Posted on EPOCA: 15 Sep 2011 — One of several compelling chapters in the book Ocean Acidification, now available from Oxford University Press Ocean acidification is expected to affect the biodiversity and function of marine ecosystems due to the community-level consequences of direct physiological responses of organisms to changing ocean
Month: September 2011
Impact of climate change mitigation on ocean acidification projections
Posted on EPOCA: 15 Sep 2011 Impacts of anthropogenic carbon emissions on the chemical state of the ocean are quantified for multi-gas emissions scenarios and for idealized emissions and concentration pathways. Mitigation scenarios lead to lower CO2, less climate change, and less ocean acidification than no-climate policy baseline scenarios. Employing
The Great Oyster Crash and Why Ocean Acidification Is “A Ticking Time Bomb” for Both Marine Life and Humanity
By Climate Guest Blogger on Sep 14, 2011 — by Kiley Kroh Americans consume approximately 700 million farmed oysters per year. Despite our love for these briny bivalves, shellfish and the coastal communities that depend on them face serious threats. In a recent piece, Eric Scigliano examines “The Great Oyster Crash”
High-frequency observations of pH under Antarctic sea ice in the southern Ross Sea
Posted on EPOCA: 13 Sep 2011 — UCSB and SIO scientists present high-frequency observations of pH collected during spring of 2010 using SeaFET pH sensors at three locations under fast sea ice in the southern Ross Sea. … Increased spatial and temporal coverage of pH datasets may reveal ecologically significant
Rare undersea volcanic vents show oceans’ increasing acidity likely to hurt biodiversity, endanger ecosystem stability, say Stanford researchers
BY Louis Bergeron, Posted on Stanford Report, September 12, 2011 — Some rare undersea volcanic vents that emit carbon dioxide – which makes the water around them more acidic – have given Stanford researchers a look at how marine ecosystems may be affected as global warming intensifies. Carbon dioxide is