By Luisa Cristini, PhD, University of Hawaii at Manoa. [Note from the editor: This is the third in a series of blog entries that will focus on introductory topics in climate dynamics and modeling, and will be a great insight into the current understanding of the science.] The cryosphere is the portion of the Earth’s […]
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Volcano Eruption Leads to Phytoplankton Bloom
October 9, 2010
By Pennell Paugh We recently wrote that phytoplankton, which is the basis for the vast majority of oceanic and some freshwater food chains, is on the decline due to global warming of the planet. However, a new article published in Geophysical Research Letters, reports that the recent eruption of a volcano in the on the […]