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MedSeA: outreach

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Scientific evidence must be delivered in an understandable way to policymakers and other key stakeholders in Mediterranean countries and elsewhere. In the MedSeA project we are developing a Reference User Group (RUG) of key stakeholders from the Mediterranean countries (MRUG).

 The MRUG objectives are to:

  • Advise on the types of data and analyses and products that will be most useful to managers, policy advisers, decision makers, and politicians.
  • Advise on the format and nature of key messages arising from the research.
  • Advise on the dissemination procedures to ensure that the results from the research are disseminated to all potential end users.
  • Transmit key science developments into their own sector and parent organisation.

Mediterranean Sea Acidification (MedSeA). Resource.

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Ocean acidification: issues brief

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This is a Issue Brief on ocean acidification released by IUCN on November 2017.

IUCN is a membership Union composed of both government and civil society organisations. It harnesses the experience, resources and reach of its more than 1,400 Member organisations and the input of more than 17,000 experts. This diversity and vast expertise makes IUCN the global authority on the status of the natural world and the measures needed to safeguard it.

International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), 1 November 2017. Resource.

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Ocean literacy for all: a toolkit

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The IOC-UNESCO Ocean Literacy for All A toolkit is the result of a joint work and contributions of members of this global partnership. It provides to educators and learners worldwide the innovative tools, methods, and resources to understand the complex ocean processes and functions and, as well, to alert them on the most urgent ocean issues. It also presents the essential scientific principles and information needed to understand the cause-effect relationship between individual and collective behavior and the impacts that threaten the ocean health.

IOC-UNESCO, 2018. Resource.

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Ocean Literacy Portal

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The Ocean Literacy Portal serves as a one-stop shop, providing resources and content available to all, with the goal of creating an ocean-literate society able to make informed and responsible decisions on ocean resources and ocean sustainability. Here you will find the necessary Ocean Literacy resources to develop knowledge, skills, values and behaviours needed to create an ocean literate community. A collection of education and information resources, projects, tools, methods, reports, programs and materials regarding global ocean knowledge, useful to understand ocean processes, functions and issues.

IOC-UNESCO. Resource.

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Antarctica in the classroom

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There is no “quick fix” for ocean acidification; knowledge of the effects of people’s carbon footprint is essential to help minimize the ongoing problem. In this unit, we’ll look at the remoteness of the Antarctic region and how it highlights how the effects of ocean acidification felt all around the world, including in unpopulated areas.

SAILDRONE, 1 March 2019. Resource.

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Acidification in our ocean

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We, as humans, are deeply connected to our ocean whether we realize it our not. Our ocean regulates climate like the heart regulates blood flow in our bodies. Humidity, rain, and temperature are all controlled by our ocean. Burning fossil fuels adds excess heat and carbon dioxide that disrupt this system and make it harder to maintain a stable climate.

OCEAN ACIDIFICATION: Our ocean absorbs excess CO2 when we burn fossil fuels to power cars and create electricity. This excess CO2 increases acidity in our ocean on a global scale.

COASTAL ACIDIFICATION: Nutrients entering the water from land exacerbates acidification in near shore waters.

ACIDIFICATION IN OUR OCEAN

NOAA Ocean Acidification Program (OAP). Resource.

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NOAA education portal

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Educators, students, and curious people everywhere — come explore the ocean and atmosphere.

The NOAA Education Portal is your one-stop shop to connect with learning and teaching resources about the ocean and atmosphere. Discover curricula, lesson plans, and real-time data to bring NOAA science into your classroom. Explore opportunities for educators and students of all levels. Apply for competitive funding for education projects.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Resource.

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NOAA-OAP service account

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The mission of the NOAA Ocean Acidification Program (OAP) is to better prepare society to respond to changing ocean conditions and resources by expanding understanding of ocean acidification, through interdisciplinary partnerships, nationally and internationally. The content on this channel includes various seminars the NOAA Ocean Acidification Program has hosted to increase understanding of ocean acidification and tools that are available to scientists, educators, and communicators

NOAA Ocean Acidification Program (OAP). Resource.

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The other CO2 problem of ocean acidification: eight experiments for students and teachers

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With support from the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Union, the CarboSchools project developed eight experiments for students. The experiments help young people to understand the basics of ocean acidification. In the first half, all eight experiments are explained in great detail. Teachers will find information on the preparation and running of the experiments as well as answers to any questions.

BIOACID, 1 September 2012. Resource.

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Saving wild ocean places, for us and future generations

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Marine Conservation Institute is dedicated to securing permanent, strong protection for the oceans’ most important places for us and future generations. It uses the latest science to identify important marine ecosystems, advocate for their protection, and measure progress toward effective, sustainable marine protection.

Marine Conservation Institute (MCBI). Resource.

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BIOACID: resources

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A selection of brochures related to ocean acidification:

  • Exploring ocean change
  • The other carbon dioxide problem
  • Summary for policymakers,
  • The EPOCA Reference User Group documents, etc.

Biological Impacts of Ocean Acidification (BIOACID). Resource.

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Ocean advocacy

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A healthy ocean is essential to all life on Earth. The ocean is not limitless, and today, marine species and ecosystems are facing unprecedented threats due to human use and destructive practices.

