The ocean is getting more and more acidic. Can we solve it by emptying a giant bottle of antacid into the ocean? No… but the idea of lowering the ocean’s acidity in order to decrease global carbon dioxide levels isn’t all bad. Let’s dive into the science behind ocean alkalinization, and how it could be one part of a larger solution to our global climate crisis.
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Is there a quick fix for ocean acidification?
Published 17 April 2024 Educational Materials , Resources ClosedTags: resource, video
Ocean acidification: exploring the “silent” impact of climate change
Published 21 November 2023 Resources , Web sites and blogs ClosedTags: podcast, resource
In this episode of the How to Protect the Ocean podcast, host Andrew Lewin discusses the often overlooked consequence of climate change: ocean acidification. He explains what ocean acidification is, its impact on the oceans, and explores potential solutions. This important issue is rarely discussed in the media, making it crucial for listeners to be informed and take action.
Link to article: https://greencoast.org/ocean-acidification-solutions/
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In this episode, the host discusses the significance of utilizing alternative modes of transportation, such as walking, cycling, or public transport, to decrease carbon emissions from cars. The host emphasizes that these alternative transportation methods not only benefit the environment but also promote personal health.
While the host acknowledges that electric vehicles (EVs) are a viable option for transportation since they don’t consume fossil fuels and therefore don’t contribute to carbon emissions, they also encourage the use of walking, cycling, or public transport. These options are not only environmentally friendly but also promote physical activity and overall well-being.
Furthermore, the host highlights the concept of reducing food miles as a means to minimize transportation-related carbon emissions. They suggest consuming locally grown foods and eating locally, as most meals in the US travel over 1,500 miles to reach consumers. By purchasing and consuming local and seasonal food, individuals can reduce the energy and CO2 emissions associated with food transportation.
Overall, the episode emphasizes the importance of utilizing alternative modes of transportation, such as walking, cycling, or public transport, to reduce carbon emissions from cars. It also promotes the idea of eating locally and consuming locally grown foods to minimize transportation-related carbon emissions.
In this episode, the host emphasizes the significance of eating locally grown foods as a way to reduce the transportation of food and the associated carbon emissions. The host explains that most meals in the US travel over 1,500 miles to reach our plates, and this transportation by road, rail, or air consumes energy and releases CO2, with air freight being the most polluting. By choosing to eat locally, such as shopping at farmer’s markets or local groceries, individuals can significantly reduce the distance that food needs to travel.
Continue reading ‘Ocean acidification: exploring the “silent” impact of climate change’The threat of ocean acidification: what you need to know (audio & video)
Published 30 March 2023 Presentations , Resources , Web sites and blogs ClosedTags: resource, video, video/audio
Ocean acidification is a topic that has been gaining more attention in recent years, and for good reason. It is a serious threat to the health and well-being of our oceans, and ultimately to the survival of countless species that call the ocean home.
In this video, we will explore what ocean acidification is, how it occurs, and the impacts it has on the environment. We will also discuss the primary drivers of ocean acidification, including the burning of fossil fuels and other human activities that release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
Through stunning visuals and clear explanations, we will delve into the science behind ocean acidification and why it is such a critical issue. We will also examine what steps can be taken to mitigate its effects and preserve the health of our oceans for future generations.
Whether you are a student, scientist, or concerned citizen, this video will provide a comprehensive overview of ocean acidification and its implications. Join us on this journey to understand one of the greatest challenges facing our planet today.
Continue reading ‘The threat of ocean acidification: what you need to know (audio & video)’GOA-ON webinar: mediterranean calcifying organisms under ocean acidification and warming (audio & video)
Published 31 January 2023 Presentations , Resources ClosedTags: resource, video, video/audio
Dr. Chloe Carbonne (Laboratory of Oceanography of Villefranche, Sorbonne University, Villefranche-sur-Mer, France) and Maximiliano Szkope (University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain) will be presenting their work on calcifying organisms in the Mediterranean Sea under the effects of ocean acidification and warming.
Continue reading ‘GOA-ON webinar: mediterranean calcifying organisms under ocean acidification and warming (audio & video)’Ove Hoegh-Guldberg | coral reefs: from climate victims to survivors (video & text)
Published 20 December 2022 Presentations , Resources ClosedTags: resource, video, video/audio
Prof Ove Hoegh-Guldberg was among the first to sound the alarm of the threat posed by ocean warming and acidification to marine ecosystems, following pioneering research into coral bleaching and mortality.
In his 29 November keynote at the Frontiers Forum, Ove gave an update on coral reef health globally and an outlook for the future. The session was attended by over 1,500 representatives from science, policy, and business across the world.
