How does rising atmospheric CO2 affect marine organisms?

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Center Experiment #4: Real-Time Results

Introduction

Setup Directions

Real-Time Results

Final Results


Real-Time Results: Week 2

Experiment #4 continues to outperform Experiment #3 in terms of rapidity of airspace CO2 concentration divergence among the three experimental units.  Mean concentrations for Week 2 were 294, 743 and 1211 ppm in the low-, medium- and high-CO2 units, yielding corresponding two-week average values of 412, 762 and 1288 ppm.

In another respect, however, things may not be proceeding as well.  Probably due to the light intensity of our experimental units being far below what radishes are typically exposed to out-of-doors, our plants have grown rather tall and spindly; and some have actually toppled over.






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