Reports and Newsletters
Non-peer reviewed reports on ocean acidification, newsletters from ocean acidification focused organizations, and related announcements
New edition of the “OA-ICC Highlights” Oct 2023 – May 2024
This new edition of the OA-ICC Highlights covers the main activities and events taken up by the project from the end of last year up...
National strategy for a sustainable ocean economy
Objective 2: Reduce threats from impacts of climate change, ocean acidification, overfishing, habitat loss, and pollution Climate change, ocean acidification, and pollution such as marine...
Turning the tide: ocean climate action next steps
Ahead of World Oceans Day 2024 on June 8, the Center for the Blue Economy in partnership with more than 60 marine and environmental organizations...
State of the Ocean Report 2024
Read the report. The UNESCO State of the Ocean Report offers insights on ocean-related scientific activities and analyses describing the current and future state of...
Ocean acidification: a roadmap for progress at the World Ocean Summit
In 2024, the World Ocean Summit returned to Lisbon for its 11th year, bringing together a cross-section of global stakeholders to discuss how to continue building an...
Policy brief: Ocean acidification poses another threat to the Baltic Sea ecosystem
In the coming decades, ocean acidification is expected to become significant also in the Baltic Sea. For an already stressed ecosystem, it represents an additional...
Code Blue: our oceans in crisis
In Australia, our love of the ocean is truly profound - most of us live near the coast, we surf it, camp by it, we...
Ocean acidification: time for action
The role of action plans in tackling a mounting ocean crisis INTRODUCTION The world is waking up to the threat that ocean acidification (OA)—a rise...
New edition of the “OA-ICC Highlights”, May – September 2023
The new edition of the “OA-ICC Highlights” summarizes the project’s main activities and achievements over the period May - September 2023. This time our newsletter features...
MEASO Summary for Policymakers 2023
The five-year MEASO process was designed following a blueprint similar to that of an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) working group. MEASO serves as...
Model development to assess carbon fluxes during shell formation in blue mussels
Newsletters and reportsSciencebiogeochemistrybiological responsecalcificationindividualmodelingmodelingmorphology
In order to quantify the amount of carbonate, precipitated as calcium-carbonate in the shells of blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) in a temperate climate, an existing...
Chapter 4: ocean chemistry – Irish Ocean Climate And Ecosystem Status Report 2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to the atmosphere have increased inexorably since the industrial revolution, due to fossil fuel combustion, cement production and land-use change. This...
New edition of the “OA-ICC Highlights”, December 2022 – April 2023
The new edition of the “OA-ICC Highlights” summarizes the project’s main activities and achievements over the period December 2022 - April 2023. This time our...
Applications of ecosystem risk assessment in federal fisheries to advance ecosystem-based fisheries management
Executive Summary Managing U.S. federal fisheries often requires considering complex interactions among fisheries, protected species, habitats, and other ecosystem components, including humans and climate. In...
The NOAA ocean acidification program 2023 community meeting summary report
From January 4-6, 2023 the NOAA Ocean Acidification Program (OAP) convened the OAP Community Meeting at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, CA....
OSPAR Quality Status report 2023: Ocean Acidification
Every year the ocean absorbs at least a quarter of the carbon dioxide (CO2) released to the atmosphere from burning of fossil fuels, cement production...
The December WIOMSA Newsbrief is out!
We are delighted to announce that the December issue of the WIOMSA Newsbrief has been published. This issue of the Newsbrief features WIOMSA at COP...
Review predicts big climate change impact on some marine mammals
A new DOC report predicts that climate change could have a major impact on some of New Zealand’s marine mammals. Read the report Co-authored by...
Ocean acidification assessment
This report summarises data and analysis methods for ocean acidification data from the Munida Time Series over the period 1998-2020 and the New Zealand Ocean...
New edition of the “OA-ICC Highlights”, March – July 2022
The new edition of the “OA-ICC Highlights”, our newsletter, summarizes the project’s main activities and achievements over the period March - July 2022. This newsletter...
OA-ICC publishes new policy briefing based on latest IPCC reports
The International Atomic Energy Agency's OA-ICC (Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre) published a new resource today, titled "Ocean Acidification: The Evidence is Clear. The Time...
Ocean acidification in the Arctic: scientific and governance responses
Summary Noting the early response of Arctic environments to global environmental change, this Fact Sheet outlines high rates of ocean acidification experienced in Arctic waters...
Ocean and climate synergies – from ocean warming to rising sea levels
This working paper compiles major impacts of climate change on the ocean, focusing on ocean warming, rising sea levels and ocean acidification. It compiles the...
State of the ocean report 2022: pilot edition
This pilot edition of the State of the Ocean Report (StOR) was proposed and developed to demonstrate the feasibility of keeping the world up to...
The United Nations Ocean Conference, 27 June -1 July 2022, Lisbon, Portugal, briefing
Pollution, ecosystem decline, climate impacts and overfishing threaten the health of the world’s ocean. The 2022 Ocean Conference provides an opportunity to strengthen synergies among...
