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News Release 10-186
NSF Awards Grants to Study Effects of Ocean Acidification
Projects address concern for acidifying marine ecosystems
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Corallium rubrum and other deep-sea corals are affected by ocean acidification.
Credit: Paolo Montagna, LDEO
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A biogeochemical mooring monitors ocean acidification in the western Arctic Ocean.
Credit: Rachel Fletcher
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Antarctic limpet Nacella concinna with coralline red algae--both at risk from ocean acidification.
Credit: Dan Martin
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Antarctic amphipod Gondogeneia antarctica perched on brown alga Desmarestia menziesii.
Credit: Maggie Amsler, University of Alabama at Birmingham
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Deploying an instrument to sample seawater at different depths in the Gulf of Alaska.
Credit: Dalin Shi, Princeton University
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Setting up incubation experiments to study phytoplankton response to ocean acidification.
Credit: Dalin Shi, Princeton University
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In acidifying oceans, the fate of coral reefs is in question.
Credit: Robert Carpenter, Cal State-Northridge
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In "A," healthy coral reef grows; in "B," the reef is degraded by acid waters.
Credit: USGS
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Pteropods' ability to form shells may be greatly impaired by ocean acidification.
Credit: Russ Hopcroft, UAF/NOAA
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Shells of "sea butterflies," or pteropods; they may not make shells in acidifying oceans.
Credit: Commonwealth of Australia
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Epifluorescence microscope image of bacterioplankton and a flagellate in seawater.
Credit: Craig Carlson, UCSB
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Ocean acidification study field site at Fort Ross, California, on a foggy day.
Credit: Lina Ceballos, SFSU
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An adult porcelain crab, subject of study in one of NSF's ocean acidification awards.
Credit: Lina Ceballos, SFSU
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Porcelain crabs just before and after hatching.
Credit: Jonathon Stillman, SFSU
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