coccolithophore – Alaska Native News

Bering Sea Blues

By Alaska Fisheries Science Center on Sep 20, 2017 At Sea, Featured, The Arctic and Alaska Science

This week NOAA Fisheries scientists hope to witness the changing colors of the Bering Sea as they investigate why it happens and what it means for the ecosystem that supports the Nation’s biggest fisheries. In the summer of 1997, for the first time anyone could remember, a vast swath of the deep blue Bering Sea […]

Rapid Plankton Growth in Ocean Seen as Sign of Carbon Dioxide Loading

By Arthur Hirsh | Johns Hopkins on Nov 30, 2015 At Sea, Featured, Science/Education

A microscopic marine alga is thriving in the North Atlantic to an extent that defies scientific predictions, suggesting swift environmental change as a result of increased carbon dioxide in the ocean, a study led a by Johns Hopkins University scientist has found. What these findings mean remains to be seen, as does whether the rapid […]