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What about the possible consequences of ocean acidification at biology, ecology and biogeochemistry level?

What next steps should a coral reef manager take after reading this article to address the impacts of ocean acidification at their site?

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«Ocean acidification can affect individual marine organisms along the Pacific coast, by changing the chemistry of the seawater,» said lead author Brittany Jellison, a Ph.D. student studying marine ecology at the UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory.

Once the fish had reached the age at which they would normally swim to the open ocean, the researchers transferred the fish into saltwater tanks that had either the same or increased levels of CO2 - induced acidification.

Limestone scrubbers deployed at natural gas power plants could help reduce carbon emissions as well as lower ocean acidification by pumping a byproduct of the scrubbing process back into the water, according to an experiment conducted by the Energy Department's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

«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.

A crucial reason why the study of freshwater acidification has lagged until now is because determining how atmospheric carbon affects these ecosystems requires complex modeling, and is much less clear than that occurring in oceans, according to study author Linda Weiss, an aquatic ecologist at Ruhr University Bochum in Germany.

Still others have explored other ocean metrics, such as the concentration of shell - building minerals, as a more accurate way to keep tabs on acidification's impacts at a local level.

«It is now time to evaluate how to make the most of satellite and in situ data to help us understand ocean acidification, and to establish where remotely sensed data can make the best contribution,» Peter Land, lead author of the new study and researcher at Plymouth Marine Laboratory, said in a press release accompanying the new study.

In 2012, evolutionary ecologists at GEOMAR showed for the first time that Emiliania huxleyi is able to adapt to ocean acidification by means of evolution.

At a global level, the excess of atmospheric CO2 is absorbed by ocean waters and it causes changes in water chemistry (pH decrease or ocean acidification).

In a presentation at a recent ocean acidification conference, Tatters reported that the more CO2 and the less silicate, the higher the diatom's toxin production — more than doubling at the level of dissolved CO2 scientists expect the oceans to reach by 2100.

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.

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.

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.

A look at the chemistry of ocean acidification explains why.

Cantwell said that the science underway at DOE will be critical to understanding the impacts of the rising greenhouse - gas levels in the atmosphere — from Arctic sea - ice melt to ocean acidification — and maintaining US leadership in clean - energy technologies.

«A decline in the saturation state of carbonate minerals, especially aragonite, is a good indicator of a rise in ocean acidification,» said Li - Qing Jiang, an oceanographer with NOAA's Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites at the University of Maryland and lead author.

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.

«It really changes the game» by demonstrating that acidification is having a noticeable impact, says biological oceanographer Jan Newton, co-director of the Washington Ocean Acidification Center at the University of Washingacidification is having a noticeable impact, says biological oceanographer Jan Newton, co-director of the Washington Ocean Acidification Center at the University of WashingAcidification Center at the University of Washington, Seattle.

Researcher Michael O'Donnell, an ecologist at the University of Washington, has shown that ocean acidification, a process in which absorbing large amounts of carbon dioxide lowers the pH of oceans, is weakening mussels» byssal threads.

«The Arctic Ocean is the first ocean where we see such a rapid and large - scale increase in acidification, at least twice as fast as that observed in the Pacific or Atlantic oceans,» said Cai, the U.S. lead principal investigator on the project and Mary A.S. Lighthipe Professor of Earth, Ocean, and Environment aOcean is the first ocean where we see such a rapid and large - scale increase in acidification, at least twice as fast as that observed in the Pacific or Atlantic oceans,» said Cai, the U.S. lead principal investigator on the project and Mary A.S. Lighthipe Professor of Earth, Ocean, and Environment aocean where we see such a rapid and large - scale increase in acidification, at least twice as fast as that observed in the Pacific or Atlantic oceans,» said Cai, the U.S. lead principal investigator on the project and Mary A.S. Lighthipe Professor of Earth, Ocean, and Environment aOcean, and Environment at UD.

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI - M), Dr. Katharina Six, Dr. Silvia Kloster, Dr. Tatiana Ilyina, the late Dr. Ernst Maier - Reimer and two co-authors from the US, demonstrate that ocean acidification may amplify global warming through the biogenic production of the marine sulfur component dimethylsulphide (DMS).

