Ocean Acidification

Date and time: 8 August 2023, 8-9 pm CEST

Location: online (you will receive a link to attend the meeting, accessibility information, and other important details before the listening session via email)

The NOAA Ocean Acidification Program (OAP) advances ocean acidification science, education and outreach. As our knowledge about our changing oceans has advanced, so has the needs of audiences around the nation. We are assessing nationwide stakeholder needs via listening sessions to identify gaps, priorities, and the ways in which we can support people impacted by ocean and coastal acidification. The listening sessions help us understand your priorities and needs, how ocean acidification and ocean change intersect, and how we can best support you through education and outreach projects and initiatives!The listening sessions will help inform:

• Funding opportunities such as education mini-grants, and future Notice of Funding Opportunities (grants)
• Updates to the NOAA Ocean Acidification Education Implementation Plan
• Best practices for outreach and education initiatives that support your needs

Date and time: 31 May 2023, 13:00 UTC

Moderator: Artur P. Palacz, International Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry Coordination Project (IOCCP)

Speakers: Maribel I. García-Ibáñez, Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM), CSIC; Regina Easley, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

High-quality measurements of the seawater carbonate system allow us to quantify and understand the oceanic uptake of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) and monitor ocean acidification. Those seawater carbonate system measurements rely on the availability of reference materials (RMs). The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the fragility of the production system of the seawater RMs for the carbonate system, currently depending on one single laboratory. With that in mind, a new model for seawater RMs for the carbonate system, centered on regional hubs, is being discussed to create a more resilient system. The proposed new model for seawater RMs for the carbonate system requires unprecedented involvement of National Metrology Institutes (NMIs) on a global level. The integration of the new model into the global metrology landscape will help to produce the RMs that are comparable and metrologically traceable to the International System of Units.

Date and time: 24 May 2023, 2:30pm to 3:30pm

Location: Oregon State University, Burt Hall, 193, 2651 SW Orchard Avenue, Corvallis, OR 97331

Speaker: Dr Ana Spalding, Associate Professor of Marine and Coastal Policy, Oregon State University

Understanding a community’s ability to prepare for, respond to, and adapt to impacts of environmental, economic, or cultural change is an essential component of understanding and supporting pathways to resilient coastal futures. In the context of Ocean Acidification and associated environmental stressors, for this project we interviewed shellfish farms in California and Oregon to assess their capacity to adapt to risks from changing ocean conditions due to climate change. Specifically, we explored shellfish growers’ perceptions of the impacts of environmental change and identified explicit strategies currently used, or being considered for use, within the industry to adapt to these changes.

Our research questions included: 1. What are shellfish farmers’ perceptions of environmental change? 2. What adaptive strategies are being used to decrease vulnerability and increase resilience to OA and environmental change? And 3. What policy opportunities exist to implement these strategies?

The February GOA-ON Webinar “Ocean Acidification Observation and Impacts” is hosted and moderated by the North East Atlantic Hub. Join us for presentations on the French Coastal Monitoring Network for the Carbonate System by Sebastien Petton (Ifremer, French National Institute for Ocean Science) and hear from Callum Hudson (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University) about how ocean acidification increases the impact of typhoons on algal communities on 22 February 2023 at 9:00 UTC.

Registration link: Webinar Registration – Zoom