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