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 Regions.
Not exact matches
«This approach not only mitigates CO2, but also potentially treats the effects of
ocean acidification,» said Rau, adding that he believes more
research at a larger scale is warranted.
Having completed her PhD
at the University of Exeter, Dr Kennedy's latest
research involves assessing the responses of coralline algae to
ocean acidification and warming.
A major thrust of current
research is to understand how creatures like these
at the bottom of the food chain respond to
ocean acidification.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
Recent
research has shown that the expected doubling of CO2 concentrations could inhibit the development of some calcium - shelled organisms, including phytoplankton, which are
at the base of a large and complex marine ecosystem (see
Ocean acidification: the other CO2 problem).
(2) a description of current
research, observation, and monitoring activities
at the Federal, State, tribal, and local level related to the impacts of climate change and
ocean acidification on natural resources, as well as identification of
research and data needs and priorities;
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.
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.
It is time to reflect on the successes and deficiencies of
ocean acidification research and to take a look forward
at the challenges the fastest growing field of marine science is facing.
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 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 environment?
BIOACID III bridges between different branches of
ocean acidification research and provide an assessment of short - to long - term responses and their underlying mechanisms
at the level of organisms, populations, communities and ecosystems to multiple drivers leading up to ecosystem services.
We are pioneering this data fusion approach so that we can observe large areas of Earth's
oceans, allowing us to quickly and easily identify those areas most
at risk from increasing
acidification,» says Jamie Shutler from the University of Exeter, who is leading the
research.
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.
But Langdon's
research shows that their efforts could be for naught because
ocean acidification could eat away
at the building blocks those corals will need to flourish (or
at least survive).
A two - day public meeting
at the Royal Society, London on 4 - 5 June, 2015 will discuss the latest scientific findings arising from the UK
Ocean Acidification (UKOA)
research programme and the German partnership programme, Biological Impacts of
Ocean Acidification (BIOACID).
In a photo exhibition by the German
research network on
ocean acidification BIOACID, the two nature photographers Solvin Zankl and Nick Cobbing present BIOACID members
at their work and introduce organisms that current
ocean acidification research focuses on.
Five years after their first «kick - off»
at GEOMAR, the members of the German
research network on
ocean acidification BIOACID gathered again in Kiel.
Ragazzola carried out her experiment in 2010
at GEOMAR being a post-doctoral fellow in the German
Research Network on
Ocean Acidification BIOACID (Biological Impacts of
Ocean Acidification).
Marine Biologist Lydia Kapsenberg will discussed her
research project monitoring
ocean acidification at Channel Islands National Park during the March From Shore to Sea lecture.
Ocean acidification could devastate coral reefs and other marine ecosystems even if atmospheric carbon dioxide stabilizes
at 450 ppm, a level well below that of many climate change forecasts, report chemical oceanographers Long Cao and Ken Caldeira of the Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology in the journal Geophysical
Research Letters.
(2) a description of current
research, observation, and monitoring activities
at the Federal, State, tribal, and local level related to the impacts of climate change and
ocean acidification on natural resources, as well as identification of
research and data needs and priorities;
How do we get back all that money we've had taken from us by our governments and spunked on their cronies
at Solyndra and BrightSource or thrown casually into grants for junk science
research like «
ocean acidification» or squandered on shysters
at tainted institutions like NASA, NOAA and the Royal Society or wasted on anti-capitalist bureaucracies like the EPA and the Department of Energy and Climate Change?
New findings from fieldwork undertaken
at the University of Sydney's One Tree Island
Research Station provide evidence
ocean acidification resulting from carbon dioxide emissions is already slowing coral reef growth.
This document presents a summary of the state of knowledge on
ocean acidification based on the latest research presented at the Third Symposium on the Ocean in a High - CO2 World, which convened 540 experts from 37 countries to discuss the results of research into ocean acidification, its impacts on ecosystems, socio - economic consequences and implications for po
ocean acidification based on the latest
research presented
at the Third Symposium on the
Ocean in a High - CO2 World, which convened 540 experts from 37 countries to discuss the results of research into ocean acidification, its impacts on ecosystems, socio - economic consequences and implications for po
Ocean in a High - CO2 World, which convened 540 experts from 37 countries to discuss the results of
research into
ocean acidification, its impacts on ecosystems, socio - economic consequences and implications for po
ocean acidification, its impacts on ecosystems, socio - economic consequences and implications for policy.