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Operating Mesocosms in Svalbard
One of the nine mesocosms (experiment water enclosures) being towed into place by IFM-GEOMAR scientists, after being lowered into the fjord. The mesocosm will be attached to pre-placed mooring buoys, secured and made ready for the experiment. Greenpeace is currently working with the scientists from the German marine research institute IFM-GEOMAR to investigate ocean acidification, by deploying nine large "mesocosms" in Kongsfjord, near the Arctic scientific research station of Ny-Ålesund in Svalbard. The mesocosms are being used to investigate future implications of ocean acidification, a phenomenon caused by carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions that has just as much potential to damage marine ecosystems as climate change. Absorption of excess CO2 pollution by seawater causes its PH level to drop, making it more difficult for creatures integral to the food web to form shells and skeletons.
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Nick Cobbing
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GP022T5
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Svalbard-9688
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Boats
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Climate (campaign title)
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Day
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Educational and research equipment
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Experiments
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Fjords
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Ice
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KWCI (GPI)
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Mesocosms
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Ocean acidification
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Oceans (campaign title)
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Outdoors
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Sampling (activity)
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Save the Arctic (campaign title)
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Science
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Scientists
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Snow
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Testing