According to the two experts,
future ocean acidification research will have to deal with three major challenges: It needs to expand from single to multiple drivers, from single species to communities and ecosystems, and from evaluating acclimation to understanding adaptation.
While the threat of coral bleaching as a result of climate change poses a serious risk to the
future of coral reefs world wide, new
research has found that some baby corals may be able to cope with the negative effects of
ocean acidification.
EPOCA organised this fall, together with the International
Ocean Carbon Coordination Project (IOCCP,) the US Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry Program (OCB), and the Kiel Excellence Cluster «The Future Ocean», an international research workshop on best practices for ocean acidification research (19 - 21 November 2008 in Kiel, Germany; chair: Ulf Riebes
Ocean Carbon Coordination Project (IOCCP,) the US
Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry Program (OCB), and the Kiel Excellence Cluster «The Future Ocean», an international research workshop on best practices for ocean acidification research (19 - 21 November 2008 in Kiel, Germany; chair: Ulf Riebes
Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry Program (OCB), and the Kiel Excellence Cluster «The
Future Ocean», an international research workshop on best practices for ocean acidification research (19 - 21 November 2008 in Kiel, Germany; chair: Ulf Riebes
Ocean», an international
research workshop on best practices for
ocean acidification research (19 - 21 November 2008 in Kiel, Germany; chair: Ulf Riebes
ocean acidification research (19 - 21 November 2008 in Kiel, Germany; chair: Ulf Riebesell).
To make further significant progress in the
future,
ocean acidification research has to integrate the knowledge gained in its three diverging branches — addressing multiple stress factors, competitive and trophic interactions, and adaptation through evolution.
This
research level text is the first to synthesize the very latest understanding of the consequences of
ocean acidification, with the intention of informing both
future research agendas and marine management policy.