Ocean Acidification

Date – Wednesday, February 11, 2026 | 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Location – Virtual Event
Contact – Tanya Torres | tatorres@ucsd.edu

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OPC and California Sea Grant provided $2.5 million to fund three research projects addressing ocean acidification and hypoxia (OAH) in coastal California. These projects were selected though a competitive research call to address OAH research, monitoring, and synthesis priorities. Click here for more information about these projects.

Furthermore, OPC funded the Southern California Coastal Water Resource Project (SCCWRP) to expand and integrate biological measurements into ongoing OAH monitoring programs. Results from these four projects will ultimately provide state resource management agencies and local jurisdictions with data necessary to protect marine biodiversity and water quality, advance coastal adaptation efforts, and support climate-ready fisheries.

Moderator: Sophie Clayton

Wednesday, 26th February 2025 | 15:00 (CET) 14:00 (GMT)

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As we continue to emit large amounts of CO₂ into the atmosphere, the portion that is absorbed into the ocean through natural processes shifts the pH down to more acidic levels – this is what we term ‘Ocean Acidification’. 

Despite decades of research on the topic, we are still discovering new ways in which Ocean Acidification impacts key marine biota – this webinar will explore Ocean Acidification impacts on biological aspects of the marine carbon cycle; the Biological Carbon Pump and Cold-water corals in the deep sea.

Register now and take this unique opportunity to deepen your understanding of Ocean Carbon and engage with scientist currently working in this important field including Sophie Clayton, Delon Earle, and Sarah Cryer. 

Event Dates: 2025-02-25

Location: Online, 11:00 am AKST

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Ocean acidification is a growing topic of interest and concern for Alaska communities. Alaska has been identified as a hotspot, and the effects of ocean acidification are likely to have serious implications for fisheries, food security and the economy. Researchers with the University of Alaska Fairbanks and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are monitoring ocean acidification in coastal waters around Alaska, and are also exploring ecological and socio-economic impacts. In recent years, Tribes, coastal communities and industry groups have joined the monitoring effort. The Alaska Ocean Acidification Network brings together these diverse entities and more to share and expand the understanding of ocean acidification processes and consequences, as well as explore potential adaptation and mitigation strategies. These conversations include “what is the data telling us and how can it help to inform local community decisions?” This presentation will include a refresher on ocean acidification, the primary information needs voiced by Alaskans, and what we’ve learned from recent research and monitoring about conditions and species response.

Arctic Research Consortium of the United States, 4 February 2025. More information.

Date: 5 September 2024

Time: 1:00 pm ET

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Next up in MACAN’s webinar series, Pierre St-Laurent and Marjy Friedrichs from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science will guide you through the new “Digital Atlas for Physical and Biogeochemical Conditions in the Chesapeake Bay.” Join us Sept. 5 at 1 p.m. to learn how local stakeholders, managers, students and researchers can effectively use four decades of information about the carbonate chemistry, biogeochemistry and hydrodynamics of the Chesapeake Bay with different software programs. This tutorial will cover the creation of new visualizations as well as a few real-life applications.