Posted on EPOCA: 10 Dec 2012 — Gao K., Helbling E. W., Häder D. P. & Hutchins D. A., 2012. Responses of marine primary producers to interactions between ocean acidification, solar radiation, and warming. Marine Ecology Progress Series 470: 167-189 Anthropogenic CO2 is accumulating in the atmosphere and trapping
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Special session: predicting and protecting marine biodiversity and ecosystem function in a high CO2 world
Posted on EPOCA: 10 Dec 2012 Steve Widdicombe, Jim Barry and Jean-Pierre Gattuso organize a special themed session on “Predicting and protecting marine biodiversity and ecosystem function in a high CO2 world” for the 11th INTECOL Congress to be held in London from 18-23 August 2013. The meeting is part of the
Special lecture in ocean acidification: consequences of excess carbon dioxide in the marine environment
GC44C. “Ocean acidification – adaptive challenge or extinction threat”, by Ken Caldeira, Carnegie Institution for Science. AGU Fall Meeting, 7 December 2012. Presentation.
Washington State Declares War on Ocean Acidification
Posted on Care2: 7 Dec 2012 — By Beth Buczynski As one of the largest producers of U.S.-farmed shellfish, Washington state has a lot to lose if ocean acidification continues. Rather than denying the reality of climate change like some other states, Washington has decided to take action to protect its natural resources.
The perfect storm arriving at a shore near you
Posted on EPOCA: 06 Dec 2012 It will last at least 10,000 years, cover three quarters of Earth’s surface and impact us all. We cannot see or hear it but its impacts are already being felt, from oysters and the multimillion dollar aquaculture business on the west coast of North