The OATF offers additional details regarding the National Resource Council report: A National Strategy to Meet the Challenges of a Changing Ocean In September 2010, the National Research Council published the report, “Ocean Acidification: A National Strategy to Meet the Challenges of a Changing Ocean” which reviews the current state
Month: May 2011
NSF grants will fund studies of ocean acidification
SAN DIEGO — With increasing levels of carbon dioxide accumulating in the atmosphere and moving into marine systems, the world’s oceans are becoming more acidic. To address the growing concern of acidifying marine ecosystems, the National Science Foundation has awarded 21 grants, including awards to scientists at Scripps Institution of
The other carbon dioxide problem
NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory’s Carbon Program, 3 May 2011. Fundamental changes in seawater chemistry are occurring throughout the world’s oceans. Since the beginning of the industrial revolution, the release of carbon dioxide (CO2) from humankind’s industrial and agricultural activities has increased the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere. The ocean
Ocean acidification: A national strategy to meet the challenges of a changing ocean
Researcher Interviews (posted on EPOCA blog May 2, 2011) Scientists are working to better understand how ocean acidification will impact habitats, animals, and people. Here, two ocean scientists—both members of the committee that wrote Ocean Acidification: A National Strategy to Meet the Challenges of a Changing Ocean (2010) —share insights
The Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum: A perturbation of carbon cycle, climate, and biosphere with implications for the future
Posted on the EPOCA blog, May 2, 2011 During the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), 56 Mya, thousands of petagrams of carbon were released into the ocean-atmosphere system with attendant changes in the carbon cycle, climate, ocean chemistry, and marine and continental ecosystems. The period of carbon release is thought