Acidification Content / Acidification Content for ºÙºÙÊÓƵ en Tiny Shells Indicate Big Changes to Global Carbon Cycle /news/tiny-shells-indicate-big-changes-global-carbon-cycle <p>Experiments with tiny, shelled organisms in the ocean suggest big changes to the global carbon cycle are underway, according to a study from the University of California, Davis.&nbsp;</p> <p>For <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-01530-9">the study, published in the journal <em>Scientific Reports</em></a>, scientists raised foraminifera — single-celled organisms about the size of a grain of sand — at the <a href="http://bml.ucdavis.edu/">ºÙºÙÊÓƵ Bodega Marine Laboratory</a> under future, high CO2 conditions.</p> May 25, 2017 - 4:31pm Katherine E Kerlin /news/tiny-shells-indicate-big-changes-global-carbon-cycle Canary in the Kelp Forest /news/honeycomb-shaped-sea-creature-dissolves-under-current-warming-acidic-conditions <p>The one-two punch of warming waters and ocean acidification is predisposing some marine animals to dissolving quickly under conditions already occurring off the Northern California coast, according to a study from the University of California, Davis.</p> April 18, 2017 - 3:06pm Katherine E Kerlin /news/honeycomb-shaped-sea-creature-dissolves-under-current-warming-acidic-conditions