Ocean acidification is rapidly changing the chemistry of ocean water worldwide and making it more difficult for many organisms to build their shells and skeletons. This video explores how park staff at Point Reyes National Seashore are working with local scientists to better understand the effects of ocean acidification, specifically on shellfish and other marine organisms.
The oceans absorb a lot of CO2, leading to a variety of effects like ocean acidification. But you might not expect one of those effects: stronger lightning strikes.
This summer in Seward, Alaska a lab-based study is underway to understand the response of pink salmon to elevated acidity due to ocean acidification. The study, led by Amanda Kelley at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, is part of a larger project looking at the ability to predict tipping points in the marine ecosystem with respect to acidity and warming, and assess the institutional opportunities and barriers to implementing OA adaptation strategies in Alaska salmon fisheries. The project is funded by NOAA’s Ocean Acidification Program. Project partners include the University of Alaska Fairbanks, NOAA Fisheries, the Alaska Ocean Observing System, the University of Wyoming, the University of Alaska Anchorage, the Alutiiq Pride Marine Institute and the Meridian Institute.
On World Ocean Day 2021, we explored how nations around the world step up and build a sustainable ocean economy in the face of cumulative ocean change. This broadly attended event co-hosted by The Ocean Foundation, the OA Alliance, and IAEA Ocean Acidification International Coordinating Center brought to you Ambassador Peter Thomson, United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Ocean, Dr. Peter Swarzenski from International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) OA International Coordination Centre, and speakers from around the globe from the Pacific Coast of North America, through New Zealand, to Lebanon and Argentina.
In 2021, it is imperative that governments and civil society continue to advance the suite of science and policy actions that will be needed to support food security and sovereignty, increase the resilience of marine ecosystems, and build a sustainable ocean economy in the face of future change.
This is reflected in the UN Sustainable Development Goal Agenda and target SDG 14.3, to “Minimize and address the impacts of ocean acidification.” As the science, research, and observed impacts of ocean acidification continue to grow, there is a continued need for increased knowledge exchange and expertise on the substance and process for developing local, regional, and national responses in the face of cumulative ocean change.
Le Dr Sylvie Tambutté (Directeur de Recherche de l’équipe Physiologie et biochimie du CSM) lors de son allocution à la conférence sur ‘Le cycle du carbone dans l’océan’ au Collège de France le 18 juin 2021.
Le Dr Sylvie Tambutté, responsable de l’équipe de Physiologie corallienne a été invitée à donner une conférence au Collège de France le 18 Juin dernier. Le colloque était organisé par le Professeur Edouard Bard, titulaire de la Chaire “Évolution du climat et de l’océan” du Collège de France. La thématique portait sur « Le cycle du carbone dans l’océan » et huit orateurs ont présenté des séminaires sur des sujets incluant la perspective paléoclimatique, les flux de carbone, la modélisation biogéochimique ou encore le changement climatique et ses impacts sur l’océan. C’est sur un aspect biologique que le Dr Tambutté est intervenu en exposant les impacts de l’acidification sur les organismes benthiques calcifiants. Après avoir introduit les bases du sujet, elle a pu aborder les résultats récents des recherches de son équipe montrant comment l’acidification impacte le processus de calcification chez les coraux de l’organisme jusqu’aux cellules et aux gènes.
Coastal Acidification” – description of one part of our climate change research that focuses on coastal acidification is. The presentation defines what coastal acidification is and why it’s important, and it describes our research on its causes and how to predict how and when acidification events are likely to occur.
Our STAY COOL for Grandkids Ocean Climate Science Education program began 5 years ago when STAY COOL co-founder David Engel created power point presentations on Ocean Warming and Ocean Acidification. He recruited two Scripps Institution of Oceanography grad students to present the lessons to 6th grade science classes. The lessons comply with the Next Generation Science Standard (NGSS) and are based on the NOAA/National Climate Assessment Educator’s lessons 1 & 2. By March 2020, the now 7 SIO grad students had presented the lessons to more than 3000 students.
In March 2020, the SIO grad students had just completed lessons at two of our schools when the COVID-19 pandemic shut everything down.
Our STAY COOL Education committee wanted to support our teachers in teaching about climate change during the pandemic. Committee member Jenny Miller invited the grad students to a Zoom meeting. They agreed to make video recordings of the two lessons, each taking half of a lesson, since our teachers wanted shorter videos for the students learning online.
Shailja Gangrade and Nathali Cordero made video recordings of Ocean Warming parts 1 and 2. Vanessa Zobell and Erica Ferrer made video recordings of Ocean Acidification parts 1 and 2. David adapted the power point slides and the grad students added some new ones of their own.
I sent the video recordings out to all of our teachers, along with a recipe for the cabbage juice pH indicator for the experiment which Vanessa demonstrates on the first Ocean Acidification video.
Meanwhile, teachers at three schools wanted the SIO grad students to present the lessons on Zoom. Monica Nelson, Shailja Gangrade and Erica Ferrer gave excellent live presentations.
Join Academy presenter Aya to learn about ocean acidification: what it is; how it might impact coral reefs; and what we can do to help.
