The Guardian reports, 25th August 2013: “Rapidly rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are causing a potential catastrophe in our oceans as they become more acidic, scientists have warned. Hans Poertner, professor of marine biology at the Alfred Wegener Institute in Germany, and co-author of a new study of the phenomenon, told the Guardian: […]
» Ocean Acidification
- Rising levels of acidity in the oceans is worrisome and “potentially catastrophic”
- Krill in the Antarctic Ocean under threat from ocean acidification
- Australia’s Great Barrier Reef could be on the “danger list”
- Prof. Callum Roberts outlines the urgent task the new Global Ocean Commission must tackle
- David Miliband, co-founder of Global Ocean Commission, explains its purpose
- Global Ocean Commission formed to fight degradation of the ocean
- First evidence of ocean acidification affecting marine life in the Southern Ocean
- Global food insecurity increasing as world fish stocks decline
The Guardian reports 10th July 2013:”Krill is the backbone of the food webfood web The totality of interacting food chains in an ecological community in the Antarctic and is the key food for penguins, seals, fish and whales… [and] between a third and a quarter of carbon dioxide that comes from burning fossil fuels is […]
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It might be regarded as some sort of sick joke that the Great Barrier Reef happens to nestle beside the heart of Australia’s fossil fuel export boom. When the coal ships leave the Queensland ports, the two become one as the captains make passage through the 2300 kilometre/1430 mile-long reef – the world’s largest. Now […]
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Prof. Callum Roberts writes in The Observer, 10th February 2013: “The oceans are changing faster today and in more ways than at any time in human history. We are the cause. Which is why I welcome the launch of the Global Ocean Commission, dedicated to ending the neglect, in international affairs, of the high seas. […]
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An environmental catastrophe with greater economic impact than the global financial crash is occurring on the high seas, according to David Miliband. The former foreign secretary is to lead a new, high-level international effort to end the lawlessness of the oceans, which will be unveiled this week. The high seas, which lie beyond any national […]
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The Global Ocean Commission, an independent body of international leaders aiming to reverse degradation of the ocean, has been launched to seek to restore it to full health and productivity. The group chaired by former Costa Rican President (and Carbon War Room President) José María Figueres, South African cabinet minister Trevor Manuel and former UK […]
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The shells of marine snails – known as pteropods – living in the seas around Antarctica are being dissolved by ocean acidification according to a new study published this week in the journal Nature Geoscience. These tiny animals are a valuable food source for fish and birds and play an important role in the oceanic […]
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The Persian Gulf, Libya, and Pakistan are at high risk of food insecurity in coming decades because climate change and ocean acidification are destroying fisheries, according to a report released by Oceana. The report from the campaign group Oceana warns of growing food insecurity, especially for poorer people, from the Faroe Islands in the North […]
