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Deploying Mesocosms in Svalbard
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Deploying Mesocosms in Svalbard
Two of the mesocosms (experiment water enclosures) silhouetted against a polar sky, waiting to be lowered gently into the fjord. The Greenpeace ship MY Esperanza and its crew are working with 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-Alesund. 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.
Creator:
Nick Cobbing
Unique identifier:
GP022SW
Old Image ID:
Svalbard-9310
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Keywords
Keywords:
Climate (campaign title)
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Cold
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Day
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Educational and research equipment
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Experiments
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KWCI (GPI)
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Mesocosms
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MY Esperanza
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Ocean acidification
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Oceans (campaign title)
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Outdoors
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Research
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Sampling (activity)
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Save the Arctic (campaign title)
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Science
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Silhouettes
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Testing