Posted on The Washington Post: 30 September 2012 — By Juliet Eilperin HOMER, Alaska — Kris Holderied, who directs the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Kasitsna Bay Laboratory, says the ocean’s increasing acidity is “the reason fishermen stop me in the grocery store.” “They say, ‘You’re with the NOAA lab, what
Month: September 2012
Acidifying ocean threatens ecosystems and US economy – congress learns about the potential impacts of ocean acidification
Posted on EPOCA: 28 Sep 2012 In a briefing hosted by Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Representative Norm Dicks (D-WA), and Representative Don Young (R-AK), scientists shared their research about the impending ecological and economic consequences of increasing ocean acidity. Acidification is caused by the ocean absorbing increasing amounts of carbon
Hot, sour, and breathless
Posted on EPOCA: 28 Sep 2012 This week [Sep 24-27], 572 scientists gathered in Monterey for the Third International Symposium on the Oceans in a High CO2 World. The numbers mark a sharp increase from the first symposium in 2004 in Paris where the community of ocean acidification scientists numbered
International coordination centre for ocean acidification
Posted on EPOCA: 27 Sep 2012 — Major international symposium closes with launch of new international coordination centre and announcement of an X-Prize for Ocean Health Ocean in a High-CO2 World Symposium Monterey, California, USA, 27 September 2012 Contact: Owen Gaffney, IGBP, owen.gaffney@igbp.kva.se Jana Goldman, NOAA, jana.goldman@noaa.gov Google Ocean Acidification Tour
Ocean acidification: a Q&A with NOAA scientist Shallin Busch
Posted on EPOCA: 27 Sep 2012 Scientists have been studying the effects of carbon dioxide on climate for decades. More recently, however, an additional carbon dioxide problem has come to light. The oceans have absorbed about a third of the carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide alters ocean