Sentences with phrase «acidification continues»

If ocean acidification continues at the current rate, many species at the bottom of the food chain, as well as corals, could face extinction.

With the BIOACID II project, German research on ocean acidification continues its international top position.

«The information will be especially useful as climate change and ocean acidification continue to alter our environment in unpredictable ways.»

Piercy's recent research shows that the future ocean may be a lot quieter than our current if overfishing and ocean acidification continue to take a toll on the reefs that support the symphony of life.

The Statement also highlighted that long - term indicators of climate change such as increasing carbon dioxide concentrations, sea level rise and ocean acidification continue «unabated», with Arctic sea ice coverage remaining below average and the previously stable Antarctic sea ice extent at or near a record low.

Not exact matches

Because GABA is so ubiquitous, Munday fears that ocean acidification could cause sensory and behavioral problems for many sea creatures if global CO2 levels continue to rise.

Human - caused climate change, ocean acidification and species extinctions may eventually threaten the collapse of civilization, according to some scientists, while other people argue that for political or economic reasons we should allow industrial development to continue without restrictions.

As waters to continue to warm and ocean acidification changes the chemistry of Earth's marine systems, corals, and the incredible diversity of life they support, are at risk of vanishing.

Some approaches that would cool the atmosphere, for example, would still allow the continued acidification of the oceans.

With the human population continuing to rise by 75 million or more per year and with torrid economic growth in much of the developing world, the burdens of deforestation, pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, species extinction, ocean acidification and other massive threats intensify.

The shift will continue towards «Ocean Acidification», «Loss of Diversity» and any other «measured impact» that can conceivably keep the gravy train rolling onwards.

The continued reduction in the extent of sea ice in the Arctic is expected to lead to increased photosynthetic primary production and POC flux there (Jones et al., 2014), which could benefit fauna whose energetic demands increase as a result of ocean acidification (e.g., calcifying taxa).

Science communication efforts and collaborations between scientists and educators are growing in number and effectiveness as the ocean acidification field continues to grow.

Ocean acidification represents one of the most serious long - term threats to coral reef ecosystems and will continue through this century, irrespective of progress in reducing emissions due to the amount of carbon dioxide already in the atmosphere.

From his own research in chemical oceanography, along with data from a number of recent studies, Weber points out that some negative consequences of greenhouse gas emissions and warming «are manifesting faster than previously predicted,» including ocean acidification and oxygen loss, which are expected to affect «a large fraction of marine species if current trends continue unchecked.»

However, continued ocean acidification is causing many parts of the ocean to become undersaturated with these types of calcium carbonate, thus adversely affecting the ability of some organisms to produce and maintain their shells.

The WMO also says long - term signs of climate change, such as growing carbon dioxide concentrations, sea level rise and ocean acidification, continue unabated.

Continue reading «The complex effects of ocean acidification on the prominent N2 - fixing cyanobacterium Trichodesmium»

They may have crossed a tipping point due to increasing ocean acidification, raising the alarm that climate change impacts in the ocean are continuing to happen at a much quicker pace than scientists previously suspected.

Continue reading «On the wrong track: ocean acidification attracts larval fish to irrelevant environmental cues»

Continue reading «Seagrass habitat metabolism increases short - term extremes and long - term offset of CO2 under future ocean acidification»

Continue reading «Differential behavioural responses to venlafaxine exposure route, warming and acidification in juvenile fish (Argyrosomus regius)»

Continue reading «Influence of ocean acidification on elemental mass balances and particulate organic matter stoichiometry in natural plankton communities `

Continue reading «Trans ‐ life cycle acclimation to experimental ocean acidification affects gastric pH homeostasis and larval recruitment in the sea star Asterias rubens»

Continue reading «Behavioural responses of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) to CO2 - induced ocean acidification: would krill really notice?»

To continue its striking development, ocean acidification research needs to bridge between its diverging branches towards an integrated assessment.

Raised CO2 in aquatic systems can also lead to physiological stress, difficulty in building calcareous shells etc. (as will happen if atmospheric CO2 continues to build up beyond around 700ppm - the so called ocean acidification effect).

