http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu Sun, 19 May 2013 09:20:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/05/14/investigating-life-in-the-ice/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/05/14/investigating-life-in-the-ice/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 19:08:57 +0000 Rebecca Fowler http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=36566 Andy Juhl and Craig Aumack, microbiologists from Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, are spending a month in Barrow, Alaska studying algae in and below sea ice, and how our warming climate may impact these important organisms. They’re investigating the factors that control the growth of algae inside of sea ice, how these algal communities are [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/05/14/investigating-life-in-the-ice/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/04/27/fishing-for-plankton-in-the-bering-sea/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/04/27/fishing-for-plankton-in-the-bering-sea/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 06:00:36 +0000 Beth Stauffer http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=25546 As Discovery Channel fans know, the Bering Sea supports one of the world’s most productive fisheries, accounting for more than 50 percent of U.S. fish and shellfish catches. The goal of our study is to understand how climate change is impacting phytoplankton, and ultimately the Bering Sea ecosystem.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/04/27/fishing-for-plankton-in-the-bering-sea/feed/ 11