Ove’s talk was followed by a discussion with renowned coral scientists on how to protect and restore reefs so they flourish for centuries to come:
- Prof Maoz Fine | Professor, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
- Lisa Carne | Director/Founder, Fragments of Hope, Belize
- Dr Nancy Knowlton | Sant Chair for Marine Science Emerita, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, USA
Ove led the team that revealed the molecular mechanisms of coral bleaching and developed the first projections of mass coral mortality. He heads global research, discussions, and action on the science and solutions to rapid climate change – including as Coordinating Lead Author for the ‘Oceans’ chapter for the Fifth Assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Coordinating Lead Author on the ‘Impacts’ chapter of the IPCC Special Report on 1.5°C. He also conceived and led the innovative XL-Catlin Seaview Survey, which visually recorded the health of over 1,000 km of coral reefs across 25 countries. Ove is Professor of Marine Studies at the University of Queensland, Australia.
The Frontiers Forum showcases science-led solutions for healthy lives on a healthy planet. Watch previous sessions at https://forum.frontiersin.org
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Continue reading ‘Ove Hoegh-Guldberg | coral reefs: from climate victims to survivors (video & text)’An ocean crisis in the making (video & text)
Published 8 December 2022 General Articles , Resources , Web sites and blogs ClosedTags: article, resource, video
As the ocean absorbs ever more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, the pH level in many of its seawaters is falling. In other words, their acidity is increasing.
Ocean acidification poses an existential threat to many forms of marine life, and thus to food chains, livelihoods and economies. What is it, and what can we do to avoid its worst impacts?
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Continue reading ‘An ocean crisis in the making (video & text)’Ocean acidification lessons: making a rainbow of pH (video)
Published 7 December 2022 Educational Materials , Resources ClosedTags: education, resource, video
Ocean Acidification Lessons: Making a Rainbow of pH
Continue reading ‘Ocean acidification lessons: making a rainbow of pH (video)’Ocean acidification lessons: shell shifts (video)
Published 29 November 2022 Educational Materials , Resources ClosedTags: education, resource, video, video/audio
Ocean Acidification Lessons: Shell Shifts
Continue reading ‘Ocean acidification lessons: shell shifts (video)’Ocean acidification lessons: understanding oceans and coastal acidification (video)
Published 28 November 2022 Educational Materials , Resources ClosedTags: education, resource, video, video/audio
Ocean acidification adaptation and resilience in Africa (video)
Published 14 November 2022 Events , Presentations , Resources ClosedTags: resource, video, video/audio
Coastal communities in many African countries rely heavily on the sea for economic, social, and nutritional services. Ocean acidification has the potential to negatively affect marine ecosystems important to these communities. The losses would be alarming for the African continent. The IAEA is working with local, regional and international partners to understand and undress potential impacts and solutions to ocean acidification in Africa.
Continue reading ‘Ocean acidification adaptation and resilience in Africa (video)’Behavioural responses of fish to high CO2/low pH conditions observed at natural analogues (video & text)
Published 4 November 2022 Presentations , Resources ClosedTags: resource, video, video/audio, webinar recording
Prof Tim Ravasi and Dr Davide Spatafora present their research on how the molecular basis and behavioural adjustments reveal potential local adaptation to acidifying oceans, a lesson from natural analogues, the second webinar from the International CO2 Natural Analogues (ICONA) Network. The first response by animals to a changing environment is predominantly through modification of their behaviour. In this context, investigating behavioural responses of fish living under low-pH/high-CO2 conditions (e.g. off volcanic seep sites) may contribute to a better understanding of how marine species might adjust or adapt to environmental conditions under projected ocean change scenarios. We carried out field-based observations and translocation experiments in the Vulcano island natural CO2 seep (southern Italy) to assess whether there is evidence for local behavioural adaptation and/or acclimatization of fish after long and short-term exposure to ocean acidification conditions predicted to occur by the end of this century. The responses of two temperate fish species, characterized by a limited home range, have been investigated and compared between fish from low-pH/high pCO2 sites and fish from control sites. Furthermore, understanding the molecular underpinnings responsible for acclimatization to acidified waters, by means of an integrated study of the brain transcriptional program of wild fish species, can elucidate on the variation in responses. We collected 130 individuals of six different reef fish species from a natural volcanic CO2 seep and nearby control reefs in Papua New Guinea. Differences in brain gene expression in fish from CO2 seeps compared to fish from control sites as well as differences among species identified the molecular pathways controlling the cellular responses to elevated CO2. These studies provide a broader understanding as to the behavioural and molecular alterations crucial for coping with naturally elevated CO2 conditions.
Continue reading ‘Behavioural responses of fish to high CO2/low pH conditions observed at natural analogues (video & text)’Symposium High CO2 – Lima (audio & video)
Published 28 October 2022 Presentations , Resources ClosedTags: presentation, resource, video, video/audio
All presentations from the 5th International Symposium on the Ocean in a High CO2 World (13-16 September 2022) have been posted on the Symposium YouTube channel. All talks are labeled by day, room and theme of participation. The description of each video lists the presentations captured in each video.
Plenary talks will always remain available indefinitely and other talks will be available for one month only.
