Dr. Richard Feely of NOAA’s Pacific Marine Experimental Lab discusses new findings about how increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is making the oceans more acidic, and what that bodes for ocean ecosystems and the marine animals that inhabit them. (1) What is ocean acidification (1:38) (2) How are ocean animals affected? (2:25) (3) How
Month: May 2011
Adapting to an acid ocean
Posted on the EPOCA blog 17 May 2011 Acidification has been called the ‘evil twin’ of warming waters when it comes to climate change’s impacts on the ocean. The ocean has become 30% more acidic since the industrial revolution, a trend that is expected to have devastating impacts on corals
Effects of changing pCO2 and phosphate availability on domoic acid production and physiology of the marine harmful bloom diatom Pseudo-nitzschia multiseries
Posted on the EPOCA blog 16 May 2011 Some members of the diatom genus Pseudo-nitzschia produce the toxin domoic acid (DA), which through trophic transfer causes mass mortalities of wildlife, shellfish harvesting closures, and risks to human health. Nutrient and micronutrient limitation have been shown to regulate DA production. This
First national meeting for U.S. ocean acidification researchers
Posted on the EPOCA blog: 12 May 2011 First National Meeting for U.S. Ocean Acidification Researchers — Sarah Cooley, WHOI; Joan Kleypas, NCAR A milestone was reached this spring toward building a strong ocean acidification (OA) research community in the U.S., when the first workshop for U.S. OA researchers was
Dr. Elizabeth Jewett selected to lead NOAA’s Ocean Acidification Program
Dr. Elizabeth (Libby) Jewett, a NOAA scientist with diverse science and management experience in ocean acidification and coastal hypoxia (low oxygen) research programs, will be the first director of NOAA’s Ocean Acidification Program. Established by Congress in 2009, the Ocean Acidification Program will plan and oversee a long-term coastal and