The Stareso Mesocosm Experiment takes place from June 4th to July 22nd at the Stareso Station. The station is located near Calvi (North West of Corsica) in a wild area. A blog has been set up to follow the day to day evolution of the experiment.

During this period nine mesocosms will be deployed just in front of the station. When all the mesocosms will be closed, the Ocean Acidification effect will be simulated and an increase in Carbon Dioxide level will be achieved in six mesosms and the three last will be the Controls. CO2 concentrations from present values (~385 ppm) to values expected for the middle of the next century (1000 – 1250 ppm) will be reached by adding seawater saturated in CO2. The establishment of the mesocosms will take two weeks and will be done by the LOV team.

For the following 4 weeks, scientists from many disciplines will take samples. For this experiment, scientist from 8 institutes and 6 countries wil be present.