Project and Programs
A few past and current projects and programs on ocean acidification from around the world.
UMM to lead Machias Bay acidification study
MACHIAS, Maine -- The University of Maine at Machias, bolstered by a Libra Foundation Grant, is taking the lead role in a research project to...
Creating the network to forecast ocean acidification
Following the Ocean in a High CO2 World conference in Tasmania at the very beginning of May, we held the third science workshop for the...
How can education help mitigate ocean acidification?
This May, Hobart, Tasmania will attract more than 350 scientists to an international symposium about our changing climate and ocean, particularly focusing on ocean acidification....
Stjernelag skal forske på havforsuring i kystsona (in Norwegian)
Vestlandsforsking har samla leiande forskarar frå fleire fag for å få fram ny kunnskap om korleis vi kan handtere havforsuring, klimaendringane sin mindre kjende «tvilling»....
Project: “Adapting coastal zone management to ocean acidification” (Norway)
Project id: 6204 Time frame: 01.01.2016 - 31.12.2018 Project manager: Halvor Dannevig Staff: Idun A. Husabø Funded by: The Research Council of Norway Ocean acidification...
Investigating ocean acidification
Photo credit: D. Allen (NIWA) Ocean acidification – caused by increases in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere – is having detrimental...
Seawater of the future: Otago researchers “blitz” White Island
In early December, an Otago-led group of chemists, biologists, geologists, botanists and marine scientists from around the world are planning a “blitz” on Whakaari (White...
John S. Latsis Public Benefit Foundation fund study into effects of ocean acidification
The John S. Latsis Public Benefit Foundation has funded a study into how calcified structures of benthic organisms are being affected by ocean acidification as...
Appel à propositions de recherche “Acidifications des océans” (in French)
Ministèere de l'écologie, du développement durable et de l'énergie; Commissariat général au Développement durable; Direction de la recherche et de l’innovation - Service de la...
Ocean acidification and its impacts on the sea economy: what vision for 2050?
Greenhouse gases do not only cause global warming but also oceans acidification, a phenomenon which has several impacts. As explained by the fifth report of...
“Trouble in paradise: can shell recycling help buffer the effects of ocean acidification?” – Google Science Fair finalist
Google announced the finalists for its annual international science fair on Tuesday, with projects from all over the world covering a wide variety of fields...
LEMONSEA – Association de lutte contre l’acidification des océans (in French)
LEMONSEA est une association dont l’objet est de sensibiliser le grand public aux enjeux soulevés par l’acidification des océans. Plus précisément, elle a vocation à:...
Fighting to keep an oyster ghost town alive
Photo by D. Young Chris Quartuccio and his team must deal with ocean acidification—and plenty of naysayers—to try to ensure that...
Deep-sea trials underway for Wendy Schmidt Ocean Health XPRIZE
The final phase of the $2 million Wendy Schmidt Ocean Health XPRIZE is underway in the open ocean off Hawaii. An all-star team of oceanographers,...
Scientists dive in Antarctica’s ice-covered waters to measure ocean acidity
Scientific equipment has been lowered through the Antarctic sea ice onto the sea floor near Australia’s Casey station as part of a world-first experiment on...
Testing the Waters (video & text)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADJ9kg-IAxE Ocean acidification - known as "the other CO2 problem" - is now also affecting the ecosystems of the Mediterranean. The scientific project MedSeA, funded...
OA-ICC December calendar: 30/12 – “Spin the OA story with the Google Earth tour!”
Count down the days until 2015 together with the OA-ICC! Each day of December you will find a short story on the OA-ICC news stream...
OA-ICC December calendar: 29/12- “Living La Vida LAOCA!”
Count down the days until 2015 together with the OA-ICC! Each day of December you will find a short story on the OA-ICC news stream...
OA-ICC December calendar: 26/12 – “OA greatest hits!”
Count down the days until 2015 together with the OA-ICC! Each day of December you will find a short story on the OA-ICC news stream...
OA-ICC December calendar: 25/12 – “Go virtual with the OA-ICC!”
Count down the days until 2015 together with the OA-ICC! Each day of December you will find a short story on the OA-ICC news stream...
OA-ICC December calendar: 24/12- “A great wall to help stop OA”
Count down the days until 2015 together with the OA-ICC! Each day of December you will find a short story on the OA-ICC news stream...
New MBARI project: The Emerging Science of a High CO2 / Low pH Ocean
This project developed by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) proposes to tackle the problem of assessing the future impacts of elevated oceanic CO2...
OA-ICC December calendar: 18/12- “All OA roads lead to Monaco”
Count down the days until 2015 together with the OA-ICC! Each day of December you will find a short story on the OA-ICC news stream...
OA-ICC December calendar: 15/12- “Bubble bubble toil and trouble”
Count down the days until 2015 together with the OA-ICC! Each day of December you will find a short story on the OA-ICC news stream...
OA-ICC December calendar: 11/12- “In 2015, touch base with the OA-ICC!”
Count down the days until 2015 together with the OA-ICC! Each day of December you will find a short story on the OA-ICC news stream...
