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Arctic Council unlikely to deal directly with climate change
nunatsiaqonline.ca | 16 May 2013
The warming impact of soot and methane on the Arctic climate and the increasing acidification of the Arctic Ocean: these are among the key issues that the Arctic Councils various working groups will formally present May 15 to the Arctic Council ministerial gathering in Kiruna, Sweden.

Study highlights under-appreciated benefit of oyster restoration
EurekAlert | 10 May 2013
(Virginia Institute of Marine Science) A new study shows that healthy oyster reefs would help to buffer the increasing acidity of coastal waters.

Atlantic Ocean | Acidification | Research

Arctic faces further threat from ocean acidification
Guardian Unlimited | 07 May 2013
The Arctic ecosystem, already under pressure from record ice melts, faces another potential threat in the form of rapid acidification of the ocean, according to an international study published on Monday.

Arctic Ocean | Acidification | Climate Change

Arctic Ocean 'acidifying rapidly'
BBC | 06 May 2013
Carbon dioxide is rapidly altering the chemistry of the Arctic, and the changes will last many thousands of years, a report says.

Arctic Ocean | Acidification

New ocean acidification study
World Fishing | 23 Apr 2013
A new study published in the 'Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA' has revealed a new insight into the potential effects of ocean acidification on the sensory function of larval tropical cobia.

Acidification | Fish | Research

Stanford seeks sea urchin's secret to surviving ocean acidification
EurekAlert | 10 Apr 2013
(Stanford University) Ocean research reveals rapid evolutionary adaptations to a changing climate. Genetic variation is the key to this ability to deal with higher acidity.

Acidification | Climate Change | Research

The Geological Record of Ocean Acidification
journalistsresource.org | 19 Mar 2013
In the past, studies of large-scale changes to the Earths oceans have been restricted both by the limited nature of physical sampling and the reality that often these changes occur over great lengths of time. A 2012 paper published in the journal Science, The Geological Record of Ocean Acidification, takes a new approach by examining the geological record to determine levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide, global temperatures and ocean acidification over the past 300 million years.

Acidification | Research

Study Reveals East Coast Acidification Sensitivity
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | 04 Mar 2013
A continental-scale chemical survey in the waters of the eastern U.S. and Gulf of Mexico is helping researchers determine how distinct bodies of water will resist changes in acidity.

Atlantic Ocean | Acidification | Research

Antarctic marine life threatened
BBC | 25 Nov 2012
The first evidence of ocean acidification affecting marine wildlife has significance for the future, say scientists.

Southern Ocean | Acidification | Research

International coordination to address ocean acidification
UNESCO | 11 Oct 2012
Ocean acidification experts expressed increasing concerns with how marine organisms will adapt to new corrosive conditions during an international symposium on the subject last week, warning that life throughout the worlds oceans will have to adapt rapidly to changing conditions.

Acidification

Ocean acidity - new Google Earth tour
IUCN | 08 Oct 2012
A new guide on ocean acidification and a new tour on Google Earth, showing the speed and scale of impact CO2 emissions will have on the ocean, is being launched today at The Ocean in a High CO2 World Symposium in Monterey, California.

Acidification

Deadly Serious: Acid Oceans and What We Must Do (blog)
The Ocean Foundation | 08 Oct 2012
We call the consequences ocean acidification because the pH of our oceans is getting lower and thus more acidic, with significant potential harm to ocean systems as we know them.

Acidification | Climate Change

Ocean acidification: Finding new answers through National Science Foundation research grants
EurekAlert | 27 Sep 2012
(National Science Foundation) With increasing levels of carbon dioxide accumulating in the atmosphere and moving into marine systems, the world's oceans are becoming more acidic.

Acidification | Research

Report warns of global food insecurity as climate change destroys fisheries
Guardian Unlimited | 24 Sep 2012
The Persian Gulf, Libya, and Pakistan are at high risk of food insecurity in coming decades because climate change and ocean acidification are destroying fisheries, according to a report released on Monday.The report from the campaign group Oceana warns of growing food insecurity, especially for poorer people.

Indian Ocean | Acidification | Climate Change | Fisheries

NOAA announces grants to predict ocean acidification's effects on commercial fisheries
NOAA | 19 Sep 2012
As scientists continue to research ways in which the oceans are changing - and what these changes mean for fish populations, three new research projects will receive funding to examine the effects of ocean acidification on fisheries, and the coastal economies that depend upon them.

Acidification | Fisheries | Research

'Spineless' animals under threat
BBC | 31 Aug 2012
A fifth of invertebrates - animals without backbones - could be at risk of extinction, according to scientists.

Acidification | Biodiversity

Marine species at risk unless drastic protection policies put in place
EurekAlert | 22 Aug 2012
Many marine species will be harmed or won't survive if the levels of carbon dioxide continue to increase. Current protection policies and management practices are unlikely to be enough to save them. Unconventional, non-passive methods to conserve marine ecosystems need to be considered if various marine species are to survive.

Acidification | Global Warming | Marine Management | Policy

Ocean Acidification: The Other CO2 Problem
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | 07 Aug 2012
Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, when humans began burning coal in large quantities, the worlds ocean water has gradually become more acidic. Like global warming, this phenomenon, which is known as ocean acidification, is a direct consequence of increasing levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in Earths atmosphere.

Acidification

Studying Evolution With an Eye on the Future
New York Times | 30 Jul 2012
Sinead Collins is creating evolution in her laboratory at the University of Edinburgh to work on solutions to environmental problems like global warming and marine acidification.

Acidification | Global Warming | Research

'Osteoporosis of the sea' alarm
New Zealand Herald | 10 Jul 2012
Ocean acidification has emerged as one of the biggest threats to coral reefs across the world, acting as the "osteoporosis of the sea" and threatening everything from food security to tourism to livelihoods, the head of a US scientific agency said.

Acidification | Coral

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