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Using funding from the European Space Agency, the researchers, from Europe, the U.S. and India, concluded that using satellite data in this way may be «the most efficient way to monitor the ocean surface» — yet the «potential capabilities of space - based measurements»
in ocean acidification research «remain largely untapped.»
Scientists from six institutions leading
in ocean acidification research summarized the current status of knowledge on evolution in the oceans: Which species are likely to evolve?
A Pier2Peer Science mentor should be active and engaged
in ocean acidification research while at the same time sensitive to the non-traditional views of science that some students may bring to the Network.
Not exact matches
In an unprecedented evolution experiment scientists from GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for
Ocean Research Kiel and the Thünen Institute of Sea Fisheries have demonstrated for the first time, that the single most important calcifying algae of the world's oceans, Emiliania huxleyi, can adapt simultaneously to ocean acidification and rising water temperat
Ocean Research Kiel and the Thünen Institute of Sea Fisheries have demonstrated for the first time, that the single most important calcifying algae of the world's
oceans, Emiliania huxleyi, can adapt simultaneously to
ocean acidification and rising water temperat
ocean acidification and rising water temperatures.
Unless the seepage rate of sequestered carbon dioxide can be held to 1 percent every 1,000 years, overall temperature rise could still reach dangerous levels that cause sea level rise and
ocean acidification, concludes the
research published yesterday
in Nature Geoscience.
Will Howard of the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative
Research Centre
in Hobart has shown that some species of coral have a similar sensitivity to
acidification as foraminifera
in parts of the Southern
Ocean, which are struggling to build their shells.
«These results show that the effect of
ocean acidification on deep - water corals may not be as severe as predicted,» said David Garrison, a program director in the National Science Foundation's Division of Ocean Sciences, which funded the rese
ocean acidification on deep - water corals may not be as severe as predicted,» said David Garrison, a program director
in the National Science Foundation's Division of
Ocean Sciences, which funded the rese
Ocean Sciences, which funded the
research.
All things considered, the NOAA budget released today is «decently healthy,» says Jeff Watters, director of government relations at the
Ocean Conservancy in Washington, D.C. Even some areas that weren't highly funded — for example, ocean acidification research — still received a slight boost over the previous fiscal
Ocean Conservancy
in Washington, D.C. Even some areas that weren't highly funded — for example,
ocean acidification research — still received a slight boost over the previous fiscal
ocean acidification research — still received a slight boost over the previous fiscal year.
New NOAA - led
research maps the distribution of aragonite saturation state
in both surface and subsurface waters of the global
ocean and provides further evidence that
ocean acidification is happening on a global scale.
Prior
research has largely focused on the negative impacts of
ocean acidification on reef growth, but new
research this week from scientists at the Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB), based at the University of Hawai'i — Mānoa (UHM), demonstrates that lower
ocean pH also enhances reef breakdown: a double - whammy for coral reefs
in a changing climate.
Ocean acidification (OA) is spreading rapidly
in the western Arctic
Ocean in both area and depth, according to new interdisciplinary
research in Nature Climate Change by a team of international collaborators, including University of Delaware professor Wei - Jun Cai.
«Biological oceanographers have speculated that early life stages of marine organisms might be particularly sensitive to
ocean acidification, but the underlying mechanisms remain unknown for most species,» says David Garrison, program director in NSF's Division of Ocean Sciences, which funded the research through an ocean acidification competi
ocean acidification, but the underlying mechanisms remain unknown for most species,» says David Garrison, program director
in NSF's Division of
Ocean Sciences, which funded the research through an ocean acidification competi
Ocean Sciences, which funded the
research through an
ocean acidification competi
ocean acidification competition.
«This
research is an important step,» says Garrison, «
in being able to predict, and perhaps mitigate, the effects of
ocean acidification on coastal resources.»
According to a study conducted by marine biologists of GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for
Ocean Research Kiel and Rostock University within the German research network BIOACID (Biological Impacts of Ocean Acidification), eutrophication — that is already known for its negative effects — and rising seawater temperatures could lead to a decline of the bladder wrack in the Bal
Research Kiel and Rostock University within the German
research network BIOACID (Biological Impacts of Ocean Acidification), eutrophication — that is already known for its negative effects — and rising seawater temperatures could lead to a decline of the bladder wrack in the Bal
research network BIOACID (Biological Impacts of
Ocean Acidification), eutrophication — that is already known for its negative effects — and rising seawater temperatures could lead to a decline of the bladder wrack
in the Baltic Sea.
