Chemistry Ocean Acidification
The mineral that could help solve climate change
Could a simple mineral be part of the key to fixing ocean acidification?
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Climate Change Ocean Acidification Oysters
Are Pacific Oysters ready for the heat?
How are adult and larval oysters sensitive to ocean acidification and warming?
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Oyster aquaculture effects on local acidification in estuaries
Researchers investigate how large-scale oyster aquaculture affects ocean acidification.
Ocean Acidification
Double trouble: Coral reefs are threatened by ocean acidification and copper
Slow growth and sickness are in stock for coral reefs if we continue putting carbon dioxide into the ocean.
Climate Change Ocean Acidification
Does increasing ocean acidification mean sharks need a trip to the dentist?
How does ocean acidification affect shark teeth?
Ocean Acidification
A story of sacrifice in the deep sea
A recent study finds that certain seashells dissolve themselves to preserve their shelled siblings, with implications for Earth’s climate.
Ocean Acidification
Are Octopuses Acid-Proof?
Red octopuses may be changing in the face of ocean acidification
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Monitoring ocean acidification takes a village (or many!)
Ocean acidification is a global change, but its local progression can be unpredictable and tough to monitor. To keep tabs…
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The Ocean Robot Revolution
This year marks the start of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science. To reach its ambitious targets, we require…
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Does history repeat itself?: Investigating the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum
Everyone knows that Earth's climate changes. With the rapid increases in human-influenced global warming and ocean acidification, we need to…
Ocean Acidification
Ocean acidification: The lesser known CO2 Problem
You have heard about global warming due to increased atmospheric carbon dioxide but did you know that it also affects…
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Ocean acidification and baby “squidlife” crises?
Ocean acidification has been known to cause problems for marine mollusks (like oysters and pteropods), because these animals have shells…
Biogeochemistry Climate Change Ocean Acidification Physical oceanography
Impact of Climate Change on Antarctic Waters
A recent study demonstrate the critical importance of Antarctic winds and meltwater to modeling the recent observed changes in Southern…
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Who’s benefiting from increasing CO2?
Bach, L. T., Hernández-Hernández, N., Taucher, J., Spisla, C., Sforna, C., Riebesell, U., & Arístegui, J. (2019). Effects of elevated…
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Fixin’ to lose: Trichodesmium reacts to climate change
Nitrogen is vital for all life on the planet. One of the main global sources for nitrogen, the bacteria Trichodesmium,…
Biogeochemistry Climate Change Ocean Acidification
Gassing Earth Out of the Ice Age: the North Pacific
Enhanced upwelling and CO2 degassing from the North Pacific during a warm climate event 14,000 years ago may have helped…
Ocean Acidification
More Intense Summer to Winter Swings in Oceanic Dissolved CO2
Ocean CO2 levels vary depending on the time of year. Landschützer and his colleagues are the first to show that…
Atmospheric Chemistry Biochemistry Biological oceanography Chemistry Climate Change Conservation Human impacts Ocean Acidification
Pteropods are Ptough: How one of the ocean’s most fragile creatures may cope with climate change
Climate change, due to the increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide from fossil fuel burning, is arguably the most important issue…
Ocean Acidification
Ocean Acidification: No Longer Confined to the Sea Surface
Acidification, one of the highest-visibility impacts of human activity on the ocean, was thought to be confined to its upper…