July 2010: Greenpeace ship `Esperanza´ is back in Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard. Having started from Kiel on May 14 climate and marine life experts from Greenpeace together with scientists of the Leibniz Institute of Marine Science (Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften / IFM GEOMAR) investigate and document the key threats to the fragile environment of the Arctic: Ocean acidification, the retreat of the Arctic sea ice and Greenland's glaciers as well as the uncontrolled exploitation of fish stock by the fishing industry's northward race due to climate change.
Film focusses on the phenomenon of ocean acidification, the scientists of the GEOMAR have been looking into during the past weeks. To this purpose nine giant test tubes socalled mesocoms, were lowered into the Arctic water to study the effect of global CO2 (carbon dioxid / Kohlendioxid) pollution on the marine environment.
Scientific research director of the expedition Prof. Ulf Riebesell from GEOMAR explains the results.
Statements: Dr. Iris Menn, Greenpeace Germany marine biologist