Upcoming Events--Institute of Oceanology Chinese Academy of Sciences

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06 2015

Jun 26, 2015

Death in the tide pools: Rapid die-off of urchins and sea stars a grim warning of climate change
In August 2011, scientists at the UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory walked into their labs to a strange, disturbing sight: Thousands of purple sea urchins and other marine invertebrates were de...
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06 2015

Jun 26, 2015

New study uncovers why some threatened corals swap 'algae' partners
A new research study showed why threatened Caribbean star corals sometimes swap partners to help them recover from bleaching events. The findings are important to understand the fate of coral r...
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06 2015

Jun 26, 2015

New Insights Into Drivers of Earth's Ecosystems
Hidden among Earth's vast oceans are some of the most vital organisms to the health of delicate ecosystems. Tiny ocean microbes produce half of the oxygen we breathe, and they are important dri...
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06 2015

Jun 19, 2015

Invasive microbe protects corals from global warming, but at a cost
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　　Colony of the symmetrical brain coral, Pseudodiploria strigosa, that is a common reef-building coral in the Caribbean. When under stress, these animals may harbor a species of mutualisti...
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06 2015

Jun 19, 2015

Time scales and ratios of climate forcing due to thermal versus carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels
The Earth warms both when fossil fuel carbon is oxidized to carbon dioxide and when greenhouse effect of carbon dioxide inhibits longwave radiation from escaping to space. Various important tim...
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06 2015

Jun 19, 2015

Lost and found: Earth's missing heat
What if the missing heat has been there all along? In 2013, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) flagged an odd phenomenon: Atmospheric temperature data collected over the past ...
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06 2015

Jun 15, 2015

Enzyme activity highlights the importance of the oxidative pentose phosphate pathway in lipid accumulation and growth of Phaeodactylum tricornutum under CO2 concentration
Songcui Wu12？, Aiyou Huang1？, Baoyu Zhang1, Li Huan12, Peipei Zhao12, Apeng Lin1and Guangce Wang1，Corresponding author: Guangce Wang gcwang@qdio.ac.cn
　　Key Laboratory of Experimental Mar...
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06 2015

Jun 12, 2015

Genetic analysis of the American eel helps explain its decline
American Eels of the upper St. Lawrence grow slowly but attain larger sizes (top) compared with eels in coastal areas (bottom).Credit: Guy Verreault/Current Biology 2015The American eel has bee...
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06 2015

Jun 12, 2015

Latest NOAA Study Ties Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill to Spike in Gulf Dolphin Deaths
Latest NOAA Study Ties Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill to Spike in Gulf Dolphin Deaths
　　MAY 20, 2015 -- What has been causing the alarming increase in dead bottlenose dolphins along the northern...
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06 2015

Jun 12, 2015

Some like it hot: Extremophile bacteria could be key to solving nuclear problems
Last year a team from The University of Manchester discovered an ‘extremophile’ microorganism in the Peak District, capable of breaking down organic material that is present in nuclear waste,...