22 Oct 2024
A new report from the Economist Impact and Nippon Foundation initiative, Back to Blue, calls for urgent, integrated actions to combat ocean acidification (OA) and halt biodiversity loss in marine ecosystems. The report, Ocean Acidification and Biodiversity Loss: Connecting the Dots with Data, outlines critical recommendations for enhancing the scientific understanding of the direct links […]
28 May 2024
A report titled ‘Fisheries policies adaptation and resilience to climate change and ocean acidification’ was published from the ClimateXChange Secretariat earlier this May. The research authored by BMT through ClimateXChange aimed at informing Scotland’s fisheries policies, specifically focusing on driving adaptation and resilience to climate change and ocean acidification. The research prioritised the development of […]
26 Sep 2023
Defra boost for ocean acidification research: PML funded to become Secretariat for the UN-endorsed ‘OARS’ programme. The ‘Ocean Acidification Research for Sustainability’ (OARS) programme is designed to support the development of ocean acidification science. As part of the High Level Event for Nature and People that is taking place at the UN General Assembly […]
10 Jan 2023
Enhancing the ocean’s ability to remove CO2 particles from the atmosphere will be crucial in the fight against climate change, according to a new research paper led by Heriot-Watt University. At present, around 25% of all CO2 emitted to the air is absorbed by the oceans. When these molecules enter the water they cause acidification, […]
13 Feb 2018
HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco: ‘Heralding the next era of action on ocean acidification presents a very real threat to all those depending on the sea and its resources around the world in the coming decades. My interest in this issue goes back many years. In 2008 I hosted the Second International Symposium on […]
12 Nov 2017
Tomorrow the Environment Minister Thérèse Coffey will head to the UN Climate Change Conference in Germany to discuss our world-class marine science and leading research into ocean acidification. Defra: Saturday is ‘Oceans Action Day’ and the Minister will join leaders from around the world to address progress made on tackling climate change and its impacts […]
24 Sep 2017
Thanks to Phil Williamson The new HoC Science & Technology Committee met and they agreed to publish a Defra response (of 18 July) to issues raised re the OA inquiry: http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/science-technology/Correspondence/170718-Coffey-to-Lamb-Ocean-acidification.pdf. That was in response to the Committee’s letter to Defra of 26 April: http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/science-technology/Correspondence/Letter-toTh%c3%a9r%c3%a8se-Coffey-MP-ocean-acidification-26-04-17.pdf. It is up to the new Committee to decided whether the Defra/government […]
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