What's New
Some of PMEL's summer undergraduates. Top Row: Ellen Lee, Harrison Knapp and Isabelle Chan. Bottom Row: Madeline Talebi and Sam Mogen.
PMEL is excited to host seven undergraduates this summer from across the United States! They are working across various research groups studying ocean carbon, Madden-Julian oscillation impacts, meteorological data from Station Papa, fisheries-... more
In the News
In September of 1879, the Arctic-exploring USS Jeanette was sailing north of the Bering Strait when it was ... more
A recent Northern voyage on a Norwegian research vessel highlighted how soaring carbon dioxide levels and the... more
Old, handwritten logbooks prove computer models are right — the Arctic has lost a frightening amount of sea ice.... more
Feature Publication
Due to naturally cold, low carbonate concentration waters, the Bering Sea is highly vulnerable to ocean acidification (OA), the process in which the absorption of human-released carbon dioxide by the oceans leads to a decrease in ocean water pH and carbonate ion concentration. Emerging evidence suggests that a number of important species in the Bering Sea (such as red king crab and Pacific cod) are vulnerable to OA due to direct (e.g., reduced growth and survival rates) and indirect (e.g.,... more