Reports and Newsletters
Non-peer reviewed reports on ocean acidification, newsletters from ocean acidification focused organizations, and related announcements
Why ocean acidification matters to California, and what California can do about it: A report on the power of California’s State Government to address ocean acidification in state waters
California’s ocean is becoming more acidic as a result of increased atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) and other pollutants. This fundamental change is likely to have...
Gov. Gregoire convenes panel to study ocean acidification
Gov. Chris Gregoire today announced she has asked Bill Ruckelshaus and Jay Manning to lead a blue ribbon panel of science and policy experts to...
Ocean acidification and Alaska fisheries: Views and voices of Alaska’s fishermen, marine industries and coastal residents
In winter 2011-2012 the Alaska Marine Conservation Council (AMCC) sponsored community roundtable discussions on ocean acidification and Alaska fisheries in the fisheries-dependent communities of Homer,...
EPOCA comes to an end, Project Office relocated
The European Project on Ocean Acidification (EPOCA) will come to an end on 30 June 2012. (more…)
IMOS observations for ocean acidification research
Australia’s Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) was established in 2007 under the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS), and extended under the Education Investment Fund...
Ocean acidification at the ‘Planet under Pressure’ conference
PML is co-convening an important session at the ‘Planet under Pressure’ conference which will review the pressure planet Earth is under, and discuss solutions at all...
Lawsuit seeks plan to save Florida’s corals, urgently threatened by ocean warming and acidification
The Center for Biological Diversity filed a formal notice of intent to sue the National Marine Fisheries Service today for failing to develop a recovery...
Alert on an alternate, costly, version of the guide to best practices
Below is an open letter from the editors of the "Guide to best practices for ocean acidification research and data reporting" alerting you about what...
iOA-RUG survey
The Ocean Acidification Reference User Group (RUG) was launched in 2008 by the European Project on Ocean Acidification (EPOCA). Since then, it developed to support...
Open letter: The importance of considering ocean acidification in research and management plans
Ocean acidification is the ongoing change in seawater acid-base balance resulting from ocean uptake of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) produced mainly from burning of fossil...
The BNP Paribas Foundation awarded at the Corporate Philanthropy awards for the environment and sustainable development
The BNP Paribas Foundation has been awarded the Special Jury Prize for its commitment to research on climate change. At the second Corporate Philanthropy Awards...
Ocean Acidification – A review of the new book edited by Gattuso and Hansson
Edited by Jean-Pierre Gattuso and Lina Hansson OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 352 pages | Paperback 1st edition | September 2011 Price: £37.50 (~€ 46.00) Ocean acidification...
Oceans acidifying faster today than in past 300 million years
Few parallels for today's rapid ocean changes in geologic record The oceans may be acidifying faster today than they did in the last 300 million...
Book review: Jean-Pierre Gattuso and Lina Hansson (eds). 2011. Ocean Acidification. Oxford University Press.
Reviewed by Peter G. Brewer, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, 7700 Sandholdt Road, Moss Landing CA 95039; brpe@mbari.org. Ocean acidification, or more correctly ocean carbonation...
Ocean acidification turns climate change winners into losers: UBC Research
Adding ocean acidification and deoxygenation into the mix of climate change predictions may turn “winner” regions of fisheries and biodiversity into “losers,” according to research...
MedSeA (Mediterranean sea acidification in a changing climate): Campagne océanographique côtière (in French)
Contexte et objectifsLes recherches dans le domaine de l’acidification des océans se sont intensifiées ces dernières années. La plupart de ces recherches ont été, et...
Coral and mollusc responses to acidified ocean
Coral and mollusc species with an outer layer of protective tissue are more able to withstand acidic seawater than some other species, according to a...
Understanding the impacts of ocean acidification remains a key challenge
Climate change or no climate change, there is one consequence that is in no doubt: As the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere increases, so...
Funding opportunity: Regional ecosystem prediction program: Potential impacts of ocean acidification on fishery ecosystems
NOAA/NOS/NCCOS/CSCOR is accepting proposals which address the potential ecosystem impacts of ocean acidification to fishery ecosystems of US waters. Research should focus on the development...
Ocean acidification threatens fish stocks
– Marine Biologists from Kiel demonstrate impact on fish larvae – December 11, 2011 / Kiel. Fish stocks are not only threatened by over-fishing. An...
Impacts of increased atmospheric CO2 on ocean chemistry and ecosystems
Ocean pH is a function of the seawater carbonate system, which is a function of both the influx of CO2 from the atmosphere and the...
2010 acidification workshop recommendations: Bridging the gap between ocean acidification impacts and economics evaluation
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DECISIONS MAKERS Several recent policy briefs and information documents have drawn attention to the effects of increased carbon disoxide (CO2) on...
Arctic settles into new phase – warmer, greener, and less ice
An international team of scientists who monitor the rapid changes in the Earth’s northern polar region say that the Arctic is entering a new state...
The acid truth about our oceans: experts urge action to limit ocean acidification
Durban, South Africa, 29 November 2011 – Ocean acidification can no longer remain on the periphery of the international debates on climate change and the...
Triple trouble – Ocean under stress
Scientists concerned how three environmental problems could combine to threaten the ocean, take warnings to the climate change discussion at the United Nations Framework Convention...
