Project and Programs
A few past and current projects and programs on ocean acidification from around the world.
Ocean acidification and sea scallops: predicting impacts of climate change
Project Status: This project began in January, 2012 and is projected to be completed in December, 2015 We are supporting the development of an integrated...
Ocean acidification: understanding changing chemistry in Alaska coastal waters
Project Status: This project began in January, 2010 and was completed in December, 2012 Ocean acidification is a problem created by the increasing levels of...
Ocean acidification: finding new answers through National Science Foundation research grants
Projects address concerns for acidifying marine ecosystems With increasing levels of carbon dioxide accumulating in the atmosphere and moving into marine systems, the world's oceans...
NOAA announces grants to predict ocean acidification’s effects on commercial fisheries
As scientists continue to research ways in which the oceans are changing – and what these changes mean for fish populations, three new research projects...
Broadband acoustic characterization of Thecosome pteropods in the context of ocean acidification
Andone Lavery, Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering Timothy Stanton, Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering Peter Wiebe, Biology OLI Funded Grant 2012 Thecosome pteropods are a...
Research project: effects of ocean acidification on Emiliania huxleyi and Calanus finmarchicus; insights into the oceanic alkalinity and biological carbon pumps
Ocean acidification is one of the most pressing marine science issues of our time, with potential biological impacts spanning all marine phyla and potential societal...
BIOACID extended for a second 3-year funding period
BIOACID (Biological Impacts of Ocean Acidification), the German national project on ocean acidification, has been extended for a second 3-year phase starting on September 1st...
UAF ocean acidification research expanding
The state of Alaska and the University of Alaska Fairbanks will be throwing a wider net to collect data on ocean acidification in the coming...
NODC ocean acidification scientific data stewardship
The Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring (FOARAM) Act of 2009 mandates that NOAA establishes a monitoring and research program to document ocean acidification (OA)...
Questionnaire, ocean acidification observing network
To document the status and progress of ocean acidification in open-ocean and coastal environments and to understand its drivers and impacts on marine ecosystems, it...
Real science in virtual school labs
Up-to-date marine data enables students to carry out scientifically valid virtual experiments. The method yields insights on how scientific knowledge is created and developed, according...
Studying ocean acidification in the Arctic Ocean
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) partnership with the U.S. Coast Guard Ice Breaker Healy and its United Nations Convention Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) cruises...
Research project: Indian aquatic ecosystems – impact of deoxygenation, eutrophication and acidification
Project leader: Naqvi, S.W.A.Objectives: To understand processes responsible for formation of oxygen minimum zones in the North Indian Ocean and to evaluate the extent of...
Ocean acidification gets deep in the Mediterranean Sea!
In recent years the issue of ocean acidification has moved rapidly up the political, economic and social agendas and is especially pertinent when combined with...
SCCOOS projects – 2012 Ocean Acidification
What is ocean acidification? As the ocean absorbs increasing levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere, it causes changes in ocean chemistry. When carbon...
European Free CO2 Enrichment Experiment (eFOCE)
The objective of the eFOCE project is to develop, validate and implement experimental systems that enable scientists to investigate the long-term effects of acidification in...
Data management for the UKOA programme
BODC announces the launch of the data management area for the UK Ocean Acidification (UKOA) research programme. UKOA is a five-year, £12 million research programme...
Oregon Sea Grant research projects
Oregon Sea Grant has committed nearly $2 million to nine research and outreach projects over the next two years, including investigations into hypoxia and ocean...
Tracking an ocean of carbon (video)
The Carbon Group at NOAA's Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) works to advance our scientific understanding of the ocean carbon cycle and how it is...
Building stakeholder capacity to monitor ocean acidification in the US and internationally
Originally posted on C-CAN PI: Brad Warren CONTACT INFORMATION: Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) Global Oceans Health Program PI First name, Last name: Brad Warren Phone:...
Will a warmer, more acidic ocean lead to increased Pseudo-Nitzchia bloom toxicity in the Southern California bight?
PI: David Hutchins and Feixue Fu CONTACT INFORMATION: Research Institution: University of Southern California PI First name, Last name: David Hutchins and Feixue Fu Phone: 213 740...
Regional ecosystem prediction program; Center for sponsored coastal ocean research
DescriptionThe purpose of this document is to advise the public that NOAA/NOS/NCCOS/CSCOR is soliciting proposals for research under its Regional Ecosystem Prediction Program theme focused...
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation grant: Communicating ocean acidifcation
The Ocean Conservancy Inc Communicating Ocean Acidification Term: 14 months Amount: $406,348 Date Approved: Oct. 2011 Purpose: This grant will train trusted messengers to communicate...
Research project: Abrupt ocean acidification events
Global warming is not the only consequence of rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Because CO2 is an acidic gas, and a high...
