Scripps Oceanography Researchers Discover Arctic Blooms Occurring Earlier

Scripps Oceanography Researchers Discover Arctic Blooms Occurring Earlier
San Diego CA (SPX) Mar 07, 2011 - Warming temperatures and melting ice in the Arctic may be behind a progressively earlier bloom of a crucial annual marine event, and the shift could hold consequences for the entire food chain and carbon cycling in the region. Scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, along with colleagues in Portugal and Mexico, plotted the yearly spring bloom of phytoplankton-tin ... more

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