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New Prize is Created to Improve Measurements of Ocean Acidity
2013-09-10 17:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Philanthropist Wendy Schmidt is offering $2 million in prize money to inventors who can develop inexpensive and easily deployable sensors to measure ocean acidification. The Wendy Schmidt Ocean Health X Prize is offering $1 million to the team that invents the most accurate sensors to measure the oceans acidity and $1 million to the team that devises the most affordable and easy-to-use sensors. Biologist Paul Bunje, a senior executive for oceans at the X-Prize Foundation, said that because current...
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Climate change will upset vital ocean chemical cycles
2013-09-08 19:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PhysOrg: New research from the University of East Anglia shows that rising ocean temperatures will upset natural cycles of carbon dioxide, nitrogen and phosphorous. Plankton plays an important role in the ocean's carbon cycle by removing half of all CO2 from the atmosphere during photosynthesis and storing it deep under the sea - isolated from the atmosphere for centuries. Findings published today in the journal Nature Climate Change reveal that water temperature has a direct impact on maintaining the...
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Microbes Living in Deep Ocean Absorb Carbon Using Chemical Energy
2013-09-06 17:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: They may not absorb enough carbon to curtail global warming, but the microbes that call the deep ocean home absorb enough of it to merit further study, according to a paper published in the International Society of Microbial Ecology (ISME) Journal. Lead author of the paper Tim Mattes, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University Iowa, explained that while most are familiar with the role of trees and grass in absorbing carbon from the air, organisms such as bacteria...
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Dark Ocean Carbon Absorption Not Enough To Restrict Global Warming
2013-09-06 16:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RedOrbit: A new study led by the University of Iowa shows that although microbes that live below 600 feet where light doesnt penetrate the so called dark ocean-- might not absorb enough carbon to curtail global warming, they do absorb considerable amounts of carbon, meriting further study. The findings of this study were published in the International Society of Microbial Ecology Journal. While many people are familiar with the concept of trees and grass absorbing carbon from the air, Tim Mattes, associate...
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Ocean Rig signs drillship deal with Samsung
2013-09-05 01:00:00| Ship Technology
International offshore drilling contractor Ocean Rig has entered into an estimated $600m contract to build a seventh-generation ultra deepwater drillship at Samsung Heavy Industries.
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