Posted on EPOCA: 18 Nov 2011 — NOAA/NOS/NCCOS/CSCOR is soliciting proposals for research under its Regional Ecosystem Prediction Program theme focused on the impacts of ocean acidification on key fish and shellfish species and their supporting ecosystems in US coastal and estuarine waters. Description The purpose of this document
Month: November 2011
Rapid environmental change over the past decade revealed by isotopic analysis of the California mussel in the Northeast Pacific
Posted on EPOCA: 17 Nov 2011 The anthropogenic input of fossil fuel carbon into the atmosphere results in increased carbon dioxide (CO2) into the oceans, a process that lowers seawater pH, decreases alkalinity and can inhibit the production of shell material. Corrosive water has recently been documented in the northeast
First controlled experiments on ocean acidification in the deep sea
Posted on EPOCA: 16 Nov 2011 — MBARI scientists have a sophisticated new tool for studying the effects of ocean acidification on deep-sea animals This photo shows the 10-meter-long FOCE system on the seafloor in Monterey Bay. In the center of the image, you can see the clear plastic cover
Northwest Ocean Acidification — The hidden costs of fossil fuel pollution
By Jennifer Langston, November 2011 — posted on Sightline Sue Cudd couldn’t keep a baby oyster alive. Four summers ago, she’d start with hundreds of millions of oyster larvae at the Whiskey Creek Shellfish Hatchery on Oregon’s Netarts Bay. Sometimes, they’d swim for a couple of weeks. Then they’d stop
Scientists tackle the carbon conundrum
Contact: Anna Michalak amichalak@ciw.edu 650-462-1047 Carnegie Institution Palo Alto, CA—U.S. scientists have developed a new, integrated, ten-year science plan to better understand the details of Earth’s carbon cycle and people’s role in it. Understanding the carbon cycle is central for mitigating climate change and developing a sustainable future. The plan