Mesocosm off the coast of Svalbard

Researchers deployed nine ‘mesocosms’, eight-metre long floatation frames carrying a plastic bag with a capacity of 50 cubic metres, for a five-week long field study on ocean acidification conducted in the Kongsfjord off the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard. The results are published in the EGU open access journal Biogeosciences. (This image is free to use but attribution is required.)

Credit: Maike Nicolai/GEOMAR

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