January 06, 2006

1/6 - Planktonic Memories: Yet another case of shifting baselines in N. Pacific zooplankton?

Sediment cores collected from the seafloor off Southern California suggest that plankton populations in the Northeastern Pacific have changed significantly since the early 1900s, and that the changes closely parallel a general warming trend starting at that time.

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Tiny fossils, in the brine, make me happy, make me feel fine

Posted by Randy Olson at January 6, 2006 01:03 AM