Source: University of California – Santa Barbara Summary: This story begins in the kelp forest and ends with a very important climate change message: All is not lost — at least not for purple sea urchins. Eggs released from a female purple sea urchin. Credit: Marie Strader This story begins
Month: March 2018
Assess, anticipate, adapt: vulnerability and responses to ocean acidification
There are areas in the United States where marine resources and the communities and industries that depend on them are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of ocean acidification. In three US regions, our understanding of vulnerability is being advanced by coupling ocean and social science data to equip communities and
Could seaweed save California’s coast?
CSU faculty researchers find that marine plants could play a big role in reducing ocean acidification, a devastating side effect of climate change. One of the many devastating side effects of climate change is this: The planet’s seas are absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, making the water much more
Announcing: C-CAN Webinar April 2, 2018
Join us for our C-CAN Roundtable discussion on Monday, April 2, 2018 at 1pm PST (4pm EST) Risks of ocean acidification in the California Current food web, fisheries, and coastal economies: model projections informed by estimates of species sensitivity. Join us for this presentation by Dr. Shallin Busch,
Key biological mechanism is disrupted by ocean acidification
Photosynthetic plankton like these Ross Sea diatoms are key players in the global carbon cycle and form the base of marine food webs, but a new study reveals their ability to acquire iron is highly sensitive to ocean acidification. Credit: Jeff McQuaid A team led by scientists from Scripps Institution
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