Ocean Acidification

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Reefs action 'needed urgently'  -  22 Oct 2007
SBS - World News Australia,Experts believe ocean acidification is accelerating due to increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. This detrimentally affects the growth and strength of

Consensus declaration on coral reef futures  -  22 Oct 2007
HULIQ,Ocean acidification due to increased atmospheric CO2 is accelerating, and will detrimentally effect the growth and skeletal strength of calcifying species,

Senate Passes Lautenberg Measure To Protect Oceans From Acidification  -  Oct 18, 2007
All American Patriots (press release),Ocean acidification harms marine life, threatens the jobs of coastal workers and fishermen and poses serious risks to the fishing industry.

Warming turns Barrier Reef acidic  -  Oct 17, 2007
The Age,Ocean acidification, a side-effect of global warming, occurs when excess carbon dioxide dissolves into the ocean and becomes carbonic acid.

Greenhouse gas threatens coral reefs  -  Oct 17, 2007
United Press InternationalOcean acidification, a side-effect of global warming, occurs when excess carbon dioxide dissolves in the ocean and becomes carbolic acid -- making it harder

Energy surfaces in Kodiak to combat global warming  -  Oct 17, 2007
Kodiak Daily Mirror,Warren, whose group met with city and borough officials earlier in the day, said the whole issue behind ocean acidification is carbon emissions,

Global warming turning water around Great Barrier Reef acidic  -  Oct 18, 2007
TopNews,Ocean acidification occurs when excess carbon dioxide dissolves into the ocean and becomes carbonic acid. It is potentially devastating for the marine

Acid Oceans From Carbon Dioxide Will Endanger One Third Of Marine ...  -  Oct 17, 2007
Science Daily (press release)Global warming is incredibly serious, but ocean acidification could be even more so.� Acid oceans will be among the issues explored by Australia’s leading

US set to violate its standards on CO 2 emissions  -  Sep 24, 2007
New Scientist (subscription),The US may violate its own standards on water quality by refusing to limit emissions of carbon dioxide, suggests a new study modelling ocean acidification.

Climate change: What's in the rising tide?  -  Oct 17, 2007
Nature.com (subscription),The organisms most likely to be affected by ocean acidification are those with shells or skeletons made from calcium carbonate, including many algae that

Emissions cut needed to save reef: researcher  -  Oct 17, 2007
ABC Online,..."Ocean acidification by affecting that process is literally limiting reefs ability to maintain themselves under some very minor increases in carbon dioxide

Senate Gets New Global Warming Wildlife Bill  -  Oct 18, 2007
Daily Green...restore coastal and marine ecosystems to help them better withstand ocean acidification, sea level rise, and other stresses related to climate change.

An Inconvenient Truth: Team Gore responds  -  Oct 18, 2007
Washington Post,Corals are also under stress from other factors like water pollution (agricultural runoff), overfishing, and ocean acidification (another direct impact of

Ocean pipes could help the Earth to cure itself  -  Sep 26, 2007
Nature.com (subscription),And the impact on ocean acidification will need to be taken into account. But the stakes are so high that we put forward the general concept of using the

Geo-engineering remains a bad idea  -  Oct 19, 2007
Grist Magazine,And, of course, this strategy allows unfettered ocean acidification, and as noted recently, "when CO2 levels in the atmosphere reach about 500 parts per

Convenient Untruths  -  Oct 15, 2007
RealClimate...from a multitude of factors; overfishing, deliberate destruction, water pollution, sea level rise, ocean acidification and, finally, warming oceans.

Top Scientist: Stir Up Oceans, Stop Global Warming  -  Sep 27, 2007
FOX NewsLovelock acknowledges that the pipes could have negative effects, such as ocean acidification — the more carbon dioxide that is added to the ocean,

Pumping iron into ocean gets chilly reception  -  Oct 7, 2007
MiamiHerald.com,...called iron-seeding, as a tonic for the environmental epidemics of collapsing fisheries, ocean acidification and, most critically, global warming.

Irrational beliefs I hold about carbon emissions  -  Sep 26, 2007
Agoravox,I believe, for instance, that ocean acidification will, in the long run, be the most dangerous consequence of carbon emissions.(And by saying that I don’t

Endangered Species Act Protection Sought for the Ashy Storm-petrel:  -  Oct 15, 2007
Common Dreams (press release),Also, ocean acidification caused by the ocean’s absorption of excess carbon dioxide may lead to declines in the storm-petrel’s prey.

"All Quiet Alert" Issued For the Sun  -  Oct 16, 2007
Slashdot...believed to be due to deforestation. d)The oceans have been absorbing more and more CO2 which lowers the sea water pH, leading to "ocean acidification".

The Science of Climate Change  -  Oct 18, 2007
The New York Academy of Sciences,Administration's (NOAA) Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, whose research has focused on carbon cycling in the oceans and ocean acidification.

Full Text  -  Oct 18, 2007
Science Magazine (subscription)McElroy of Harvard University, the then-senator spent 2 hours on the phone nailing down a "pretty subtle chemical point" about ocean acidification.

Community Letter to NASA and NOAA Regarding Concerns Over NPOESS ...  -  Oct 2, 2007
Space Ref (press release)...efforts to address climate change, coastal hypoxia, harmful algal blooms, fisheries health, ocean acidification and many other issues are accelerating.

