Sentences with phrase «reduce ocean acidification»

Andrew Revkin says «The panels» overarching bottom line is straightforward: There is no substitute for dramatic reductions in the emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases to mitigate the negative consequences of climate change, and concurrently to reduce ocean acidification.»

«there is no substitute for dramatic reductions in the emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases to mitigate the negative consequences of climate change, and concurrently to reduce ocean acidification.»

# 30 mike said: Re sunshades, yes, what LG said at 14, plus, the shades do nothing to reduce the ocean acidification... why would we want to expend the energy and resources to treat a symptom of planetary CO2 poisoning and take all the risks that LG describes when it pretty clear that the best approach is a wildly ambitious conversion to very low emission energy / transportation / agriculture systems **** followed by *** a wildly ambitious global program of CO2 sequestration / removal... and... under *** 400 ppm *** in *** a decade or *** two at most?

: Re sunshades, yes, what LG said at 14, plus, the shades do nothing to reduce the ocean acidification... why would we want to expend the energy and resources to treat a symptom of planetary CO2 poisoning and take all the risks that LG describes when it pretty clear that the best approach is a wildly ambitious conversion to very low emission energy / transportation / agriculture systems **** concurrent with, and achieved by the same means, *** a wildly ambitious global program of CO2 sequestration / removal... and... under *** 300 ppm *** in 20 — 100 years, at most?

Washington state, the leading US producer of farmed shellfish, today launched a 42 - step plan to reduce ocean acidification.

However, in the 2013 Fifth Assessment Report (AR5), the IPCC concluded that «Modelling indicates that SRM methods, if realizable, have the potential to substantially offset a global temperature rise, but they would also modify the global water cycle, and would not reduce ocean acidification.»

This has great potential to lower atmospheric CO2 levels (reducing warming) and dissolved CO2 levels (reducing ocean acidification).»

Nor do they consider the ancillary benefits, such as the improved local air quality and reduced ocean acidification.

Not exact matches

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.

For example, ocean acidification may reduce the populations of clams and snails that the walruses feed on; here, too, Wolfe says that the threat is certain.

«The marine calcifiers that live in polar regions are particularly vulnerable to the effects of ocean acidification, a progress which is reducing their mineralization capacity and forming calcium carbonate (CaCO3) skeletons used as a protective and supporting structure against predators» says Blanca Figuerola, main author of the scientific study.

Lubchenco emphasizes that the report highlights the need to formulate adaptation strategies to ocean acidification as well as the urgency to create a stronger momentum to reduce global carbon emissions.

The reduced DMS emissions induce a significant positive radiative forcing of which 83 % (0.4 W / m2) can, in the model, be attributed to the impact of ocean acidification alone.

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

What's the best idea for reducing the impacts of ocean acidification on the environment and society?

Ocean acidification expected to accompany climate change may slow development and reduce survival of the larval stages of Dungeness crab, a key component of the Northwest marine ecosystem and the largest fishery by revenue on the West Coast, a new study has found.

«The algae reduce the calcification only when it is costly for them — namely under ocean acidification,» says Professor Reusch.

Reducing other stressors such as pollution and overfishing, and the introduction of large scale marine protected areas, may help build some resilience to ocean acidification.»

But ocean acidification caused by climate change reduces the available carbonate ions.

Ocean acidification reduces carbonate ion saturation, making it harder for marine organisms to produce the CaCO3 that they need to form their shells and frameworks.

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).

Ocean acidification and warming reduce the survival rates of early life stages of some fish species.

Just this, spending about 1 — 2 % of WGP for the rest of the century reduces atmospheric CO2 to around 290 — 300 ppm (and solves the ocean acidification as well).

Reducing stressors that exacerbate ocean acidification conditions — Managers can support the resilience of reefs by reducing other stressors that affect marine ecosystems (e.g., declining water quality, coastal pollution, and overfishing of important species and functional groups, such as herReducing stressors that exacerbate ocean acidification conditions — Managers can support the resilience of reefs by reducing other stressors that affect marine ecosystems (e.g., declining water quality, coastal pollution, and overfishing of important species and functional groups, such as herreducing other stressors that affect marine ecosystems (e.g., declining water quality, coastal pollution, and overfishing of important species and functional groups, such as herbivores.