Ocean acidification is therefore one of the most important
research areas regarding the effects of elevated CO2 on benthic marine calcifiers and the marine ecosystem
in general.
As part of the
research projects SOPRAN (Surface
Ocean Processes
in the Anthropocene) and BIOACID (Biological Impacts of
Ocean Acidification) the KOSMOS system was deployed
in the Raunefjord at the west coast of Norway, were blooms of Emiliania huxleyi regularly occur
in late spring.
The
research, published
in Nature Communications, examined preserved fossil remains of coccolithophores from a period of climate warming and
ocean acidification that occurred around 56 million years ago — the Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM)-- and provides a much - needed long - term perspective of coccolithophore response to
ocean acidification.
In an unprecedented evolutionary experiment, scientists from GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for
Ocean Research Kiel and the Thünen Institute of Fisheries Ecology demonstrated that the most important single - celled calcifying alga of world's oceans, Emiliania huxleyi, is only able to adapt to ocean acidification to a certain ex
Ocean Research Kiel and the Thünen Institute of Fisheries Ecology demonstrated that the most important single - celled calcifying alga of world's
oceans, Emiliania huxleyi, is only able to adapt to
ocean acidification to a certain ex
ocean acidification to a certain extent.
The study, which also involved researchers from the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton and University College London, was funded by a Natural Environment
Research Council (NERC) studentship to Dr O'Dea and a Royal Society
Research Fellowship to Dr Gibbs, Senior
Research Fellow
in Ocean and Earth Science at the University of Southampton, with additional support by the UK
Ocean Acidification Research Programme.
«But this
research has shown that fish such as barramundi — which only spend a short part of their lives
in the
ocean — will be impacted by
ocean acidification.»
Ed Miles, a professor of marine studies and public affairs at the University of Washington, said the prospect of a coordinated federal
ocean acidification research program is welcome news, especially given the conditions Feely observed off the California coast
in 2008.
New
research, led by the University of Southampton, has questioned the role played by
ocean acidification, produced by the asteroid impact that killed the dinosaurs,
in the extinction of ammonites and other planktonic calcifiers 66 million years ago.
In March 2013, Science Advisor Ken Caldeira was featured on NPR for his
research on
ocean acidification and coral reefs.
When the photographer Nick Cobbing visited the mesocosm experiment
in Spitsbergen
in 2010, he said: If you would develop
research equipment that looks good and helps to convey the subject of
ocean acidification — they looked pretty much the same as the KOSMOS mesocosms.
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).
The workshop participants (approximately 40 scientist from 10 countries) are
in the process of producing a Guide to Best Practices for
Ocean Acidification Research and Data Reporting.
This Symposium is a gathering of the world's leading experts
in a rapidly developing frontier of
research dealing with the science of
ocean acidification.
The science is closely linked with a dynamic and growing
ocean acidification research community
in other parts of Australia and
in New Zealand.
Between 2009 and 2017, the German
research network BIOACID (Biological Impacts of
Ocean Acidification) investigated how different marine species respond to ocean acidification, how these reactions impact the food web as well as material cycles and energy turnover in the ocean, and what consequences these changes have for economy and soc
Ocean Acidification) investigated how different marine species respond to ocean acidification, how these reactions impact the food web as well as material cycles and energy turnover in the ocean, and what consequences these changes have for economy
Acidification) investigated how different marine species respond to
ocean acidification, how these reactions impact the food web as well as material cycles and energy turnover in the ocean, and what consequences these changes have for economy and soc
ocean acidification, how these reactions impact the food web as well as material cycles and energy turnover in the ocean, and what consequences these changes have for economy
acidification, how these reactions impact the food web as well as material cycles and energy turnover
in the
ocean, and what consequences these changes have for economy and soc
ocean, and what consequences these changes have for economy and society.
Ocean acidification research is strongly represented in the community and covers the detection of ocean acidification change to ecosystem responses and resili
Ocean acidification research is strongly represented
in the community and covers the detection of
ocean acidification change to ecosystem responses and resili
ocean acidification change to ecosystem responses and resilience.
This scientific
research informs debates on issues including climate change,
ocean acidification and plastics
in the sea.