Climate policy should focus on reducing emissions  -  Sep 25, 2007
EurActiv,Geo-engineering will not solve all our problems, claims Arroyo – citing ocean acidification from the conversion of CO2 to carbonic acid as an example.

Acidic oceans may threaten fisheries  -  Oct 4, 2007
KTUU,Studies have measured a 30 percent rise in ocean acidification over the last 200 years. Feely said the higher acid levels are projected to impact small

Explorers Club to Honor NSF-Funded Researchers and Glaciologist ...  -  Oct 9, 2007
National Science Foundation (press release)Oceanographer Richard Feely of NOAA's Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory in Seattle, Wash., an expert on the subject of ocean acidification.

Blowin' in the wind: Homestaders to weight wind farm benefits  -  Sep 28, 2007
Molokai Times,Given oil's finitude, its role on the international stage, and the apparent consequences of burning it (including climate change and ocean acidification),

Sea pipes proposed for global warming  -  Sep 27, 2007
InTheNews.co.uk,And the impact on ocean acidification will need to be taken into account," Dr Lovelock and Professor Rapley write. "But the stakes are so high that we put

States Petitioned on Ocean Acidification  -  Aug 16, 2007
Forbes,The reason: ocean acidification, the changing of sea water chemistry because of absorption of carbon dioxide produced by humans.

States petitioned on ocean acidification  -  Aug 16, 2007
Houston Chronicle,The reason: ocean acidification, the changing of sea water chemistry because of absorption of carbon dioxide produced by humans.

Group petitions 7 states to curb ocean acidification  -  Aug 15, 2007
KNDO/KNDU,AP - August 15, 2007 9:55 PM ET ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A conservation group is calling on Washington and six other states to declare their ocean waters

Seven Coastal States Petitioned to Address Ocean Acidification:  -  Aug 15, 2007
Center for Biological Diversity (press release),...“While global warming is finally being recognized as the very real threat that it is, the ‘other CO 2 problem’ — ocean acidification — is quietly,

Learn About Coastal Climate Change Issues and Clean Energy Potential  -  Aug 15, 2007
CarriageTradePR.com (press release)The other topic will be ocean acidification and offshore generation of energy from wind power. Richard Jahnke, Ph.D., of the Skidaway Institute of

UT to open marine larviculture lab  -  Aug 15, 2007
Science Daily (press release)...full story First ocean acidification monitor launched (June 12, 2007) -- US scientists have launched the first buoy designed to monitor ocean acidification.

Geo-engineering is not the answer  -  Aug 15, 2007
Grist Magazine,...would rebound rapidly, potentially triggering catastrophic effects. (And, of course, this shield does nothing to stop catastrophic ocean acidification.)

Oak Park needs to its part in saving the world's icebergs AND oceans  -  Jul 24, 2007
Wednesday Journal,In other words, and as stated by the UK's Royal Society in launching a study into this problem, ocean acidification could present "potentially catastrophic

Global Warming Threatens Hawaii's Coral Reefs  -  Jul 27, 2007
KHNL-TV/KHBC/KOGG,By Mary Simms COCONUT ISLAND (KHNL) - The combined stress of global warming and ocean acidification has many coral reef biologists very concerned.

Global Action Needed to Protect Coral Reefs, Report Says  -  Jul 30, 2007
Associated Content,...ocean temperatures and ocean acidification (caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide in water); diseases; degraded wetlands and mangrove habitats;

The 11th Hour’s Ticking Clock  -  Aug 8, 2007
Campus Progress,Discussions of global warming, deforestation, ocean acidification, oil dependence, and air pollution—among other issues—illustrate the myriad problems the

New fisheries minister visits Plymouth and Portland  -  Jul 31, 2007
Fish Update,Among the presentations were the effects of climate change and ocean acidification and research into microscopic algae as a future sustainable resource.

Save our reef, save our heritage  -  Jul 19, 2007
FirstScience,...“We know the threats posed by coral bleaching, ocean acidification, rapid sea level rise and increased coastal erosion. It’s about what we can do in the way

Scientists fear that carbon dioxide is altering ocean chemistry  -  Sep 23, 2006
ParamusPost.com,...t know how else to describe it," said Victoria Fabry, a researcher at California State University San Marcos who studies how ocean acidification threatens tiny ...

Race against extinction  -  Sep 19, 2006
uniprotokolle (Pressemitteilung),Are marine organisms able to adapt to ocean acidification? An international group of researchers under leadership of the Alfred ...

Energy resources, climate change, coastal issues at GSA this month  -  Oct 6, 2006
EurekAlert (press release),Issues addressed include global warming, ocean acidification, elevated carbon dioxide concentrations, and a possible new source of paleoenvironmental history. ...

Stratospheric injections could help cool Earth, computer model ...  -  Sep 18, 2006
innovations report,Mitigation alone can potentially solve both the warming and ocean acidification problems, but it has its own set of difficulties, says Wigley. ...

Race against extinction  -  Sep 19, 2006
Informationsdienst Wissenschaft (Pressemitteilung),Over the past years, a reduced chance of survival through ocean acidification has already been detected for marine organisms such as corals and snails. ...

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