The California Academy of Sciences is a renowned scientific and educational institution dedicated to exploring, explaining, and sustaining life on Earth. Based in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, it’s the only place in the world to house an aquarium, planetarium, rainforest, and natural history museum—plus cutting-edge research programs—all under one living roof.
Celebrate #UNWorldOceansDay with the United Nations and Oceanic Global on 8 June! Learn about new ways to protect our blue planet and hear from thought-leaders, experts, ocean advocates, entrepreneurs, and community voices as they highlight the importance of the ocean for sustaining life and livelihoods. Featuring Dr. Sylvia Earle, Gael Garcia Bernal, EARTHGANG, Brian Skerry, Nathalie Kelley, Danni Washington, Amanda Cerny, Angelique Kidjo, Bomba Estereo, Catarina Lorenzo, OceanX, Céline Semaan, and many more! UN World Oceans Day is a free, digital event streaming from 10AM-5PM EDT at UNWorldOceansDay.org on 8 June! This event is hosted by the United Nations Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, Office of Legal Affairs, in partnership with Oceanic Global, Blancpain, and La Mer. This film is narrated by the incredible oceanographer Dr. Sylvia Earle, who will be speaking at this year’s event to outline the relationship between the ocean and human health and well-being.
QUEZON CITY — The Climate Change Commission (CCC) and its National Panel of Technical Experts (NPTE), in partnership with RARE Philippines and the UP Marine Science Institute (UP-MSI), successfully convened the first of the three-part online webinar series on the effects of climate change on coastal and marine ecosystems.
The virtual webinar, organized in celebration of the Month of the Ocean, gathered more than 500 participants, consisting of members of the academe and research institutions in the Philippines and abroad, government agencies, policymakers, and organizations leading community-based initiatives, to build awareness on the current and future state of marine and coastal ecosystems in the Philippines.
The said webinar featured presentations from NPTE members Dr. Laura T. David and Ms. Lourdes Tibig, and Dr. Caroline Marie B. Jaraula, Assistant Professor from UP-MSI on their studies on historical climate data and evolution of marine and coastal ecosystems and the highlights of ocean acidification as reported on the IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (SROCC).
Postdoctoral Associate, University of Calgary, Canada
Webinar Description:
The MEOPAR OA Community of Practice (CoP) was formed in 2018, with the overarching goal of sharing knowledge and improving linkages between OA knowledge creators and end-users across Canada. The OA CoP is led by two Co-Leads, Dr. Helen Gurney-Smith (DFO) and Dr. Brent Else (University of Calgary), and a Coordinator, Dr. Kristina Barclay (University of Calgary, MEOPAR), with guidance from an interdisciplinary Steering Committee from across the country. OA CoP objectives include the development of (1) knowledge transfer and community engagement via accessible content, (2) resources and databases, and (3) best-practices for data collection and sharing involving research groups, stake-holders, and community-based research. In this webinar, Dr. Barclay will present some of the key activities to date. This includes new online resources and blog series, as well as updates on the development of future projects. The GOA-ON webinar series has four sponsoring organizations: (1) GOA-ON, the Global Ocean Acidification Observing Network, (2) NOAA, the United States National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, (3) IAEA OA-ICC, the International Atomic Energy Agency – Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre, and (4) IOC-UNESCO – the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
As an Environmental Studies major, I always look forward to Earth Day in April, and now you can too! As happy as this day is to be thankful for all the Earth has given us, the uninvited party guest that is climate change has put quite a damper on the festivities.
Earth Day is now a reminder to take action and fight for our planet. In order to pump you up to get you ready to recycle some plastic, cut down some buckthorn and write to your local representative, I have curated a Climate Change playlist just for you!
This song is a total bop. The techno beeps paired with Poppy’s monotone delivery really set the serious nature of climate change. The song tells the story of an android that is tasked with saving the Earth for humanity only to realize that no matter how hard it tries, humans always end up continuing to destroy it, and thus the Earth can only be saved if humans disappear. This catchy track has an earworm of a beat thanks to Diplo’s collaboration on the composition. Although this song has lyrics that are rather convictive, this song is more a warning. Our time is up to not act on climate change, we have stalled too long, and now is the time for action.
Ocean acidification disrupts the carbonate chemistry of coastal ecosystems, which indirectly and directly affects communities that depend on critical marine organisms. Ocean acidification research typically seeks to understand natural system responses; yet, there is insufficient research that examines community and institutional responses or, more generally, their vulnerability to ocean acidification. Considering the insufficient information to direct policy efforts to combat ocean acidification, this project aims to understand the Dungeness crabbers’ perceptions of the adaptive capacity of ocean acidification and other environmental stressors. By understanding the perceptions of the four coastal communities, alongside perceptions of Oregonian decision and policy makers, the project hopes to contribute to broader efforts to apply human adaptive capacity to ocean acidification.
“Chesapeake Bay Water Quality: From Short-term Forecasts to Long-term Trends,” presented by Fei Da and Dr. Marjy Friedrichs, Virginia Institute of Marine Science. Recorded on March 11, 2021, as part of the Hooked on OA mini-series.
