Comprehensive Study Makes Key Findings of Ocean pH Variations
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Published: 19 December 2011
Researchers used Scripps-developed sensors to conduct the largest field study of ocean acidification, revealing wide pH variability across ecosystems. The findings improve understanding of how marine life may adapt to changing ocean chemistry.
Keywords: ocean acidification, pH sensors, marine ecosystems, Scripps Institution, SeaFET, carbon dioxide
Research Highlight: Curing Disease with a Nice Hot Bath
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Published: 19 December 2011
A Scripps-led study found that higher water temperatures in geothermal springs reduce deadly chytrid fungus in frogs. This suggests hot habitats may help protect amphibians from extinction due to the disease chytridiomycosis.
Keywords: chytrid fungus, amphibians, geothermal springs, disease resistance, Scripps Institution, conservation, Bd
A Scripps Researcher Describes Unexpected Biodiversity Among Deep-Sea Acorn Worms
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Published: 16 January 2012
New research reveals a fourth deep-sea family of acorn worms, Torquaratoridae, with unique anatomy and behavior. These findings offer fresh insight into vertebrate evolution and expand known biodiversity in an ancient invertebrate group.
Keywords: acorn worms, vertebrate origins, Torquaratoridae, deep sea, evolution, hemichordates, Scripps