Ocean acidification represents one of the most serious long - term threats to coral reef ecosystems and will continue through this century, irrespective of progress in reducing emissions due to the amount of carbon dioxide already in the atmosphere.

As the Royal Society noted, however, the only real, overarching solution to ocean acidification is setting significant global targets for reducing CO2 emissions and sticking to them.

Joy N. Smith, Glenn De'ath, Claudio Richter, Astrid Cornils, Jason M. Hall - Spencer and Katharina E. Fabricius: Ocean acidification reduces demersal zooplankton that reside in tropical coral reefs, Nature Climate Change, DOI: 10.1038 / nclimate3122

Develop, test, and, where appropriate, apply interventions to reduce the effects of ocean acidification on high - priority areas and species, for example by reducing impacts from local disturbances.

Ocean acidification reduces the availability of carbonate ions that are required by many organisms — such as corals and mollusks — to build skeletons and shells.

Exploring and applying innovative interventions that reduce effects of ocean acidification where feasible — Direct interventions must be explored that potentially mitigate the impacts of ocean acidification.

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 droebachieOcean 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 droebachieocean acidification leads to reduced rates of digestion in larvae of the ecologically important green sea urchin Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis.

Most also recognize that such global agreements are the most difficult to come by, and that local protection strategies and efforts to reduce stressors on corals and marine life are important steps in at least staving off the impacts of ocean acidification and global warming.

When acting in combination with other stressors, such as overfishing, acidification can reduce the provision of food from the ocean considerably.»

What is critical to reducing the effects of ocean acidification surrounding coasts, says Spalding, is to protect and restore seagrass.

Although these methods potentially interfere with weather patterns and fail to reduce carbon dioxide concentrations and ocean acidification, Victor and colleagues call for a broad and solid foundation of geoengineering research.

But I did not know (and it is very new science) that acidification also reduces a form of carbonate necessary for tiny ocean life to capture needed iron.

«This study shows that the increasing acidification of the oceans has the potential to reduce larval survival in marine fish.

Odor tracking in sharks is reduced under future ocean acidification conditions.

We have to reduce CO2 accumulation in atmosphere and ocean or face more heat and increased ocean acidification.

I think we have little time left to reduce emissions globally to the level required to avoid the climate and ocean acidification ramifications of continued and accelerated emissions.

While it is a very important point for the lay person to know that the acidification of the ocean by CO2 (it combines with water to produce dilute Carbonic Acid) can reduce the effectiveness of the Calcium Carbonate processes at sequestering Carbon (and can even reverse it, by dissolving Calcium Carbonate), your model chemistry seems quite simplistic.

«Rising acidification of the ocean could reduce fertilisation of marine invertebrates and might eventually wipe out colonies of sea urchins, lobsters, mussels and oysters, according to a study.

In conclusion, I don't think that the food supply effect of ocean acidification is the strongest argument for reducing emissions.

The 10 Earth System Models used here project similar trends in ocean warming, acidification, deoxygenation and reduced primary productivity for each of the IPCC's representative concentration parthways (RCP) over the 21st century.

The acidification of the ocean is a much longer - term issue than acid rain, which goes away about two weeks after you reduce sulfur and nitrogen emissions from smokestacks.

Realization that we must reduce the current CO2 amount has a bright side: effects that had begun to seem inevitable, including impacts of ocean acidification, loss of fresh water supplies, and shifting of climatic zones, may be averted by the necessity of finding an energy course beyond fossil fuels sooner than would otherwise have occurred.

He agreed that we would still need to reduce the rate at which we put carbon dioxide in the atmosphere in order to counteract acidification of the ocean.

«Choosing additional climate targets other than the increase in global mean temperature (for example, limiting ocean acidification) may also reduce compatible emissions and again increase gross negative emissions requirements.»

Also predictable is that we can anticipate sea level rising by meters per century for centuries to come, and that the base of the ocean food chain will be drastically changed and probably reduced by ocean acidification.

5 Ocean Acidification Ocean take large amount CO 2 from the atmosphere and there by reduce the CO 2 level in the atmosphere.