Posted on OA: 20 May 2016 NCCOS sponsored research focusing on the combined effects of low dissolved oxygen and ocean acidification finds that acidification can increase fish sensitivity to hypoxia. This has important implications for increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide effects on our marine systems and may indicate that official dissolved
Month: May 2016
Pteropod eggs released at high pCO2 lack resilience to ocean acidification
Posted on OA: 18 May 2016 The effects of ocean acidification (OA) on the early recruitment of pteropods in the Scotia Sea, was investigated considering the process of spawning, quality of the spawned eggs and their capacity to develop. Maternal OA stress was induced on female pteropods (Limacina helicina antarctica)
NOAA: Dungeness crab in peril from acidification
Posted on Seattle Times: 18 May 2016 — By Lynda V. Mapes — As levels of carbon dioxide rise in the atmosphere due to fossil fuel burning and other human-caused pollution, it changes water chemistry, hurting survival of crab larvae. Greenhouse-gas pollution is expected to reduce the survival of crab
Economic Effects of an Ocean Acidification Catastrophe
Posted on American Economic Review: AER May 2016 — AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW VOL. 106, NO. 5, MAY 2016 (pp. 615-19) Abstract We assess the potential magnitude of the economic effects of an ocean acidification (OA) catastrophe by focusing on marine ecosystem services most likely to be affected. It is scientifically
Ocean acidification has lethal and sub-lethal effects on larval development of yellowfin tuna, Thunnus albacares
Posted on OA: 10 May 2016 Ocean acidification (OA), the process by which increasing atmospheric CO2 is absorbed by the ocean, lowering the pH of surface waters, has been shown to affect many marine organisms negatively. It has been suggested that organisms from regions with naturally low pH waters, such
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