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For three weeks, the MV Chertan is home-base for the scientific team and will be transformed in a laboratory to study the effect of the CO2 seeps on reefs.
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MV Chertain Lab Boat

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A pair of sea butterflies float in the Arctic ocean.
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Searching for the Ocean Acidification Signal

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A healthy and vibrant coral reef in Papua New Guinea.
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A Healthy Coral Reef

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When we use fossil fuels to power our cars, homes, and businesses, we put heat-trapping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
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Tracking Ocean Acidification

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A graph showing rising levels of CO2 in the atmosphere over time.
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Ocean Acidification Graph

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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

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By pumping enormous test tubes that are 60-feet deep and hold almost 15,000 gallons of water with carbon dioxide to make the water inside more acidic, researchers can study how zooplankton, phytoplankton and other small organisms will adapt in the wild.
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Studying Acidification in the Field

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Forams are tiny single-celled organisms.
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Trials and Tribulations with Contamination

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Animals of the Fire Ice

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