[DIALOGnews] NASA briefing about phytoplankton growth

[Susan Weiler]

Sorry for any double postings. This briefing is scheduled for Aug.  
31, before the next newsletter.

NASA ANNOUNCES MEDIA BRIEFING ABOUT OCEAN PLANT GROWTH

NASA is hosting a media teleconference about a new technique that
enables scientists to determine what limits the growth of ocean
plants and affects world climate. The telecom starts at 1 p.m. EDT
Thursday, Aug. 31.

Briefing Participants:
- Paula Bontempi, ocean biology and biogeochemistry program scientist,
NASA Headquarters, Washington
- Michael J. Behrenfeld, ocean plant ecologist, Oregon State
University, Corvallis, Ore.
- Scott Doney, senior scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution, Woods Hole, Mass.

The study focused on the tropical Pacific Ocean, an area of the ocean
that plays a particularly important role in regulating atmospheric
carbon dioxide and the world's climate. This study solved the mystery
why healthy looking ocean plants, or phytoplankton, are actually not
so healthy. An article on this technique appears in the Aug. 31 issue
of Nature.

Audio of the teleconference will be streamed live
at: http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio

Related images will be available during the teleconference at:
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/topstory/2006/ 
mystery_plants.html

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C. Susan Weiler, Ph.D.
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Whitman College                          Fax:  509-527-5961
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