Photo: Simon Hilbourne/Coral Reef Image Bank
Photo: Simon Hilbourne/Coral Reef Image Bank

Scientific studies have confirmed that well-regulated, well-enforced marine protected areas (MPAs) can provide significant ecological benefits, increase resilience to natural and anthropogenic disturbances, and allow for ecosystem recovery. For example, fully- and highly-protected MPAs can allow depleted fish populations to recover, serve as refuges for endangered species, and increase resilience to climate change.

At the Marine Conservation Institute, we utilise the best available science to identify important marine ecosystems and advocate for their protection. We advocate for the creation of MPAs, strong and effective regulations, and preserving representative and special areas in the world’s oceans. We have been doing this work since the onset of our organization and will continue to do so as we strive toward 30% of the ocean protected by 2030.

Marine Conservation Institute (MCBI). Resource.

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Exploring ocean change

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From the Arctic to the tropics, ocean acidification changes life in the sea. By absorbing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere, the ocean slows down global climate change. But in seawater, the greenhouse gas causes a chemical reaction with far-reaching consequences: carbonic acid is formed, and the pH drops. Many plants and animals that build their shells or skeletons of calcium carbonate are at serious risk, because they need more energy to maintain growth in more acidic water. Also the development of important food fish can be affected. Organisms that convert carbon dioxide into energy by photosynthesis, however, could benefit. In addition, certain species are able to adapt to new conditions in the long run. The roles in the marine food web are redefined, while other factors such as rising temperatures, loss of oxygen, eutrophication, pollution or overfishing additionally might further influence the effects of ocean acidification.

The German research network BIOACID examines the effects of acidification on the life and biogeochemical cycles in the ocean – and on all those who depend on it.

The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) supports the project that is coordinated by GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel.

Biological Impacts of Ocean Acidification (BIOACID), 1 November 2016. Resource.

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The acid test

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Scientists refer to ocean acidification as the other carbon problem.  The first, of course, is global warming.

People have heard about global warming for decades, but it’s only over the past five years that experts really understood that the carbon dioxide is causing a problem for the oceans as well.

When we burn coal, oil, and gas, we introduce carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, but the atmosphere touches the ocean over 70 percent of Earth’s surface, so this carbon dioxide we’re putting into the atmosphere we are also putting into the ocean.

What happens when so much carbon dioxide, 22 millions tons of it each day, mixes with ocean water?  In terms of chemistry, the answer is simple: it becomes an acid.

Since the industrial revolution, the ocean acidity has increased by 30. If we continue to pollute as we are right now, the ocean acidity will double by the end of the century compared to pre-industrial times. That’s a big problem.

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Resource.

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The science of climate change: questions and answers

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This publication from the Australian Academy of Science aims to address confusion created by contradictory information in the public domain. It sets out to explain the current situation* in climate science, including where there is consensus in the scientific community and where uncertainties exist.

‘The science of climate change: questions and answers’ were prepared by a working group of nine members co-chaired by Dr Ian Allison FAA and Professor Mike Raupach FAA FTSE. The document was also reviewed by an oversight committee of eight members chaired by Professor John Zillman AO FAA FTSE. This publication is an update of the Academy’s 2010 booklet of the same name.

Australian Academy of Science, 1 February 2015. Resource.

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Ocean acidification and biodiversity

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Why are the oceans becoming more acidic and how does that threaten biodiversity? Human activities produce excessive carbon dioxide and much of it is absorbed by the oceans, where it is converted to an acid.

Australian Academy of Science, 30 June 2014. Resource.

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More than just temperature: climate change and ocean acidification

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Chemists have long known that a beaker of water sitting in a lab will absorb carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air and become more acidic. Could it happen at a larger scale if we greatly increased the concentration of CO2 in the world’s atmosphere, would some of it be absorbed by the world’s oceans? What would be the ecological effects? Over the next century or so, we are going to find out.

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Australian Academy of Science, 1 May 2015. Resource.

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The other CO2 problem

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A short, powerful and entertaining animation about the issue of ocean acidification, produced by Ridgeway School (Plymouth, UK) and Plymouth Marine Laboratory (www.pml.ac.uk). Funded by the European Project on Ocean Acidification (www.epoca-project.eu).

Plymounth Marine Laboratory, YouTube, 9 May 2011. Resource.

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European Project on Ocean Acidification (EPOCA)

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The European project on ocean acidification (EPOCA) was the first international research effort on ocean acidification. Launched in May 2008 with the overall goal to further our understanding of the biological, ecological, biogeochemical, and societal implications of ocean acidification, it comprised over 160 scientists from 32 institutions in 10 European countries. EPOCA was partly funded by the European Commission (EC, EUR 6.5 million for a total budget of EUR 16 million) and was launched in May 2008 for four years.

European Commission, CORDIS, 30 April 2012. Resource.

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Summary for policymakers

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Ocean acidification research is growing rapidly. The Third Symposium on the Ocean in a High-CO2 World (Monterey, California, September 2012) convened 540 experts from 37 countries to discuss the results of research into ocean acidification, its impacts on ecosystems, socio-economic consequences and implications for policy. More than twice as many scientists participated in the Monterey symposium compared to the previous symposium four years earlier. Here we present a summary of the state of knowledge on ocean acidification based on the latest research presented at the symposium and beyond.

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IGBP, IOC, SCOR, 4 July 1905. Resource.

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