KCAW.org | Katherine Rose | Jul 17, 2020 Predicting the future is hard, unless you’ve got a crystal ball. In the basement of the Sitka Sound Science Center, a researcher has designed an experiment to study the future of ocean acidification, and her “crystal ball” is herring. In Part 2 of KCAW’s two-part story on the […]
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Fishing Industry Businesses Endorse I-1631
FOR IMMEDIATE GENERAL RELEASE: October 23, 2018 To whom it may concern: We write today to announce our support for Washington’s Initiative 1631. As businesses who rely on healthy fisheries for a significant portion of our income, we believe this is a well-designed policy that offers us – and our customers – the best possible […]
continue readingOur Deadened, Carbon-Soaked Seas
Ocean and coastal waters around the world are beginning to tell a disturbing story. The seas, like a sponge, are absorbing increasing amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, so much so that the chemical balance of our oceans and coastal waters is changing and a growing threat to marine ecosystems. Over the past 200 […]
continue readingPMEL and Partners Deploy First Ocean Acidification Mooring in the Indian Ocean
Week of November 27, 2013 PMEL successfully deployed the first carbon dioxide flux and ocean acidification mooring in the Northern Indian Ocean on November 23. The Bay of Bengal Ocean Acidification (BOBOA) mooring will help us understand the large intraseasonal, seasonal and interannual biogeochemical variations in the Bay of Bengal, and how the marine ecosystem […]
continue readingOcean Acidification Workshop in Nelson Focuses on Protecting Our Marine Resources
This past week my deputy Marie Damour traveled to Nelson for a workshop on ocean acidification which our Embassy co-sponsored with the New Zealand government, the NZ seafood industry and the Gordon & Betty Moore foundation. The workshop, titled “Future Proofing New Zealand’s Shellfish Aquaculture: Monitoring and Adaptation to Ocean Acidification,” was intended to respond […]
continue readingUpcoming International OA Event
First meeting of the Ocean Acidification international Reference User Group (OAiRUG), 2-4 December 2013, Oceanographic Museum, Monaco. Read more here
continue reading20 facts about Ocean Acidification
In early October, Washington Sea Grant released 20 Facts About Ocean Acidification–the product of a collaboration between WSG, NOAA, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Plymouth Marine Labs and other international partners. Feedback on this initial document has helped us improve the precision of the facts, resulting in this November 2013 update: OA20Facts
continue readingTedx Talk: “Baby oysters, the canary of the ocean?”
Andrew Dickson gave a talk on Oct 5th, 2013 at a local TEDx event in San Diego:
continue readingWhat we can do about ocean acidification and climate change
This op-ed is written jointly by the CEO of one of the largest shellfish growers (a close partner in our work) and the chairman of Washington’s Blue Ribbon Panel on Ocean Acidification: October 9th, 2013. Special to The Seattle Times Meeting the challenge of ocean acidification will require action at a level not yet seen […]
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