Showing posts with label III Acidification. Show all posts
Showing posts with label III Acidification. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Fisheries business threatened by ocean acidification.

Fisheries business threatened by ocean acidification. Between 2005 and 2009, billions of oyster larvae began dying at hatcheries around Washington state before anyone knew what was going on or could do anything about it. The reason, scientists learned, was ocean acidification. Everett Herald

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Caribbean Coral Reefs Are Mostly Dead, IUCN Says

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 09:29 AM PDT
The coral reefs of the Caribbean have, to put it bluntly, completely collapsed. Overfishing and climate change are the primary causes according to a new report released by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). In the most comprehensive study yet of Caribbean coral reefs, scientists have discovered that the 50 to 60 percent [...]

Great Barrier Reef faces rapid coral loss: study Reuters

Great Barrier Reef faces rapid coral loss: study

Reuters-21 hours ago
Rising ocean acidification caused by seas absorbing more carbon dioxide is disrupting the ability of corals to build their calcium carbonate structures.

Friday, September 28, 2012

Climate change Micronesia's biggest and continuing challenge ... UN News Centre

Climate change Micronesia's biggest and continuing challenge ...

UN News Centre-16 hours ago
In addition to rising tides and temperatures, and ocean acidification, he cited destructive fishing practices and pollutants such as mercury, oil and waste from ...

Monday, September 24, 2012

Acidifying seas threaten island nations' food security -study Reuters

Acidifying seas threaten island nations' food security -study
Reuters
MONTEREY, California (Reuters) - Food security problems caused by climate change and ocean acidification will hit small island and coastal nations hardest, environmental group Oceana said on Monday. The Comoros islands in the Indian Ocean headed ...
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Monday, September 3, 2012

Great Barrier Reef now calcifying at halved rate FIS

Great Barrier Reef now calcifying at halved rate

FIS - ‎2 hours ago‎
In recent decades, coral reefs around the world, home to large numbers of fish and other marine species, have been threatened by human activities such as pollution, overfishing, global warming, and ocean acidification. This last process affects ambient ...

Saturday, August 11, 2012

The effects of ocean acidification on shellfish Sail World

The effects of ocean acidification on shellfish

Sail World - ‎1 hour ago‎
An international study to comprehend and predict the likely impact of ocean acidification on shellfish and other marine organisms living in seas, from the tropics to the poles, has been published this week in the journal Global Change Biology.

Saturday, April 21, 2012

Decline of coral reefs: 20 percent destroyed Inland Empire News


Decline of coral reefs: 20 percent destroyed

Inland Empire News - 
Reefs are suffering “from impacts related to climate change, the warming sea surface temperatures, ocean acidification and land-based sources of pollution and overfishing,” according to John Christensen, director of the Coral Reef Conservation program 

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Ocean acidification linked to larval oyster failure Eureka! Science News


Ocean acidification linked to larval oyster failure

Eureka! Science News - 
Researchers at Oregon State University have definitively linked an increase in ocean acidification to the collapse of oyster seed production at a commercial oyster hatchery in Oregon, where larval growth had declined to a level considered by the owners ...
Study Links Massive Oyster Die-offs in Northwest to Ocean Acidification

Friday, March 30, 2012

Washington State Creates Ocean Acidification Panel The Daily Score


Washington Creates Ocean Acidification Panel

The Daily Score - 
In a nutshell, excess carbon dioxide causes oceans to become more acidic, and also removes key building blocks that thousands of species need to build shells and skeletons.

Increasing carbon dioxide in atmosphere melts poles, acidifies oceans Kansas State Collegian


Increasing carbon dioxide in atmosphere melts poles, acidifies oceans

Kansas State Collegian - 
By Matt DeCapo For almost all of human history, carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere were about 280 parts per million.