In addition to the partnership of 14 institutions, BIOACID closely cooperates with other national and international research projects such as the UK Ocean Acidification Research Programme (UKOA) and the European project Mediterranean Sea Acidification in a Changing Climate (MedSeA), stakeholders such as the International Ocean Acidification Reference User Group (IOA - RUG) and the newly founded Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre (OA - ICC
In addition to the partnership of 14 institutions, BIOACID closely cooperates with other national and international
research projects such as the UK Ocean Acidification Research Programme (UKOA) and the European project Mediterranean Sea Acidification in a Changing Climate (MedSeA), stakeholders such as the International Ocean Acidification Reference User Group (IOA - RUG) and the newly founded Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre (OA
research projects such as the UK
Ocean Acidification Research Programme (UKOA) and the European project Mediterranean Sea Acidification in a Changing Climate (MedSeA), stakeholders such as the International Ocean Acidification Reference User Group (IOA - RUG) and the newly founded Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre (OA
Research Programme (UKOA) and the European project Mediterranean Sea
Acidification in a Changing Climate (MedSeA), stakeholders such as the International Ocean Acidification Reference User Group (IOA - RUG) and the newly founded Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre (OA - ICC
in a Changing Climate (MedSeA), stakeholders such as the International
Ocean Acidification Reference User Group (IOA - RUG) and the newly founded
Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre (OA - ICC).
In a joint effort, scientists from Plymouth Marine Laboratory (UK), the Cluster of Excellence LabexMER (France), Scripps Institution of Oceanography (United States), the University Pierre and Marie Curie (France), the UK
Ocean Acidification research programme (UKOA) and the German
research network Biological Impacts of
Ocean Acidification (BIOACID) engaged with public and policymakers at COP 21.
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.»
Encouraging
research priorities to incorporate
ocean acidification into conservation planning and management — Managers have an important role to play
in encouraging
research that has direct conservation application by partnering with
research institutions or supporting such partnerships.
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.
But the exchange at the annual meeting 2014 at GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for
Ocean Research Kiel also revealed some critical knowledge gaps: In laboratory experiments, a common phytoplankton species was able to adapt to ocean acidification, even when simultaneously exposed to other stress factors such as rising water temperatures — but will the adapted strains also successfully compete in their natural environ
Ocean Research Kiel also revealed some critical knowledge gaps:
In laboratory experiments, a common phytoplankton species was able to adapt to ocean acidification, even when simultaneously exposed to other stress factors such as rising water temperatures — but will the adapted strains also successfully compete in their natural environmen
In laboratory experiments, a common phytoplankton species was able to adapt to
ocean acidification, even when simultaneously exposed to other stress factors such as rising water temperatures — but will the adapted strains also successfully compete in their natural environ
ocean acidification, even when simultaneously exposed to other stress factors such as rising water temperatures — but will the adapted strains also successfully compete
in their natural environmen
in their natural environment?
Scientists from the universities of Gothenburg (GU) and Kiel (CAU), as well as GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for
Ocean Research Kiel and Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) found that ocean acidification leads to reduced rates of digestion in larvae of the ecologically important green sea urchin Strongylocentrotus droebachie
Ocean Research Kiel and Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine
Research (AWI) found that
ocean acidification leads to reduced rates of digestion in larvae of the ecologically important green sea urchin Strongylocentrotus droebachie
ocean acidification leads to reduced rates of digestion
in larvae of the ecologically important green sea urchin Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis.
«
Ocean warming, acidification and deoxygenation are essentially irreversible on centennial time scales,» found the Royal Society, a London - based group specializing in scientific research, in a 2011 paper, «[O] nce these changes have occurred, it will take centuries for the ocean to rec
Ocean warming,
acidification and deoxygenation are essentially irreversible on centennial time scales,» found the Royal Society, a London - based group specializing
in scientific
research,
in a 2011 paper, «[O] nce these changes have occurred, it will take centuries for the
ocean to rec
ocean to recover.
ref It will also be important to encourage socioeconomic
research on the impacts of
ocean acidification, the projected timing of impacts, and the ways to increase adaptability and resilience of socioeconomic systems
in the face of changing
ocean chemistry.
In particular, its International Scientific Advisory Panel, with members from the US and Korea, and one of the EPOCA partners (the intergovernmental organization IOC - UNESCO) ensure that
ocean acidification research being carried out through this project is coordinated with the
research activities of non-EU scientists.
