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Fact Sheets and General Information
Films and Radio Shows
Research Programme Sites
Documents
Powerpoint Library
Note: the views expressed by these resources do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the sponsor organizations SCOR, IOC, IGBP, or IAEA-MEL.

Fact Sheets and General Information
Ocean Acidification Information Outlet (Blog by Dr. Jean-Pierre Gattuso)
Eur-Oceans Fact Sheet: Ocean Acidification - The Other Half of the CO2 Problem
The Pew Charitable Trust Science Brief: Carbon Dioxide and Our Ocean Legacy
The PMEL NOAA Ocean Acidification Pages
International Maritime Organization London Dumping Convention CO2 Sequestration FAQ
SOLAS Scientific Steering Committee Position Statement on Large-Scale Ocean Fertilization
IMO London Convention Statement of Concern Regarding Iron Fertilization of the Oceans to Sequester CO2
SCOR-GESAMP Position Statement on Deliberate Nutrient Additions to the Ocean
IOC ad hoc Consultative Group Statement on Ocean Fertilization
IOC - SCOR Watching Brief on Ocean Carbon Sequestration
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Films and Radio Shows
Eur-Oceans short film (2006): Ocean Acidification (available in English and French) - Featuring James Orr and Jean-Pierre Gattuso.
Eur-Oceans short film (2007): Should we manipulate the oceans? (available in English and French) - Featuring Hein de Baar, Christine Klaas, and James Orr.
CarboOcean / Univisjon mini-documentary (2007, only available in Norwegian) on De forste Co2-ofrene? featuring Peter Haugan, Joan Kleypas, Richard Bellarby, and James Orr.
Video clips from Peter Brewer's Deep-sea ROV based experiments on liquid CO2.
US National Public Radio "Weekday" program (2006) interview with Christopher Sabine and Richard Feely about The Dangers of Ocean Acidity (MP3)
US National Public Radio "Open Source" program (2007) interview with Scott Doney about Global Warming: Oceans. (24 MB MP3)
Canadian Broadcasting Cooperation "Quirks and Quarks" program (2001) interview the Peter Brewer about Carbon Sunk in the Ocean (MBARI mirror of the interview, [3.84 Mb]. )
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Research Programmes
Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystems Research Project: IMBER
Surface Ocean - Lower Atmosphere Study: SOLAS
IGBP-SCOR Fast Track Initiative on Ocean Acidification / Past Global Changes
International Maritime Organization / London Convention
Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network
International Ocean Carbon Coordination Project
Biodiversity of Open Ocen Microcalcifiers (BOOM)
European Framework 6 Project: CARBOOCEAN
European Network of Excellence for Ocean Ecosystems Analysis: Eur-Oceans
European Network of Excellence for Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning: MARBEF
North Pacific Marine Science Organization: PICES
International Council for Exploration of the Seas (North Atlantic): ICES
Oslo-Paris Commission for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic: OSPAR
US - Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry Program (NSF, NOAA, NASA): OCB
Belgium - Role of Pelagic Calcification and Export of Carbonate Production in Climate Change: PEACE
Germany and Norway - Pelagic Ecosystem CO2 Enrichment Study: PeECE
UK Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership: Annual Report Card (includes acidification impacts and projections)
EU Strategic Workshop on the "Impacts of Ocean Acidification", January 2008. (powerpoints available)
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Documents
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The Future Oceans - Warming Up, Rising High, Turning Sour (2006). Special Report from the German Advisory Council on Global Change. WBGU, Berlin, 110 pages. |
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Reviewing the Impact of Increased Atmospheric CO2 on Oceanic pH and the Marine Ecosystem, in Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change (2006). Proceedings from the international symposium on Stabilization of Greenhouse Gas Concentrations, Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change, Cambridge University Press, 392 pages. |
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Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Coral Reefs and Other Marine Calcifiers : A Guide for Future Research (2006). Report of a workshop sponsored by NSF, NOAA, USGS. |
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Ocean Carbon Research Plan of the Joint SOLAS / IMBER Carbon Working Group (2006). |
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The Ocean in a High CO2 World (2005). Proceedings from the International Symposium; Special Issue of the Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, v. 110, 2005. |
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Ocean acidification due to increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide (2005). The Royal Society, London, 60 pages. |
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Research Priorities Report from The Ocean in a High CO2 World international symposium (2004). (pdf 142 kB) |
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Cicerone, R., J. Orr, P. Brewer, P. Haugan, L. Merlivat, T. Ohsumi, S. Pantoja, H.-O. Poertner, M. Hood, E. Urban (2004). The Ocean in a High CO2 World, Oceanography, Vol. 17, No. 3, September 2004, 72-78. (pdf link to Oceanography Magazine site) |
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IOC-SCOR Watching Brief on Ocean Carbon Sequestration (2007). (pdf 142 kB) |
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IPCC Special Report on Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage (2005). |
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The Ocean in a High CO2 World (2005). Proceedings from the International Symposium; Special Issue of the Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, v. 110, 2005. |
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Geological Storage of CO2 (2004). Proceedings from the OSPAR Convention. |
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Direct Ocean Sequestration Experts' Workshop, Final Report, 2001 (sponsored by US DOE, NETL, MBARI). |
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American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) - The Scientific and Policy Uncertainties Surrounding the Use of Ocean Fertilization to Transfer Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide to the Oceans: A summary statement drafted by participants in an ASLO workshop, April 25, 2001 Washington D.C. (html link) |
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Ocean Storage of CO2 (1999). A report from the International Energy Agency Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme. |
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Powerpoint Library
Event / Links
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Presentations Available |
| Ocean Acidification - Modern Observations and Past Experiences (2006) |
- Controls on past [and future] ocean chemistry -- Andy Ridgwell
- Biological mechanisms of calcification and other processes most likely to be affected by changes in ocean chemistry -- Jonathan Erez
- Experimental results on effects of ocean chemistry changes on benthos (incl. corals) -- Jean-Pierre Gattuso
- Marine planktonic response to long-term changes in ocean chemistry over Earth history to glacial-interglacial cycles - gradual and extreme events -- Jelle Bijma
- Adaption and evolution - some case studies -- Daniela Schmidt
- Working group reports, talk and poster abstracts also available on-line.
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| OSPAR Workshop on Geological Storage of CO2 (2004) |
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| The Ocean in a High CO2 World (2004) |
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