URI GSO scientists are creating a series of computer models of the food web of Narragansett Bay to predict how fish abundance will change as water temperatures rise, nutrient inputs vary, and fishing pressure fluctuates.
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GSO scientists depart for a five-day cruise to investigate the implications of a marine heat wave in the offshore waters of New England.
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New research from GSO professor Kelton McMahon finds that depending on their diet, some penguin species are able to thrive in the rapidly changing Antarctic while others are facing decline.
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GSO professor Kelton McMahon is on an Antarctic research cruise as part of a multi-year project to help scientists better understand how the Southern Ocean food web has responded to environmental changes in the past, and predict how the ecosystem might respond to a changing climate in the future.
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