Ocean Acidification Resources Library

Articles providing a broad overview of what is known about ocean acidification.
NIWA: Ocean Acidification
The on-going rise of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere is not only changing our climate; it is also changing our oceans. More than a...
Measuring ocean acidification: new technology for a new era of ocean chemistry
Human additions of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere are creating a cascade of chemical consequences that will eventually extend to the bottom of all the...
An enhanced ocean acidification observing network: from people to technology to data synthesis and information exchange
A successful integrated ocean acidification (OA) observing network must include (1) scientists and technicians from a range of disciplines from physics to chemistry to biology...
Royal Society Publishing: Ocean acidification in a geoengineering context
Fundamental changes to marine chemistry are occurring because of increasing carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere. Ocean acidity (H+ concentration) and bicarbonate ion concentrations are...
Introduccin a la acidificacion oceanica: lo que es, lo que sabemos y lo que puede suceder (Spanish)
Durante los Ultimos 200 años aproximadamente, la quema generalizada de combustibles fúsiles, la deforestación y la producción de cemento han liberado más de 500 mil...
Impacts of ocean acidification on marine organisms: quantifying sensitivities and interaction with warming
...As research on the topic expands at an exponential rate, a comprehensive understanding of the variability in organisms' responses and corresponding levels of certainty is...
Wikipedia: ocean acidification
General article explaining ocean acidification. Resource type: website Resource format: webpage Wikipedia, 1 March 2021. Resource.
Oceanography: 2009 Special IssueÊ
This Oceanography issue has special features on ocean acidification Resource type: website Resource format: document/pdf Oceanography Society, 1 December 2009. Resource.
NOAAÑ Ocean Acidification
This page contains an educatinal material on ocean acidification Resource type: website Resource format: webpage NOAA, 1 April 2020. Resource.
Forecasting impacts of ocean acidification on marine communities: utilizing volcanic CO2 vents as natural laboratories
Oceans have absorbed approximately 30% of anthropogenic CO2 emissions, causing a phenomenon known as ocean acidification. With surface ocean pH changing at a rapid pace,...


