Reports and Newsletters
Non-peer reviewed reports on ocean acidification, newsletters from ocean acidification focused organizations, and related announcements
Impacts of climate change on fisheries and aquaculture – synthesis of current knowledge, adaptation and mitigation options
The 2015 Paris Climate Agreement recognizes the need for effective and progressive responses to the urgent threat of climate change, through mitigation and adaptation measures,...
An assessment of MOSJ: the state of the marine climate system around Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Svalbard’s climate is strongly influenced by the adjacent seas. Late-summer measurements collected over the last 52 years show that the temperature of warm Atlantic water...
EPA guidelines for measuring changes in seawater pH and associated carbonate chemistry in coastal environments of the eastern United States
These guidelines are written for a variety of audiences ranging from shellfish growers interested in monitoring pH with inexpensive equipment to citizen monitoring groups to...
Ocean acidification – what to measure and what to report?
The aim of SDG 14 is to “conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources”, and it encompasses 10 targets. The Global Ocean...
Effects of climate change on ocean acidification relevant to the Pacific Islands
Ocean acidification has the potential to significantly impact Pacific Island ecosystems and the ecosystem services they provide. There is compelling evidence that the ocean has...
A climate science regional action plan for the Gulf of Alaska
NOAA Fisheries recently developed a Climate Science Strategy (NCCS, Link et al. 2015; Busch et al. 2017) to meet the demand for scientific information to...
Ocean risk and the insurance industry
A diverse array of ocean-related phenomena occur today and more are expected to emerge in the future as ocean risk evolves in response to the...
Call for expert review: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (SROCC)
Experts are invited to offer comments and suggestions to the author teams of the First Order Draft of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special...
New edition of the “OA-ICC Highlights”, January – March 2018
The new edition of the “OA-ICC Highlights” summarizes the project’s main activities and achievements over the period January - March 2018. The content is structured around the ...
Ocean connections: an introduction to rising risks from a warming, changing ocean
Ocean risk: the challenges a warming, changing ocean presents to humanity and life on earth. The ocean on which Earth depends for relatively predictable weather,...
New edition of the Global Ocean Health OA report
Global Ocean Health, a program of the National Fisheries Conservation Center, just released a new edition of their “Ocean Acidification Report”. In this issue you...
Update to SDG14.3 Voluntary Committment: Enhancing global ocean acidification monitoring and research by GOA-ON
Update from 25 January 2018: GOA-ON contributes to the Sustainable Development Goals and the 2030 Agenda The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted in September...
New edition of the “OA-ICC Highlights”, October – December 2017
The new edition of the “OA-ICC Highlights” summarizes the project’s main activities and achievements over the period October – December 2017. We have adopted a new format which...
Ocean acidification and carbon dioxide uptake in the global ocean
The ocean acts as a large sink for anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2), and the continuous oceanic uptake of CO2 has changed the chemical properties of...
Emerging understanding of seagrass and kelp as an ocean acidification management tool in California
This report communicates emerging scientific understanding of the ability of seagrass and kelp to ameliorate ocean acidification (OA) in a California-specific context. It provides guidance...
Partnering for a sustainable ocean – the role of regional ocean governance in implementing Sustainable Development Goal 14
In this report, two sets of case studies provide a detailed exploration of the contribution that regional approaches to ocean sustainability can make. Selected to...
Oceans of impact: challenges to actions
The ocean covers nearly three quarters of the Earth’s surface, contains 96% of its living space, harbours enormous biological and genetic diversity, provides around half...
New Zealand’s environmental reporting series: environmental indicators – ocean acidification
Our oceans have become more acidic by absorbing and storing the high levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted mainly from human activities. Ocean acidification...
New edition of the “OA-ICC Highlights”, July – September 2017
The new edition of the “OA-ICC Highlights” summarizes the project’s main activities and achievements over the period July – September 2017. The information is structured around the OA-ICC...
Dem Ozeanwandel auf der Spur BIOACID – Biologische Auswirkungen von Ozeanversauerung (in German)
Als „das andere Kohlendioxid-Problem“, als „böser kleiner Bruder der Erwärmung“ und, zusammen mit Temperaturanstieg und Sauerstoffverlust, als Teileines „tödlichen Trios“ ist die Ozeanversauerung bekannt geworden...
Exploring ocean change: BIOACID – Biological Impacts of Ocean Acidification
“The other carbon dioxide problem”, “the evil twin of global warming”, or part of a “deadly trio”, together with increasing temperatures and loss of oxygen:...
9 basic pHactoids about ocean acidification
The ocean is the beating, swirling heart of Earth’s climate system. Just as the heart circulates blood and regulates body temperature, the ocean regulates the...
Monitoring ocean change in the 21st century
Time series data sets, which contain measurements repeated over a span of decades, yield important insights into our oceans’ vital signs. Ocean temperature and chemistry...
Future of the sea: ocean acidification
This report summarises evidence of the changes to and drivers of ocean acidification. It explores the current and future impacts of acidification on: marine life and...
Increase resilience to climate change and ocean acidification
Provide training opportunities to Tokelauans to increase their understanding of the impacts of climate change, the predicted range of changes that will occur, including uncertainties...
