Nov. 29, 2006

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

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

MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-182

NASA SETS BRIEFING ON HOW CLIMATE WARMING AFFECTS MARINE LIFE

WASHINGTON - NASA is hosting a media teleconference announcing new 
scientific findings that show for the first time how the foundation 
of Earth's marine food web responds to changes in climate. The 
teleconference will begin at 2 p.m. EST on Wednesday, Dec. 6.

Reporters must contact Steve Cole at NASA's Goddard Space Flight 
Center, Greenbelt, Md., at 301-286-3026 or by email at 
scole@pop600.gsfc.nasa.gov for participation information. Images and 
graphics supporting the briefing will be posted shortly before the 
briefing at:

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

Participants:
-- Michael J. Behrenfeld, ocean plant ecologist, Oregon State 
University, Corvallis, Ore.
-- Gene Carl Feldman, oceanographer and SeaWIFs project manager, 
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
-- Oscar Schofield aquatic biologist, Institute of Marine and Coastal 
Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J. 

Audio of the teleconference will be streamed live at:

http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio 

For NASA TV streaming video, schedule and downlink information, visit: 


http://www.nasa.gov/ntv 

	
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