Aug 28, 2006

Erica Hupp/Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1237/1726

Rob Gutro Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md 301-286-4044

MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-138

NASA ANNOUNCES MEDIA BRIEFING ABOUT OCEAN PLANT GROWTH

NASA is hosting a media teleconference about a new technique that enables scientists to determine what limits the growth of ocean plants and affects world climate The telecom starts at 1 p m EDT Thursday, Aug 31

Briefing Participants: - Paula Bontempi, ocean biology and biogeochemistry program scientist, NASA Headquarters, Washington - Michael J Behrenfeld, ocean plant ecologist, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Ore - Scott Doney, senior scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Mass

The study focused on the tropical Pacific Ocean, an area of the ocean that plays a particularly important role in regulating atmospheric carbon dioxide and the world's climate This study solved the mystery why healthy looking ocean plants, or phytoplankton, are actually not so healthy An article on this technique appears in the Aug 31 issue of Nature

Reporters should call: 800-857-9091 and use the passcode "OCEAN" to participate in the teleconference International media callers should call: 210-795-2680 Audio of the teleconference will be streamed live at:

http://www nasa gov/newsaudio

Related images will be available during the teleconference at:

http://www nasa gov/centers/goddard/news/topstory/2006/mystery_plants html

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