Reports and Newsletters
Non-peer reviewed reports on ocean acidification, newsletters from ocean acidification focused organizations, and related announcements
Climate scientists debunk prominent contrarian Christopher Monckton’s congressional testimony
A group of five scientists solicited responses from more than twenty world-class climate scientists to the May 6th testimony by Christopher Monckton to the House...
Media advisory: Ocean acidification findings for Puget Sound to be announced
WHAT: Learn where Puget Sound waters have particularly low pH values compared to what is normal for ocean waters and what proportion is probably the...
NRC’s report on Ocean Acidification
I am pleased to announce that the prepublication version of the NRC’s report on Ocean Acidification is now available to the public. (more…)
OCB supports U.S. student participation in European ocean acidification training course
EPOCA (European Project on Ocean Acidification), CalMarO (CALcification by MARine Organisms), BIOACID (Biological Im- pacts of Ocean ACIDification), and OCB co-organized an ocean acidification training...
Developing a national plan for ocean acidification research
Passage of the Federal Ocean Acidification Research And Monitoring (FOARAM) Act in 2009 has prompted the formation of an interagency committee to develop a plan...
Ocean acidification on Capitol Hill
U.S. Senate Committee Hearing: “The Environmental and Economic Impacts of Ocean Acidification” On April 22, the 40th an- niversary of Earth Day, the U.S. Senate...
International effort to answer questions about ocean acidification
As news of OA research circulates through media worl wide, the public has posed many insightful questions on the topic. This spring, an international group...
OCB Community provides second round of input to EPA on Ocean Acidification
In 2009, the EPA published a notice of data availability (NODA) regarding its “aquatic life criteria for pH of marine waters” under the Clean Water...
National Science Foundation solicitation for ocean acidification proposals generates enthusiastic response
The NSF electrified the United States ocean acidification (OA) research com- munity in January when it called for proposals to understand OA’s chemistry, its effects...
The marine carbon cycle of the Arctic ocean: Some thoughts about the controls on air-sea CO2 exchanges and responses to ocean acidification
The Arctic Ocean and the shallow continental margins that surround it (Fig. 1) play an important and likely increasing role in the global freshwater cycle,...
Leading scientists call for more effort in tackling rising ocean acidity
ESF presents ocean acidification report at EU Maritime Day 2010 Ten years ago, ocean acidification was a phenomenon only known to small group of ocean...
Greenpeace heads to Arctic to investigate urgent ocean threats
KIEL, Germany, Greenpeace today announced its ‘Arctic Under Pressure Expedition’ in which it will join with leading scientists to investigate the most urgent threats to...
Stanford scientists link ocean acidification to prehistoric mass extinction
Earth experienced its biggest mass extinction 250 million years ago. New evidence from Stanford, which looks at calcium isotopes, suggests massive volcanic eruptions were to...
Oceana urges congress to pass legislation that reduces CO2 to prevent massive ecological turmoil in oceans
Sigourney Weaver’s expected testimony tomorrow before a Senate Committee will address the threats of ocean acidification on marine life and our economy. Oceana’s climate and...
Arctic scientists send vital marine species ‘into the future’
Research into ocean acidification sees copepods exposed to levels of atmospheric CO2 forecast for the year 2100 Scientists working at a remote Arctic Ice Base...
A catalyst for ocean acidification research and collaboration
Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry Short Course on Ocean Acidification Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 2–13 November 2009 The Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry (OCB) program is a coordinating...
EPA federal register notice on ocean acidification
Dear OCB Colleagues, Please see email below regarding the recent EPA federal register notice on ocean acidification. The notice is attached (pdf) and is also...
French and Chinese version of the FAQ on ocean acidification
The French and Chinese version of the FAQ on ocean acidification are now available on the OCB and EPOCA web sites.
EPOCA further expands its activities beyond ocean acidification research
Villefranche-sur-mer, France- EPOCA further diversifies its activities and purchases the Brussels-based company EPOCA Products Sprl. (more…)
Polar explorer Pen Hadow brings scientists and explorers together for arctic expedition – to Explore earth’s ‘other carbon dioxide problem’, ocean acidification
The Catlin Arctic Survey today announced it has teamed up with leading research scientists to investigate the effects of carbon dioxide on the Arctic Ocean....
Un appel à l’action contre l’acidification de l’océan (EPOCA) (in french)
Une réduction importante et immédiate des émissions de dioxyde de carbone (CO2) est nécessaire pour limiter significativement l'acidification des océans et empêcher l'extinction d'espèces marines,...
Acid Oceans – warning to Copenhagen negotiators
A scientific summary on ocean acidification, written by a team of researchers from France, Germany, the UK, the USA, and Australia, and coordinated by the...
Ocean acidification: an underwater time-bomb
Alarming progression of ocean acidity posing major threat to marine ecosystems.Ocean acidity has increased by 30 per cent since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution...
Stop our oceans souring
Copenhagen, Denmark, 10 December 2009 (IUCN) – Deep and immediate cuts in emissions are needed to stall ocean acidification and prevent mass extinction of marine...
Ocean Acidification – the facts
A special introductory guide for policy advisers and decision makers Release date: 10th December 2009 Copenhagen, December 2009, is when the world will wait to...
