Sentences with phrase «of ocean acidification research»

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.

Russ George, who has guested on TreeHugger recently regarding other effects of elevated atmospheric C02, comments about a recent up - tick in media coverage of ocean acidification research.

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.

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.

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.

Not exact matches

There are clues that these species may fare better than their stony counterparts after a disaster, but more research needs to be done to understand how storms, warming waters and ocean acidification can alter the composition of reefs and whether these changes are permanent or short - lived, Lasker says.

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.

«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.

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 temperatOcean 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 temperatocean acidification and rising water temperatures.

The new monitoring techniques can help monitor hot spots such as the Bay of Bengal, the Arctic Ocean and the Caribbean, three places where ocean acidification could have major economic impacts but where little research has been Ocean and the Caribbean, three places where ocean acidification could have major economic impacts but where little research has been ocean acidification could have major economic impacts but where little research has been done.

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.

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.

Preliminary research hints that ocean acidification may promote some types of algal blooms that make people and animals sick

«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 reseocean 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 reseOcean Sciences, which funded the research.

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.

Research suggests that the behavior of both predator and prey may be affected by ocean acidification.

The budget provides only $ 58 million for climate research instead of the requested $ 89 million, and $ 10 million for ocean acidification research rather than the requested jump to $ 30 million.

The latest research by the University of Exeter reveals that less than 4 % of climate - change studies have tested the impact of ocean acidification on males and females separately.

This research forms part of a wider scientific response to a recent House of Commons select committee enquiry on ocean acidification submitted by the University of Exeter, led by Dr. Ceri Lewis.

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.

Jennifer Taylor of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography also shared research on how ocean warming and acidification impairs the structure and function of crustaceans.

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.

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 competiocean 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 competiOcean Sciences, which funded the research through an ocean acidification competiocean 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 BalResearch 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 Balresearch 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 exOcean 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 exocean acidification to a certain extent.

Further research is needed to examine the long - term impacts of freshwater and ocean acidification on all salmon species.

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.»

An NAS committee will release a congressionally mandated study by the end of next month that will address everything from scientific questions about how ocean acidification will affect marine life and ocean - dependent industries to recommendations for a national acidification research program.

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).

(3) uses a stakeholder process to identify and prioritize needed monitoring and research that is of greatest relevance to the ongoing needs of natural resource managers to address the impacts of climate change and ocean acidification; and

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.

(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;

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.

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.

The Hobart symposium built on the successful three previous symposia and offered the worldwide community of scientists working to understand ocean acidification an opportunity to share their research results and develop new research collaborations.

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.

Workshop report: Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Coral Reefs and Other Marine Calcifiers, A Guide for Further Research (pdf, 8.9 M)

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.

BIOACID - Biological Impacts of Ocean Acidification (the German research network on ocean acidifiction, 20 partner institutes from GerOcean Acidification (the German research network on ocean acidifiction, 20 partner institutes from Gerocean acidifiction, 20 partner institutes from Germany)

www.geomar.de GEOMAR Helmholtz - Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel www.bristol.ac.uk University of Bristol www.mba.ac.uk Marine Biological Association www.ucl.ac.uk University College London www.ox.ac.uk University of Oxford http://noc.ac.uk National Oceanography Centre www.cerege.fr Centre Européen de Recherche et d'Enseignement des Géosciences de l'Environnement (CEREGE) http://web.mit.edu Massachusetts Institute of Technology www.mbari.org Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute www.nhm.ac.uk Museum of Natural History London http://universityofcalifornia.edu University of California www.oceanacidification.org.uk UKOA (UK Ocean Acidification Research Programme)