively. In the course of the study, a bloom consisting of a mixed phytoplankton community developed;

[Father Theo's Blog] NAS-Advancing the Science of Climate Change: Report in Brief ...: As a result of the growing recognition that climate change is underway and poses serious risks for both human societies and natural systems, the question that decision makers are asking has expanded from “what is happening” to “what is happening and what can we do to respond?”  Scientific research can help answer both of these important questions.  This report, part of the America’s Climate Choices suite of studies requested by Congress, examines the status of the nation’s climate change research efforts and recommends steps to improve and expand current understanding.  The report reviews what the scientific community has learned about climate change and its interactions with human and natural systems in 12 areas of interest to decision makers (Box 1). It identifies advances needed to improve the effectiveness of actions taken to respond to climate change””including actions to limit its magnitude and adapt to its impacts””as well as understanding of the causes, mechanisms, and consequences of climate change.

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