New Marine Lab Begins New Coral Study
Posted on: Thursday, 23 August 2007, 15:13 CDT
A new U.S. laboratory connected with the Rosenstiel School has become first marine lab of its type to investigate the impact of climate change on corals.
Becoming fully operational this month, the new University of Miami lab has started studying how corals respond to the combined stress of greenhouse warming and ocean acidification. The lab is the first to maintain corals under precisely controlled temperature and carbon dioxide conditions, while exposing them to natural light conditions.
The study is designed to demonstrate how the world's increasingly acidic oceans affect corals when accompanied by increasing ocean temperatures, researchers said.
The National Science Foundation, the Packard Foundation, Conservation International and the Wildlife Conservation Society are funding the research being led by Andrew Baker and Chris Langdon at the school's hatchery in Virginia Key, Fla.
The Rosenstiel School was founded during the 1940s and is considered one of the world's premier marine and atmospheric research institutions.
Source: United Press International
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