Reports and Newsletters
Non-peer reviewed reports on ocean acidification, newsletters from ocean acidification focused organizations, and related announcements
Measuring coastal acidification using in situ sensors in the National Estuary Program
Estuaries and coastal areas are highly vulnerable to the impacts of acidification on shellfish, coral reefs, fisheries, and the commercial and recreational industries that they...
Plastic and toxic chemical induced ocean acidification will cause a plankton crisis that will devastate humanity over the next 25 Years, unless we act now to stop the pollution
Planktonic plants and animals at the base of the marine food chain make all life on Earth possible. Without them the atmosphere would be toxic...
A sea of change: Europe’s future in the Atlantic realm
Foreword However cold it may seem to some of us in a Scandinavian winter, northern Europe enjoys a relatively mild regional climate for our latitude,...
Ocean Acidification Community of Practice: quarterly newsletter – June 2021
Our newest Quarterly Newsletter (June, 2021) has arrived and is full of exciting updates, including a call for collaborators on our Letter of Intent for the...
New edition of the “OA-ICC Highlights”, January-April 2021
The new edition of the “OA-ICC Highlights”, our newsletter, summarizes the project’s main activities and achievements over the period January-April 2021. This newsletter highlights a...
Integrated ocean carbon research: a summary of ocean carbon research, and vision of coordinated ocean carbon research and observations for the next decade
The Integrated Ocean Carbon Research (IOC-R) programme is a formal working group of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) that was formed in 2018 in response...
Climate change and ocean acidification – a looming crisis for Europe’s cetaceans
Climate-related changes, including increased sea surface temperature (SST), decreasing ice cover, rising sea levels and changes in ocean circulation, salinity, rainfall patterns, storm frequency, wind...
A critical analysis of the ocean effects of carbon dioxide removal via direct air and ocean capture – is it a safe and sustainable solution?
Executive Summary Catalyzed by the 2015 Paris Agreement, there are numerous initiatives for policies and sciencebased solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to achieve...
Climate change impacts on corals in the UK overseas territories of BIOT and the Pitcairn Islands
BIOT The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) consists of five atolls of low-lying islands, including the largest atoll in the world, Great Chagos Bank, and...
Global climate indicators: ocean heat content, acidification, deoxygenation and blue carbon
WMO has published annual State of the Global Climate reports since 1993. In 2020, it published a five-year climate report for 2015 to 2019 incorporating...
How to save the oceans and fight climate change
There is one good thing that has come out of Covid. With no tourists causing extra wastewater pollution, sunbathing or swimming off beaches, we are...
Science in brief: OMAI – assessing acidification in the Baltic
Monitoring and scientific basis Anthropogenic CO2 emissions will – unless reduced – move the Baltic Sea towards a state where acidification leads to changes in...
Report on the ocean acidification crisis in Massachusetts
Since the industrial revolution, the world’s oceans have become increasingly acidic. The main drivers of ocean acidification in Massachusetts are (1) global increases in atmospheric...
Futureproofing the green-lipped mussel aquaculture industry against ocean acidification
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Two mitigation strategies – waste shell and aeration – were tested in field experiments to see how effective they are at mitigating acidification around mussel farms. This report outlines the results...
Ecosystem status report of the California current for 2019–20: a summary of ecosystem indicators compiled by the California current integrated ecosystem assessment team (CCIEA)
This document is an expansion of the ecosystem status report (ESR) provided by the California Current Integrated Ecosystem Assessment Team (CCIEA Team) to the Pacific...
New edition of the “OA-ICC Highlights”, April – July 2020
The new edition of the “OA-ICC Highlights” summarizes the project’s main activities and achievements over the period April-July 2020. This newsletter highlights a side event...
New edition of the “Ocean Acidification Report” by Global Ocean Health
The “Ocean Acidification Report” is a timely compilation of news from the front lines of ocean acidification research, legislation, resources, and profiles from the waterfront....
Actes du Colloque: acidification des océans : conséquences sur les écosystèmes et les activités humaines (in French)
Qu’est-ce que l’acidification des océans ? Quelles en seront les conséquences potentielles sur les activités économiques ? Comment réagir ? Telles sont les questions qui...
New edition of the “OA-ICC Highlights”, January – March 2020
The new edition of the “OA-ICC Highlights” summarizes the project’s main activities and achievements over the period January - March 2020. This newsletter highlights a...
Emerging ocean acidification threatens Baltic Sea ecosystems
More jellyfish but fewer mussels – the expected spread of ocean acidification can have major effects on species composition in the Baltic Sea. It may...
New edition of the “OA-ICC Highlights”, October – December 2019
The new edition of the “OA-ICC Highlights” summarizes the project’s main activities and achievements over the period October – December 2019. This newsletter highlights the...
An annual update on the state of ocean acidification science in Alaska – 2019 update
What is Ocean Acidification? Scientists estimate that the ocean is 30% more acidic today than it was 300 years ago, traceable to increasing levels of...
Monitoring ocean acidification in Norwegian seas in 2018
This is the annual report from 2018 based on the program: ‘Monitoring ocean acidification in Norwegian waters’ funded by the Norwegian Environment Agency. The measurements...
Opportunities for increasing ocean action in climate strategies
The global ocean is warming, acidifying and losing oxygen, and sea level is rising. As a result, keystone species and ecosystems such as warm-water coral...
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) releases its Special Report on the Ocean and the Cryosphere in a Changing Climate
The new IPCC Special Report, released today, is the first IPCC Report to focus on the role of the ocean in the global climate and...
