Ocean acidification

Registration for OceanVision2019 closes on 15 November 2018.

Location: Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA

Session name: Protecting Ocean Health: Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia

Session description: This session will highlight advances in science and engineering that enable innovative strategies for understanding, managing, and predicting the rising threats associated with ocean acidification and deoxygenation. These include expanding and improving observation systems and research, exploring submerged aquatic vegetation as a management tool, advancing modeling to identify drivers of acidification and deoxygenation (and potential hotspots), and exploring impacts to water quality. The goal of this session is to identify case studies that inform near-term and long-term strategies for dealing with the challenges associated with ocean acidification and deoxygenation now and in the future.

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The 4th Global Ocean Acidification Observing Network (GOA-ON) International Workshop is to be held on 14-17 April 2019 in Hangzhou, China. The workshop is convened by State Key Laboratory of Ocean Environment Dynamics (SOED), Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, China. The International Atomic Energy Agency Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre (IAEA OA-ICC), the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC-UNESCO), and the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Ocean Acidification Program are generous co-sponsors for the workshop.

The 4th GOA-ON International Workshop will bring together scientists from around the world to discuss emerging aspects from the coupled effects of ocean acidification with multiple stressors, review global ocean acidification status and forecast capabilities, and explore opportunities for capacity development and stakeholder engagement. We seek to better understand ocean acidification’s impacts on industry, increase coordination across nations and stakeholders, and highlight the widespread recognition of the threat of ocean acidification to the health and sustainability of marine ecosystems. Two special events on i) better improving science-industry responses to multi-stressor impacts on aquaculture, and ii) a joint science training workshop on a remote-sensing-based software will be organized to extend the coverage of the workshop. The outcomes of this workshop will provide input to and help frame the next Symposium on the Ocean in a High CO2 World, expected for 2020.

Registration is now open and abstracts are due by 10 January 2019. Early-bird registration will be open until 20 February 2019, and regular registration will close on 31 March 2019.

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Location:  UN Conference Centre, Bangkok, Thailand

Session name:  Ocean acidification, promoting scientific knowledge and accelerating action

Meeting description: Asia-Pacific is home to the most biologically diverse and productive marine ecosystems on Earth -our ocean is a vital source of livelihood, employment, nutrition and economic growth in the region and is essential in balancing our climate. Yet, capacity of our ocean to sustain development in threatened by pollution, overfishing, climate change and inadequate governance. Countries in Asia-Pacific are both major sources of ocean degradation and highly vulnerable to its impacts.

At the halfway mark between the 2017 and 2020 Ocean Conference, this is the first event of its kind at the regional level that aims to take stock of progress made on Voluntary Commitments, to share lessons learned from ongoing efforts, expand the Communities of Ocean Action, and catalyse new Commitments for a healthy ocean in Asia-Pacific. Review of activities and Commitments will take place in the form of interactive discussions and presentations, exhibits and side events, along the themes of the Communities of Ocean Action and SDG 14 targets, in line with regional priorities.

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Date: 1 November 2018 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM (US Eastern)

Location: 20 Endeavour Hall, South Campus, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794

Description:  The Ocean Acidification Task Force works to assess the impacts of ocean acidification on the ecological, economic, and social well-being of the State of New York in order to recommend actions to reduce these impacts. All are invited to observe and participate in this process.

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Date: 10:00 -17:00, October 28, 2018 (Registration begins at 09:30)

Location: International Conference Hall, 1-15-16 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo

Description: With the development of scientific research in recent years, the issue of ocean warming and acidification has been attracting attention internationally from the perspective of policymaking. Especially with regards to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Target 14.3 of Goal 14 mentions the need to “Minimize and address the impacts of ocean acidification, including through enhanced scientific cooperation at all levels,” establishing the importance of addressing the issues, and highlighting the need for specific adaptation measures. In response to these issues, the Ocean Policy Research Institute of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation will host the “International Symposium on Ocean Acidification -Dialogues between scientists and stakeholders-” (tentative). The symposium will aim to share knowledge of current situations on ocean warming and acidification, consider adaptation measures needed in future including enhancement and networking of monitoring methods, and conduct discussions on policy in the field of ocean science.

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