Posted on EPOCA: 30 May 2013 This review covers the development of ocean acidification science, with an emphasis on the creation of ocean chemical knowledge, through the course of the 20th century. This begins with the creation of the pH scale by Sørensen in 1909 and ends with the widespread
Month: May 2013
Rep. DeFazio points to reports of ocean acidification, oceans at high risk from climate change (video)
Posted on EPOCA: 30 May 2013 — Issues: Safe Climate Caucus WASHINGTON, DC— Today, Congresswoman Peter DeFazio (OR-04), member of the Safe Climate Caucus, spoke on the House floor to address a number of reports on increasing ocean acidification, finding that increased CO2 levels in the water are resulting in
Physiological compensation for environmental acidification is limited in the deep-sea urchin Strongylocentrotus fragilis
Posted on EPOCA: 22 May 2013 — Taylor J. R., Lovera C., Whaling P. J., Buck K. R., Pane E. F. & Barry J. P., 2013. Biogeosciences Discussions 10: 8313-8341. Anthropogenic CO2 is now reaching depths over 1000 m in the Eastern Pacific, overlapping the Oxygen Minimum Zone (OMZ). Deep-sea animals
Ocean Acidification: trouble for ocean ecosystems
Posted on EPOCA: 21 May 2013 — Presentation by Dr. Richard A. Feely at “Toward a sustainable 21st century”, University of California, Irvine, 3 May 2013. Presentation by Dr. Richard A. Feely at “Toward a sustainable 21st century”, University of California, Irvine, 3 May 2013. University of California,
Scientists creating undersea laboratory
Posted on The Spokesman Review: 20 May 2013 — By Donna Gordon Blankinship, Associated Press — Device set to be installed off Pacific Northwest coast this summer enior field engineer Larry Nielson talks about the 1,000-meter-long cable, left, that will be tethered to the frame at right as part of