Ocean Acidification Program News Today

WASHINGTON — NOAA Ship Rainier is continuing it’s Pacific exploration in a mission called RICHARD, which

"We are living with climate change, and its impacts will continue to get more severe."

The health of our reefs, bodies of water, the Everglades, and other aspects of our unique South Florida environment are frequent topics for the South Dade News Leader.

In 2009, a controversial scientific experiment dumped 6 metric tons of dissolved iron into the Southern Ocean to see if it would trigger a massive bloom of phytoplankton in iron-deficient waters. In one way, the experiment succeeded: The scientists produced a phytoplankton bloom. However, they didn’t get what they were really after: Proof that such […]

Several Oregon State University researchers are receiving federal funding to study potential solutions for removing carbon dioxide in marine environments.

Several Oregon State University researchers are receiving federal funding to study potential solutions for removing carbon dioxide in marine environments.

Dr. Keisha Bahr, an Associate Professor of Marine Biology, is leading a groundbreaking $2 million research initiative aimed at unraveling the mysteries of coral reefs.

A new system has begun removing acid from seawater at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) facility in Sequim, Washington, allowing seawater to take up and store carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere.

Ebb Carbon's new carbon capture technology is capable of removing 100 tons of carbon from the air each year while deacidifying the ocean.

Climate change already affects every part of the globe, with potentially dire consequences for many ecosystems and human communities.