M. Debora Iglesias-Rodriguez
talks with ScienceWatch.com and answers a few
questions about this month's Fast Breaking Paper in the
field of Geosciences. The author has also sent along
images of her work.
Article Title: Phytoplankton calcification in a
high-CO2 world
Authors:
Iglesias-Rodriguez,
MD;Halloran, PR;Rickaby, REM;Hall,
IR;Colmenero-Hidalgo, E;Gittins, JR;Green, DRH;Tyrrell,
T;Gibbs, SJ;von Dassow, P;Rehm, E;Armbrust, EV;Boessenkool,
KP
Journal: SCIENCE
Figure 1:
My work has taken me to the most remote
locations in the world such as Elephant
Island, in the South Atlantic.
Figure 2:
Figure 2:
The next step after the laboratory
incubations is to field test the results
observed using cultures." Here, I'm setting
up deck incubation experiments aboard RV
Discovery in the summer of 2007.
Figure 3:
Figure 3:
In this image, I am conducting
laboratory incubation experiments at
different carbon dioxide levels, from
pre-industrial to projections to the year
2100.