The Federal
Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring (FOARAM) Act of 2009 mandates the establishment of an «information exchange» to «make information on ocean acidification developed through or utilized by the interagency ocean acidification program accessible through electronic means, including information which would be useful to policymakers, researchers, and other stakeholders in mitigating or adapting to the impacts of ocean acidification.&r
Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring (FOARAM) Act of 2009 mandates the establishment of an «information exchange» to «make information on ocean acidification developed through or utilized by the interagency ocean acidification program accessible through electronic means, including information which would be useful to policymakers, researchers, and other stakeholders in mitigating or adapting to the impacts of ocean acidific
Acidification Research and Monitoring (FOARAM) Act of 2009 mandates the establishment of an «information exchange» to «make information on
ocean acidification developed through or utilized by the interagency ocean acidification program accessible through electronic means, including information which would be useful to policymakers, researchers, and other stakeholders in mitigating or adapting to the impacts of ocean acidification.&r
ocean acidification developed through or utilized by the interagency ocean acidification program accessible through electronic means, including information which would be useful to policymakers, researchers, and other stakeholders in mitigating or adapting to the impacts of ocean acidific
acidification developed through or utilized by the interagency
ocean acidification program accessible through electronic means, including information which would be useful to policymakers, researchers, and other stakeholders in mitigating or adapting to the impacts of ocean acidification.&r
ocean acidification program accessible through electronic means, including information which would be useful to policymakers, researchers, and other stakeholders in mitigating or adapting to the impacts of ocean acidific
acidification program accessible through electronic means, including information which would be useful to policymakers, researchers, and other stakeholders
in mitigating or adapting to the impacts of
ocean acidification.&r
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Richard Bellerby, head of
ocean acidification research at the Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA) and coordinator of the ocean acidification working group in the Arctic monitoring assessment programme (AMAP), lead the papers focus on Polar
research at the Norwegian Institute for Water
Research (NIVA) and coordinator of the ocean acidification working group in the Arctic monitoring assessment programme (AMAP), lead the papers focus on Polar
Research (NIVA) and coordinator of the
ocean acidification working group
in the Arctic monitoring assessment programme (AMAP), lead the papers focus on Polar Regions.
Here, we report on advances made
in methane hydrate
research and deep -
ocean Raman spectroscopy, and on proposals for fossil fuel CO2 sequestration and on controlled
ocean acidification studies.
Members of the OAIE can share resources and engage
in online discussions, and,
in doing so, will enhance stakeholder interactions and build well - informed communities working to respond and adapt to
ocean acidification.The OAIE invites anyone working on
ocean acidification to join, including but not limited to government, tribal, and academic
research scientists, citizen scientists, experiential and formal educators, NGO employees, marine resources managers, policy makers, concerned citizens, aquaculturists, people
in the fishing industry, technology developers, and data managers.
Her
research topic focussed on Paleo pH and
ocean acidification (anthropogenic) reconstructions based on Boron isotopes and B / Ca ratios
in biogenic carbonates (corals and foraminifera).
The field experiment with the KOSMOS mesocosms is conducted at Taliarte, Gran Canaria as a joint activity of the German
research networks BIOACID (Biological Impacts of
Ocean Acidification) and SOPRAN (Surface
Ocean Processes
in the Anthropocene) between January and April 2014.
In an experiment with organisms from the Kiel Fjord, a team of biologists from GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel demonstrated for the first time, that ocean acidification and rising water temperatures harms the fatty acid composition of copepods in the natural plankton communit
In an experiment with organisms from the Kiel Fjord, a team of biologists from GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for
Ocean Research Kiel demonstrated for the first time, that ocean acidification and rising water temperatures harms the fatty acid composition of copepods in the natural plankton commu
Ocean Research Kiel demonstrated for the first time, that
ocean acidification and rising water temperatures harms the fatty acid composition of copepods in the natural plankton commu
ocean acidification and rising water temperatures harms the fatty acid composition of copepods
in the natural plankton communit
in the natural plankton community.
The work was carried out
in the framework of the German project on
ocean acidification BIOACID (Biological Impacts of Ocean ACIDification), and lead by GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research
ocean acidification BIOACID (Biological Impacts of
Ocean ACIDification), and lead by GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research
Ocean ACIDification), and lead by GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for
Ocean Research
Ocean Research Kiel.