Supporting integrative ocean acidification research
OCEAN ACIDIFICATION NEWSMARCH 9, 2012: OCB has written an open letter recommending that ocean acidification be considered a key consideration for international decisionmakers. JUNE 13, 2011: The workshop agenda, presentations, videos, and supporting materials for the March 2011 Ocean Acidification Principal Investigators' Meeting are now online. JUNE 12, 2011: OCB scientists Richard Feely and Scott Doney have authored an introductory lecture on ocean acidification, which will be the first in a series of ocean acidification-related lectures hosted by ASLO. JUNE 11, 2011: The book “Ocean Acidification”, to be published by Oxford University Press in September, can be purchased for a short time with a 20% discount: http://tinyurl.com/OUP-OA-book. MAY 11, 2011: OCB scientist Justin Ries and his postdoctoral researcher, Carl Castillo, discuss their coral research in Belize. MAY 10, 2011: View National Research Council’s public outreach booklet on ocean acidification MAY 6, 2011: Special feature article on ocean acidification by Elizabeth Kolbert in the April 2011 issue of National Geographic APRIL 21, 2011: The final version of the Ocean Research and Resources Advisory Panel (ORRAP) Ocean Acidification Task Force report "Summary of Work Completed and Recommendations for ORRAP to convey to the IWGOA" is now publicly available from the NOPP Publications & Reports webpage (or via direct download) APRIL 15, 2011: Visit the following 2-part blog series on the challenges of communicating about ocean acidification and its impacts: Part I: Should Ocean Acidification Be Communicated as Closely Linked to Climate Change? and Part II: Restarting the Conversation about Ocean Acidification: How To Frame What Is At Stake? MARCH 25, 2011: OCB convenes first national ocean acidification PI meeting - presentations available on the meeting website JANUARY 26, 2011: Graduate Course "Experimental Approaches to Understanding Ocean Acidification" to be held June 20 - July 22 at the Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of Washington NOVEMBER 15, 2010: The United States Environmental Protection Agency has issued a memorandum concerning its Integrated Reporting and Listing Decisions Related to Ocean Acidification. NOVEMBER 9, 2010: Researchers at University of Miami have shown that ocean acidification harms Elkhorn coral recruitment by altering fertilization, larval settlement and survivorship. OCTOBER 13, 2010: The National Science Foundation announced the recipients of grants to study ocean acidification as part of its Spring 2010 cross-cutting program. SEPTEMBER 27-30, 2010: The annual EPOCA, UKOARP, and BIOACID meeting was held in Bremerhaven, Germany. Meeting agenda and presentations are on the EPOCA website. SEPTEMBER 21, 2010: Richard Feely, an OCB SSC member and OA subcommittee co-chair, was named a Heinz Award winner for 2010. AUGUST 18, 2010: OCB and EPOCA's websites were included in the 50 Best Blogs Leading Ocean Acidification Awareness assembled by Paul Atkinson at MastersinPublicAdministration.com. JULY 16, 2010: A consortium of institutions in Monterey, CA, including the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, will host the Third Symposium on the Ocean in a High-CO2 World in Fall 2012. JUNE 21, 2010: The National Research Council has released the prepublication copy of its report "Ocean Acidification: A National Strategy to Meet the Challenges of a Changing Ocean." MAY 21, 2010: The OCB response to the EPA call for public comment on addressing ocean acidification in the 303(d) program is available for download. MAY 19, 2010: Guide to Best Practices in Ocean Acidification Research and Data Reporting now available for download MAY 3, 2010: Thomson Reuters Essential Science Indicators identified "Ocean Acidification:The Other CO2 Problem" (2009, Annual Review of Marine Science) as a New Hot Paper in Geosciences, meaning it is one of the most-cited papers in its discipline in the past two years. Affiliated interview by Scott Doney. APRIL 22, 2010: The National Science Foundation has produced a 5-minute audio slideshow describing the effects of ocean acidification on oyster larvae.APRIL 22, 2010: The National Research Council has released the prepublication summary of its report "Ocean Acidification: A National Strategy to Meet the Challenges of a Changing Ocean." APRIL 22, 2010: ABC News ran an article and video on ocean acidification's impacts on northwest U.S. oyster farms, and interviewed scientists Burke Hales, Ken Caldeira, and Richard Feely.APRIL 16, 2010: The Environmental and Economic Impacts of Ocean Acidification, a hearing before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will take place April 22 at 10 am. See link for live webcast, archived hearing, and testimony. MARCH 29, 2010: OCB to coordinate community response to EPA federal register notice on ocean acidification MARCH 22, 2010: EPA Solicits Public Comment on the Effects of Ocean Acidification as it Relates to the 303(d) Program MARCH 15, 2010: View presentations from European ocean acidification training workshop in Kiel, Germany (March 8-12, 2010) FEBRUARY 22, 2010: Frequently asked questions about ocean acidification published through a joint effort of OCB and EPOCA scientists.
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