Today's seas continue to face these threats, as well as from habitat destruction, warming and ocean acidification.

I think we have little time left to reduce emissions globally to the level required to avoid the climate and ocean acidification ramifications of continued and accelerated emissions.

I suppose that if all uncertainties are resolved in the direction of lower risk, we just might get away with BAU for the next few decades without a complete disaster (though continued sea level rise, ocean acidification and 2 degrees Celsius actually sound pretty risky to me, and the risk that there are other factors in play seems to be reinforced by paleo data on glacial - interglacial transitions).

The study sheds new light on the robustness of some marine species and the relative resilience of marine biodiversity should atmospheric CO2 continue to cause ocean acidification....

There are continuing major questions about the future of the great ice sheets of Greenland and West Antarctica; the thawing of vast deposits of frozen methane; changes in the circulation patterns of the North Atlantic; the potential for runaway warming; and the impacts of ocean carbonization and acidification.

Ocean acidification is a continuing problem that will get worse though.

The diverse pattern of poorly understood biotic responses to ocean acidification found thus far makes it problematic to reliably predict the ecological and biogeochemical changes that will result from continued oceanic uptake of anthropogenic CO2.

Today, the one - two punch of climate change and ocean acidification, combined with continued illegal poaching, is driving this species toward extinction.

Many studies have demonstrated the risks that ocean acidification pose to marine organisms, such as coral dissolving in more acidic water.6 However, new findings suggest that the August and September time period could be particularly challenging for the earliest life stage of elkhorn coral — an important reef - forming coral of the Caribbean — if we continue on a path of high carbon dioxide emissions.5 Ordinarily each August or September elkhorn corals flood the water with eggs and sperm (gametes) for sexual reproduction.2

Congressman McNerney knows that investing in a domestic workforce for clean tech will help ensure that that U.S. workers and the U.S. economy are able to benefit from continued growth in green jobs, and that bringing clean energies to scale will address ocean acidification, perhaps the biggest threat to ocean health worldwide.

«Like climate change, ocean acidification is a growing global problem that will intensify with continued carbon dioxide emissions and has the potential to change marine ecosystems and affect benefits to society,» the report said.

«Even if Paris is wildly successful, ocean warming and ocean acidification are going to continue beyond the end of this century.»

In light of such uncertainty, Eyre said, the best course of action is to continue working to slow ocean acidification, and climate change generally, before its effects grow too much worse.

As we continue to blow past records for atmospheric carbon concentrations, ocean acidification, species extinction and temperature extremes, it is hard to see the attempt as anything but a failure.

That latest number is the expected acidification for the end of this century according to IPCC 4AR, a theoretical scenario and a dangerously often quoted underestimation... Continue reading →

Ocean acidification will severely impair coral reef growth before the end of the century if carbon dioxide emissions continue unchecked, according to new research on Australia's Great Barrier Reef led by Carnegie's Ken Caldeira and the California Academy of Sciences» Rebecca Albright.

From the atmospheric temperature rise to the acidification of the sea, from ice thickness and extent to sea levels, we really need to continue to know what is going on.

If global warming continues unchecked, it will cause significant climate change, a rise in sea levels, increasing ocean acidification, extreme weather events and other severe natural and societal impacts, according to NASA, the EPA and other scientific and governmental bodies.

As our ocean chemistry continues to change, we will educate decision makers about ocean acidification and encourage the planting Ocean Friendly Gardens to create «living soils» that trap carbon and reduce nutrient runoff.

If current ocean acidification trends continue, coral reefs are expected to become increasingly rare in areas where they are now common, including most U.S. waters, the EPA reports.

The acidification has already been measured, and if the increasing CO2 trend continues it would come to pose a serious extinction threat to major classes of marine organisms, including corals.

I should add that I've suggested to Dr. Curry that it would be informative to have an expert guest post on ocean acidification, given its potential implications for marine biology as CO2 continues to rise.

Washington, DC — Ocean acidification will severely impair coral reef growth before the end of the century if carbon dioxide emissions continue unchecked, according to new research on Australia's Great...