This is gathered to track ocean acidification and shared with schools and scientific institutions.
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The impacts of ocean acidification on marine life, and ultimately the socio-economic effects, are potentially dramatic.
For much of his career, he has focussed on the implications of ocean acidification.
Excess carbon dioxide is accelerating global warming, sea level rise, ocean acidification and overall climate change.
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In sea water, this forms carbonic acid which adds to ocean acidification, with consequent problems for biodiversity.
The primary way to protect the ocean from the threat of ocean acidification is to reduce CO2 emissions.
Progress on the development of a global observing network on ocean acidification was discussed during a NOAA side event.
Suggestions for future research in biological, ecological, socio-economic evaluation of vulnerability and adaptation to ocean acidification will be outlined.
Experiments that add iron to the sea have had mixed success, though, and may cause harmful algal blooms and ocean acidification.
His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco announced the launch of the Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre during the symposium.
"For multi-decadal variability, over the historical period, the major cause was aerosols as opposed to climate change or ocean acidification, " he explained.
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The same problems of ocean acidification and warming threaten reefs everywhere.
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UNESCO-IOC is co-founder of the Ocean Acidification network, a central source of information for ocean scientists on research activities in this area.
They aim to provide an interdisciplinary forum to assess what is known about ocean acidification and priorities for future research every 4 years.
But it would do nothing to halt ocean acidification, which threatens to destroy coral reefs and wipe out an enormous number of aquatic species.
Current estimates suggest 30% of coral reefs will be endangered by 2050, says O'Dor, because of the effects of ocean acidification and global warming.
Currents estimates suggest 30% of coral reefs will be endangered by 2050, says O'Dor, because of the effects of ocean acidification and global warming.
They are part of the European Project on Ocean Acidification (EPOCA), an initiative employing over 100 researchers, more than 30 currently in the Arctic.
One of these actions is to launch a global inter-disciplinary program on ocean acidification risk assessment, which would assist countries in formulating mitigation responses.
She could have added that changes in solar output have no impact on ocean acidification, the other major impact of rising carbon dioxide concentrations.
One new element that will be included in the report will be the impact of climate change, with information on warming seas and ocean acidification.
However such a thorough economic valuation of the costs of climate change on the marine environment, specifically with regard to ocean acidification, had not been undertaken.
Relevant factors for comprehensive socio-economic risk assessments for ocean acidification impacts will be identified, including interaction effects with other physical, chemical and human sources of ecological stress.
The X PRIZE Foundation is mobilizing to attack ocean acidification.
At stake is the need to limit ocean acidification and the decline in biodiversity while setting up more effective institutional mechanisms to protect both the ocean and coastal areas.
Some of the key areas highlighted included marine biodiversity conservation, ocean acidification, marine pollution, and the required investment in science and capacity development for transitioning to a blue-green economy.
The problem is partly due to people collecting abandoned shells from beaches, although much of the marine life that makes those calcium carbonate shells is also increasingly threatened by ocean acidification.
Coastal communities and small island developing states (SIDS), which rely on marine-based ecosystem services for a significant portion of their livelihoods, will be the first to feel the impacts of increased ocean acidification.
Ocean acidification: ecological impacts and societal implications (UNESCO-IOC).
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