Local pressures, in particular overfishing, destructive fishing, and pollution from nearby land - based human activity, are paramount, but global warming has caused increased bleaching and ocean acidification, which makes it harder for corals to grow, compounding the problems, the World Resources Institute (WRI) and 24 other organizations concluded in «Reefs at Risk Revisited,» an update of a 1998 report.

At pH 7.1, which is expected to roughly approximate the pH of water upwelling on the West Coast with ocean acidification, zoeae survival remained low at 21 percenAt pH 7.1, which is expected to roughly approximate the pH of water upwelling on the West Coast with ocean acidification, zoeae survival remained low at 21 percenat 21 percent.

Aran Mooney, a biologist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute who studies the effects of ocean acidification on Atlantic long - fin squid larvae, said some methods Sunday recommends are not practical for studying all species.

«Ocean acidification puts NW Dungeness crab at risk: Study finds lower pH reduces survival of crab larvae.»

Survival of Dungeness crab larvae, called zoeae, declined at the lower pH levels expected with ocean acidification.

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.

Those models will look at impacts such as regional average temperature change, sea - level rise, ocean acidification, and the sustainability of soils and water as well as the impacts of invasive species on food production and human health.

Two groups of urchins were held at different pH levels — one that was low pH, akin to ocean acidification conditions, and another that mimicked normal non-upwelling pH conditions.

«A healthy ocean is critical to our health and our coastal economies,» Gregoire said today at a Seattle event marking the release of the report by the Blue Ribbon Panel on Ocean Acidificaocean is critical to our health and our coastal economies,» Gregoire said today at a Seattle event marking the release of the report by the Blue Ribbon Panel on Ocean AcidificaOcean Acidification.

Marine biologist John Bruno of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill calls current ocean acidification data «trivial, because you can't buy cheap little devices to monitor [in place].»

Wild barramundi populations are likely to be at risk under ocean acidification, a new University of Adelaide study has found.

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.

Hundreds of intricate glass sculptures of marine invertebrates may be scientists» best shot at discovering how ocean acidification threatens sea creatures

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.

Coral reefs, which support diverse communities of fish and other marine life, are declining globally at unprecedented rates due to human - caused impacts, such as warming waters and ocean acidification.

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).

The effects of ocean acidification on a pelagic community and their impacts on food webs and biogeochemical cycles were studied in a long - term mesocosm experiment conducted in the Gullmar Fjord at the west coast of Sweden.

(iv) the potential for conservation of species or habitat types at serious risk due to climate change, ocean acidification, and other stressors.

(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;

Of particular interest to the ocean acidification community is the SDG target 14.3: «Minimize and address the impacts of ocean acidification, including through enhanced scientific cooperation at all levels.&raquOf particular interest to the ocean acidification community is the SDG target 14.3: «Minimize and address the impacts of ocean acidification, including through enhanced scientific cooperation at all levels.&raquof ocean acidification, including through enhanced scientific cooperation at all levels.»

What next steps do you think a coral reef manager should take after reading this article to address the impacts of ocean acidification and coral bleaching at their site?

Ocean acidification is also predicted to reduce microbial production of nitrate from ammonium (Beman et al., 2011), which could have major consequences for oceanic primary production because a significant fraction of the nitrate used by phytoplankton is generated by nitrification at the ocean surface (Yool et al., 2Ocean acidification is also predicted to reduce microbial production of nitrate from ammonium (Beman et al., 2011), which could have major consequences for oceanic primary production because a significant fraction of the nitrate used by phytoplankton is generated by nitrification at the ocean surface (Yool et al., 2ocean surface (Yool et al., 2007).

They will also hear from researchers looking at issues associated with ocean warming and acidification and associated impacts of coral reefs.

Toby Tyrrell, Professor in Earth System Science at the University of Southampton and co-author of the study, said: «In the future ocean, the trade - off between changing ecological and physiological costs of calcification and their benefits will ultimately decide how this important group is affected by ocean acidification and global warming.

«There have been a lot of studies showing that under ocean acidification scenarios that corals and other organisms on the reef calcify at a slower rate,» Kline says.

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.