Continue reading ‘Symposium High CO2 – Lima (audio & video)’Highlighting ocean acidification on the sustainability tour with Manel Bustelo and Alana Alvarez Vernice (audio)
Published 28 October 2022 Presentations , Resources , Web sites and blogs ClosedTags: audio, resource
In this podcast Melanie Boylan chats with Manuel Bustelo and Alana Alvarez Vernice about their ongoing mission to highlight ocean acidification. Listen in to find out how you can help to make everyday changes to improve our planets oceans.
The Sustainable Tour is DAN EU’s project to raise awareness of the need to drastically reduce our CO2 emissions if we want to maintain a healthy ocean. Manu and Alana are touring Europe and its surroundings (UK and Ireland in 2022) in an electric vehicle – recharging it only with renewable energy – visiting dive centres and other interested parties to give lectures on ocean acidification.
Continue reading ‘Highlighting ocean acidification on the sustainability tour with Manel Bustelo and Alana Alvarez Vernice (audio)’Two poles, one common future – Richard Bellerby: ocean acidification (video & text)
Published 17 October 2022 Presentations , Resources ClosedTags: resource, video, video/audio
In a series of short video interviews, the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation together with its partners in The Polar Initiative – SCAR, IASC and the Oceanographic Institute of Monaco – invited polar scientists and specialists to give a voice to polar regions, calling for a greater protection of Arctic and Antarctic regions and for shedding a light on the benefit they represent for the Planet and Humanity.
Richard Bellerby, Director SKLEC-NIVA Centre for Marine and Coastal Climate Research, states that “ocean acidification is one of the biggest challenges that we have to date (…), that will cause the local if not total extinction of some crucial species within the ocean.” According to him, “we have get the message out”, to the media and to the general public, as it is happening faster than ever before.
Visit https://www.thepolarinitiative.org/ for more information.
Continue reading ‘Two poles, one common future – Richard Bellerby: ocean acidification (video & text)’Emisión en directo de symposium high CO2 – Lima (video) (in Spanish)
Published 23 September 2022 Presentations , Resources ClosedTags: resource, video, video/audio
Emisión en directo de symposium high CO2 – Lima (video) (in Spanish)
Published 22 September 2022 Presentations , Resources ClosedTags: resource, video, video/audio
This is CDR ep.49: MRV for ocean-based CDR methods with Dr. Jessica Cross, NOAA (video & text)
Published 22 September 2022 Presentations , Resources ClosedTags: resource, video, video/audio
In this episode of This Is CDR, OpenAir welcomes NOAA Research Oceanographer Dr. Jessica Cross to discuss the challenges associated with measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) of ocean-based CDR methods, and how we can seek to address them in a climate-relevant time-frame.
About our Guest. – https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/people/dr-j…
Dr. Jessica N. Cross is a research oceanographer with the NOAA in Seattle, WA. Her current research focuses on carbon biogeochemistry and ocean acidification in Arctic regions, and especially along the Alaskan coast. The main goal is to better understand how acidification processes interact with natural biogeochemical cycles, and eventually to detect geochemical and biological impacts of acidification in marine systems. Dr. Cross conducts her research across a variety of platforms, including ship-based measurements, moorings, and mobile autonomous platforms like gliders and drones, through NOAA’s Innovative Technology for Arctic Exploration Program. She also broadly participates in the Arctic research community through the North American Carbon Program, the Ocean Carbon Biogeochemistry Program, the Pacific Arctic Group, and the Interagency Research Policy Committee collaboration teams.
Continue reading ‘This is CDR ep.49: MRV for ocean-based CDR methods with Dr. Jessica Cross, NOAA (video & text)’An interactive planetary boundaries systems thinking learning tool to integrate sustainability into the chemistry curriculum
Published 21 September 2022 Science ClosedTags: education, resource, tool/toolkit
Sustainability has a molecular basis that suggests a central role for chemistry in addressing today’s challenges to Earth and societal systems, and this role requires educators to see chemical reactions and processes as integral parts of dynamic and interconnected systems. Despite this prospect, few accessible resources are available for students and educators to facilitate systems thinking in chemistry for sustainability. We have developed an interactive digital learning tool (https://planetaryboundaries.kcvs.ca) based on the Planetary Boundaries framework, which uses interactive visualizations to help users better understand Earth system sustainability challenges and helps chemists and educators connect substances, reactions, and chemistry concepts to sustainability science. The tool highlights the fundamental role that chemistry plays in regulating the individual biophysical Earth system processes and in determining their control variables. It incorporates key features of a systems thinking framework by illustrating the dynamic interconnections among the processes and their control variables and demonstrates change of the Earth system over time. Finally, the interactive tool provides educators with accessible entry points to support the integration of chemistry curriculum content with sustainability considerations.
Continue reading ‘An interactive planetary boundaries systems thinking learning tool to integrate sustainability into the chemistry curriculum’Emisión en directo de symposium high CO2 – Lima (video) (in Spanish)
Published 21 September 2022 Presentations , Resources ClosedTags: resource, video, video/audio
Emisión en directo de symposium high CO2 – Lima (video) (in Spanish)
Published 20 September 2022 Presentations , Resources ClosedTags: resource, video, video/audio
