Sentences with phrase «ocean acidification research focuses»

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.

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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.

Much of the research on ocean acidification to date has focused on the effect changing seawater chemistry has on the calcium carbonate shells of shellfish.

Her international research programme focuses on the impacts of global climate change and ocean acidification on coastal marine biodiversity and the consequences for ecosystem structure and functioning, and spans the UK, Europe, USA and NZ.

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.

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).

Biography: Sue - Ann's research focuses on key ecological effects of global change, particularly ocean acidification, on marine organisms including invertebrates and fishes.

To date, much of the focus of ocean acidification research has been on the response of calcifiers, both algae and invertebrates, to the changing carbonate system, with a particular preoccupation on one property: the hydrogen ion concentration [H +], which is frequently reported as pH owing to the relative ease of its measurement.