Science at Sea
On 6 June 2011 the U.K.research vessel the RRS Discovery left Liverpool to embark on the first research cruise in a large UK programme studying the impacts of ocean acidification.
A consortiun of 23 scientists from 8 different UK institutes were carrying out the science on the cruise, which ended on 11 July 2011.
The group’s research is focused on explaining how different degrees of ocean acidification will affect the surface ocean.
More spesific the scientists are investigating the impacts of changing seawater chemistry on:
- marine organisms and ecosystems
- biochemical cycling in the sea, and
- how the sea interacts with the atmosphere to influence climate
Source and more information: Sea Surface Consortium -Ocean Acidification UK
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