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Coral and ocean acidification

By Guest PostApril 12, 2016Environmentandrea grottoli, coral, coral polyps, mark warner, ocean acidification, wei jun cai

UD professor’s sensor enables first carbonate ion concentration measurements inside coral

An interdisciplinary team of researchers led by University of Delaware professors Wei-Jun Cai and Mark Warner has successfully measured both pH and carbonate ion concentration directly inside the calcifying fluid found in coral, an important development in the study of how ocean acidification will affect marine calcifying organisms such as corals and shellfish. (more…)

Corals and climate

By Guest PostJuly 11, 2014Environmentandrea grottoli, antarctic fossil, ausgestorbene riesenschildkroete, cdte solar cells, chaco schildkroete, chelonoidis alburyorum, climate, climate change, coral, coral reefs, cortana intelligence suite, era of ai, era of innovation, fossilized syrinxes, galapagos schildkroete, harry shum, heat stress, mark warner, michael hofreiter, myanalytics, ocean floor, ohio state university, oldest squawk box, plankton, university of delaware, vocal organ

For corals adjusting to climate change, it’s survival of fattest and most flexible

The future health of the world’s coral reefs and the animals that depend on them relies in part on the ability of one tiny symbiotic sea creature to get fat — and to be flexible about the type of algae with which it cooperates. (more…)