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GEOMAR scientist Armin Form works at his lab during a long-term experiment on the effects of lower pH, higher temperatures and "food stress" on the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa.

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Deep-water Corals and Acidification

January 2014

Researchers can study ocean acidification in the lab by rearing organisms (here, Lophelia deep-sea corals) in seawater with variable pH and measuring if they grow, eat, breathe, reproduce, or develop differently.

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Studying Acidification in the Lab

January 2014

Tiny organisms found on ARMS

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Traveling Around the World to Study the Future of the Ocean

October 2017

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