Project and Programs

A few past and current projects and programs on ocean acidification from around the world.
IMBER – current endorsed projects
IMBeR aims to provide an open, flexible framework to encourage national, regional, and international participation in its scientific activities, to achieve its objectives as outlined...
The acid test: ICES/OSPAR joint Study Group on Ocean Acidification (SGOA)
The Joint ICES/OSPAR Study Group on Ocean Acidification (SGOA) was formed in 2012 to develop an ocean acidification monitoring programme for the waters of the...
IMBER – completed endorsed projects
Here are the links to the completed projects and theirs descriptions in our archive. IMBER. Resource. Resource type: website Resource format: webpage
Ocean acidification projects
PacIOOS has partnered with NOAA's Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) to provide real-time data from thirteen buoys across the Pacific Ocean. These buoys measure the...
VOCAB – Ocean Acidification and Biogeochemistry: variability, trends and vulnerability
VOCAB is a 4 year project funded under the Marine Research Programme 2014-2020. This project aims to address some of the gaps in our current...
Bocats2 project
Bocats2 is part of a larger project, coordinated by the Marine Research Institute (IIM, CSIC), and financed with 342,430 euros, of which 124,630 correspond to...
Mediterranean Sea Acidification (MedSeA) in a changing climate
The MedSeA project addresses ecologic and economic impacts from the combined influences of anthropogenic acidification and warming, while accounting for the unique characteristics of this...
Research notes from the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
This website has been developed to serve as a portal for information on active research on ocean acidification within the School of Aquatic and Fishery...
NOAA Ocean Acidification Program
NOAA's Ocean Acidification Program seeks to better prepare society to respond to changing ocean conditions and resources by expanding understanding of ocean acidification, through interdisciplinary...
NOAA Ocean Acidification Program projects
The Ocean Acidification Program supports a wide variety of projects both within NOAA and cooperative and academic institutions. These research projects examine specific themes aimed...
PMEL Carbon Program
The PMEL carbon group is working with a number of academic and government partners to conduct large-scale coastal surveys of pCO2 and related water column...
Free Ocean CO2 Enrichment (FOCE)
FOCE is a technology facilitating studies of the consequences of ocean acidification for marine organisms and communities by enabling the precise control of CO2 enrichment...
Ocean Acidification Day of Action
In 2018, The Ocean Foundation launched its Waves of Change campaign to raise awareness of the issue of ocean acidification, culminating with the inaugural Ocean...
Building CapacIty in Ocean AcidificaTion MoniToring in the Gulf of GuineA (BIOTTA)
The BIOTTA project aims to develop an integrated and sustainable OA observing system in the GoG and create a platform to facilitate collaboration among and...
UK Ocean Acidification Research Programme (UKOA)
The £12M, 5 year UK Ocean Acidification Research Programme (UKOA) is the UK's response and is jointly funded by the Department for Environment, Food and...
Pathfinders Ocean Acidification project
The Pathfinders Ocean Acidification project is a 18 month project, leaded by Dr Jamie Shutler (PML) and funded by the European Space Agency. The objective...
Ocean Carbon Data System (OCADS)
The Ocean Carbon Data System (OCADS) is a data management project and is responsible for hosting and providing access for ocean carbon data collected from...
2021 Triennial Review – Draft Water Quality Standards project
DEQ is conducting a Triennial Review process to review Oregon water quality standards and determine priority projects for the next three years. During this process,...
EPOCA – European Project on Ocean Acidification
The European Project on Ocean Acidification (EPOCA) was Europe's first major research initiative and the first large-scale international research effort devoted to studying the impacts...
BIOACID – Biological Impacts of Ocean ACIDification
As one of the largest national research programmes on ocean acidification, BIOACID has contributed to quantifying the effects of ocean acidification on marine organisms and...
Pristine Seas project
Photograph by Manu San Felix Pristine Seas is an exploration, research, and conservation project that aims to find, survey, and help protect the last healthy,...
European Project on Ocean Acidification (EPOCA)
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...
Corals – witnesses to the climate emergency
They are the archives of the oceans. Corals are a great indicator of how much human activities affect our oceans. Funded by the Franco-German fellowship...
SEA MATE Program reducing acid in oceans, CO2 in the atmosphere
A team of researchers called SEA MATE, led by Stony Brook University professor Matthew Eisaman, is using electricity to remove acid from the ocean while...
UN Ocean Decade endorses several AOML collaborative initiatives
In 2017, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the time frame of 2021-2030 as the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, also known as...


