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Coral Reefs in Palau Surprisingly Resistant to Naturally Acidified Waters

By Guest PostJanuary 24, 2014Environment, Natureacidified waters, anne cohen, atmosphere, calcification, carbon dioxide, chemical oceanographer, CO2, coral reef ecosystem, coral reefs, creation of a plan, environmental condition, kathryn shamberger, negative change, ocean acidification, oceanographic institution, palau, perfect storm, ph, picrc, protected areas network, republic of palau, rock islands, water chemistry, western pacific ocean, whoi, woods hole, yimnang golbuu

Ocean researchers working on the coral reefs of Palau in 2011 and 2012 made two unexpected discoveries that could provide insight into corals’ resistance and resilience to ocean acidification, and aid in the creation of a plan to protect them.

The team collected water samples at nine points along a transect that stretched from the open ocean, across the barrier reef, into the lagoon and then into the bays and inlets around the Rock Islands of Palau, in the western Pacific Ocean. With each location they found that the seawater became increasingly acidic as they moved toward land. (more…)

Underwater Robot

By Guest PostFebruary 27, 2013Sciencearthur trembanis, carter duval, ceoe, coast of delaware, create sonar images, douglas miller, high definition, laundry basket, marine samples, mark moline, metal frame, navigation system, navy, number of mussels, palau, plastic, plume of water, record video, redbird artificial reef, remotely operated vehicle, research expedition, rov, scientists, swimming pool, underwater robot, university of delaware, waterproof video cameras, western pacific

New remotely operated vehicle to aid UD marine research efforts

UD researchers discuss a new underwater robot that will assist in marine research.

An underwater robot made a splash at a University of Delaware swimming pool recently in a test of the new equipment, which will soon be used in field research by College of Earth, Ocean and Environment (CEOE) scientists.

The device, called a remotely operated vehicle (ROV), can dive deep below the ocean surface to record video, create sonar images and retrieve objects. (more…)

Corals Show Ocean Temperature Boundary Rising with Climate Change

By Guest PostOctober 14, 20101 commentEnvironment, Natureandrea grottoli, branwen williams, climate modelers, computer models, coral reef, corals, el niño, global climate, global warming, gorgonian, isotopes, nitrogen 14, nitrogen 15, ocean circulation, oceanography, offshore, ohio state university, pacific decadal oscillation, palau, pdo, satellite data, thermocline, western tropical pacific

WASHINGTON — Researchers looking at corals in the western tropical Pacific Ocean have found signs of a profound shift in the depth where warm surface water and colder deeper water meet—a shift predicted by computer models of global warming.

The finding is the first physical evidence supporting what climate modelers have been predicting as the effects of global climate change on the subsurface ocean circulation. (more…)

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Coral Reefs in Palau Surprisingly Resistant to Naturally Acidified Waters

Underwater Robot

Corals Show Ocean Temperature Boundary Rising with Climate Change