Water in the Arctic Ocean is getting fresher as polar sea ice melts. But that fresher water doesn’t stay in the Arctic forever. A team of scientists from the University of Washington used global ocean circulation models to find out where the water goes, and what it threatens along the way. Amanda SemlerI’m a PhD […]
Chemicals that are stable enough for our everyday use are often remarkably stable in the natural environment as well. This poses a problem because these chemicals can travel far from sources and end up in pristine environments like the Arctic. In the study described here, researchers from Germany and China joined forces to measure one […]
Has the pH of our oceans decreased significantly? Lauvset and Gruber say yes, for the North Atlantic Subpolar Gyre. Cathleen TurnerCat Turner is a Masters Candidate at the University of Rhode Island. Her research topic is on pH and dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) fluctuations of Narragansett Bay, R.I. In her spare time she draws cartoons, […]