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Call for proposals: Ocean Acidification Information Exchange microgrants

Published 11 December 2019 Program , Projects Leave a Comment

Background:
The mission of the Ocean Acidification Information Exchange is to respond and adapt to ocean and coastal acidification by fostering an online environment built on trust, where our members, regardless of background, feel empowered to ask, answer, and learn from one another. By promoting the collegial exchange of information across disciplines and geographical boundaries, our goal is to facilitate the creation of more holistic, effective response strategies and share lessons learned. To that end, we are offering grants for members of the site who propose innovative strategies for leveraging the OA Information Exchange’s collaboration tools to advance our community’s mission, facilitate their own work related to ocean and coastal acidification and expand the reach/utility of the OA Information Exchange.

Project Ideas:
These are provided as examples of projects that would likely receive funding based on the criteria of this RFP.

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The US announces continued support to the IAEA Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre (OA-ICC) at 2019 Our Oceans Conference

Published 25 October 2019 Projects Leave a Comment

The United States announced USD 316,830 to two Nuclear Sciences and Applications projects through the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) Peaceful Uses Initiative. The contributions include USD 251,670 to the Ocean Acidification International Coordination Center (OA-ICC) located at the Environment Laboratories in Monaco. The OA-ICC works to promote, facilitate, and communicate global activities on ocean acidification and serves as a hub to bring together scientists, policy makers, media, schools, the general public, and other ocean acidification stakeholders. Since 2010, the United States has allocated a total of more than USD 3.4 million to the OA-ICC. The United States also announced a contribution of USD 65,160 to a continuing IAEA project, “Marine Plastics: Tackling the Challenge Using Nuclear Applications.” This project seeks to develop and apply radio-labelling techniques to assess how marine microplastic particles and their associated adsorbed organic pollutants are bioaccumulated in marine organisms, and evaluate effects to organisms. Since 2010 the United States has allocated over USD 620,000 to this project.

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Request review of manual for real-time quality control of pH data observations: a guide to quality control and quality assurance for pH observations

Published 5 July 2019 Projects , Science Leave a Comment

The U.S. IOOS QARTOD project (https://ioos.noaa.gov/project/qartod/) has initiated the development of a Manual for Real-Time Quality Control of pH Data Observations: A Guide to Quality Control and Quality Assurance for pH Observations in Coastal Oceans. The manual builds upon the existing twelve QARTOD manuals and the generous support from hundreds of contributors. They are unique in their focus on real-time QC, and are produced through an expanding series of reviews which ultimately result in a document that reflects present community thinking. They are living manuals, that are maintained and updated to ensure they remain accurate and relevant.

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SOCAT version 2019 is released

Published 21 June 2019 Projects , Science Leave a Comment

SOCAT version 2019 was released on the 18th of June 2019, containing data submitted on or before 15th of January 2019. New data submissions are welcome at any time, and will be included in the next SOCAT release.

SOCAT data are released in versions. Each succeeding version contains new data sets as well as updates of older ones. The first version of SOCAT was released in 2011, the second and third version followed biennially. Automation allowed annual public releases since version 4. The latest SOCAT version (version 2019) has 25.7 million observations from 1957 to 2019 for the global oceans and coastal seas. Calibrated sensor data are also available.

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Oregon’s draft ocean acidification & hypoxia action plan

Published 14 June 2019 Newsletters and reports , Projects Leave a Comment

This OAH Action Plan was developed in recognition of the OAH impacts that we see today, in the hopes of minimizing the impacts for tomorrow, and altering the trajectory of ocean changes for future generations. Because Oregon is one of the first states to feel the impacts of OAH, it is our intent that the OAH Action Plan will contain actions that are meaningful locally, and in fighting the global challenges of climate and ocean changes. Additionally, the Action Plan will serve as a model for others to apply to their own geographical and political context. Once adopted by Governor Brown, the Action Plan will guide Oregon’s efforts and become Oregon’s submission to the International Alliance to Combat Ocean Acidification, and thus will be shared with the region and world.

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Request for community feedback: practical guidelines for ocean acidification research

Published 4 June 2019 Projects , Science Leave a Comment

A group of 15 scientists from 7 countries, IOC-UNESCO, and the IAEA met at the IAEA Environment Laboratories in Monaco on 29-31 May 2019 to discuss practical guidelines for ocean acidification monitoring and experimental studies. The meeting was organized by the IAEA Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre (OA-ICC) in partnership with the Global Ocean Acidification Observing Network (GOA-ON) and The Ocean Foundation. During this meeting, the participants worked on a list of tools useful for “GOA-ON in a Box” users and those starting ocean acidification research. The plan is to release these resources as a package for the community.

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Requests for proposals: blue carbon restoration in Latin America and the Caribbean

Published 4 June 2019 Projects Leave a Comment

The Ocean Foundation (TOF) is seeking multi-year proposals under the Ocean Acidification Monitoring and Mitigation (OAMM) project for blue carbon restoration (seagrass, mangrove, or salt marsh) in the Latin American and Caribbean Region.

TOF will fund one proposal for the region with a budget not to exceed US $90,000. TOF is soliciting multiple proposals which will then be reviewed by an expert panel for selection. Projects must be focused in one of the following four countries: Colombia, Ecuador, Jamaica, or Panama and must be coordinated with ocean acidification monitoring projects recently funded in these same countries by TOF. Proposals are due by June 30th, 2019. Decisions will be communicated by July 15th, 2019 for work to commence no later than August 15th, 2019.

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