Did the COPs rise to meet our oceans’ biggest challenge?
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 29, 2022
Beyond our beautiful coastal shores lies a deadly threat: ocean acidification.
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Ocean Acidification: The Other Carbon Dioxide Problem
Green Living Guy
JULY 4, 2020
The post Ocean Acidification: The Other Carbon Dioxide Problem appeared first on Green Living Guy. Since the beginning of the industrial revolution, the release of carbon dioxide (CO2) from humankind's industrial and agricultural activities has increased the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere. Continue Reading.
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Fish struggle with warming oceans and acidification
Inhabitat - Innovation
DECEMBER 28, 2021
Fish face a new threat — ocean acidification caused by global warming. In a recent study published in Global Change Biology, researchers found that warming waters and acidification could adversely affect how fish interact in groups.
Ocean Conservation: Ocean Acidification and the Impacts of Fish Migration
Green Tech Challenge
JULY 10, 2019
Put simply, ocean acidification is the imbalance of chemical content in ocean water; whereby there is increased acidity, and upward temperature changes. Water with a pH,of 7 is pure. The closer it gets to 0, the more acidic the water is, and the closer it gets to 14, the more basic it is.
Ocean Conservation: Ocean Acidification and the Impacts of Fish Migration
Green Tech Challenge
JULY 10, 2019
Put simply, ocean acidification is the imbalance of chemical content in ocean water; whereby there is increased acidity, and upward temperature changes. The ocean has experienced a 26% pH drop in the last century. Ocean acidification has negative effects on sea-life and the ecosystem.
Eating away our food: ocean acidification is impacting Southeast Asia's fisheries
Eco-Business
JUNE 11, 2023
Ocean acidification, the “evil twin” of global warming, presents a stern challenge to food security, particularly for Southeast Asians.
Leveraging the ocean's carbon removal potential
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
In addition to these opportunities, a range of ocean-based carbon removal approaches could help capture and store billions of tons of carbon. Importantly, these approaches would not increase ocean acidification. The ocean absorbs just under one-third of anthropogenic CO2 emissions, contributing to a rise in ocean acidification.
Imperilled by ocean acidification: Senegal’s shellfish sector
Eco-Business
MAY 12, 2024
Climate change is altering the chemistry of West African waters, and local harvesters are paying the price.
What are ‘planetary boundaries’ and why should we care?
Envirotec Magazine
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
Ocean-acidification is still, just, in the green, and so is aerosol pollution and dust. Three are based on what we take from the system: biodiversity loss fresh water land use. In last week’s update, the research team found we had now gone beyond the safe zone into dangerous territory in six of the nine processes.
How will climate change affect microplastics already in the environment?
Envirotec Magazine
MAY 30, 2024
By simulating future climate scenarios, researchers aim to determine how these processes will evolve under increased UV radiation, ocean acidification and more frequent extreme weather events – all of which are expected over the next 50 years.
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No, The Oceans Are Not Acidic
R-Squared Energy
FEBRUARY 4, 2020
This is what is known as a weak acid, and its formation from rising CO 2 emissions is what is commonly called “ocean acidification.”. I still recall the first time I heard the term ocean acidification. I wonder how acidic the oceans have become.” I thought “Oh my gosh! in the direction of 7.0, Source: NOAA.
Michael Mann: Australia, Your Country Is Burning – Dangerous Climate Change Is Here With You Now
DeSmogBlog
JANUARY 7, 2020
Subject to the twin assaults of warming-caused bleaching and ocean acidification, it will be gone in a matter of decades in the absence of a dramatic reduction in global carbon emissions. Prior to beginning my sabbatical stay in Sydney, I took the opportunity this holiday season to vacation in Australia with my family.
The new vocabulary of climate change was written in Icelandic
Grist
MARCH 26, 2021
We see headlines and think we understand the words in them: ‘glacial melt,’ ‘record heat,’ ‘ocean acidification,’ ‘increasing emissions,’” he writes. “If He intuits that people want to read about Grandma, and once you’ve got readers warmed up, you can hit them with ocean acidification.
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Greentown Labs Member Milestones — November 2022
Greentown Labs
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
Ebb Carbon closed a $10.75M round to remove atmospheric CO2 and reduce ocean acidification using electrochemistry. WeaveGrid announced a $35M Series B for its tech that leverages machine learning capabilities and driver engagement tools to support EV charging optimization. Overstory announced a $5.2M
Ocean-based sequestration heats ups
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 1, 2021
The final step involves adding the bicarbonate compound that results from this reaction to the ocean, where, because the substance is alkaline, it helps counter climate-caused ocean acidification.
Ocean-based sequestration heats up
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 1, 2021
The final step involves adding the bicarbonate compound that results from this reaction to the ocean, where, because the substance is alkaline, it helps counter climate-caused ocean acidification.
Plastic waste may be acidifying our oceans, scientists speculate
Eco-Business
OCTOBER 13, 2022
New research suggests that plastic could contribute to ocean acidification, especially in highly polluted coastal areas, through the release of organic chemical compounds and carbon dioxide, both of which can lower the pH of seawater.
Fish struggle with warming oceans and acidification
AGreenLiving
DECEMBER 28, 2021
Fish face a new threat — ocean acidification caused by global warming. In a recent study published in Global Change Biology , researchers found that warming waters and acidification could adversely affect how fish interact in groups. student who was among the researchers.
Frogfish floating in litter’ winner at World Oceans Day
Climate-KIC
JUNE 21, 2017
Our oceans absorb many of the carbon dioxide emissions we emit, but human pressures – including overfishing, marine pollution, habitat destruction, climate change and ocean acidification – […]. The post Frogfish floating in litter’ winner at World Oceans Day appeared first on Climate-KIC.
Meet Ebb Carbon, the Startup Turbocharging Ocean-based Carbon Removal
Greentown Labs
AUGUST 31, 2022
Even apart from carbon capture and storage, deacidifying the ocean is an impactful effort in of itself. Ocean acidification is global warming’s forgotten crisis,” a Climate Home News article declares, and NOAA warns that it “could ultimately threaten a reorganization of the entire marine food chain.”.
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Vast Majority of Global CO2 Emissions Tied to Just 57 Entities
DeSmogBlog
APRIL 4, 2024
Carly Phillips, a research scientist for the Union of Concerned Scientists, told DeSmog that her organization had used the database to assign responsibility for rising sea levels , ocean acidification , and the increased frequency of forest fires.
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Scientists Have Now Linked Worsening Western Wildfires to Top Polluters
DeSmogBlog
MAY 15, 2023
Previous studies have quantified the share of increasing average temperatures, rising sea levels , and ocean acidification attributable to major industrial emitters. This latest study extends that analysis to the realm of wildfires.
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The IPCC report brings the future of the climate into clearer focus
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 13, 2021
The report said we are already observing climatic changes without precedent over hundreds of thousands of years, with some of these irreversible over reasonable timescales, such as ocean acidification and sea level rises.
Violations Discovered at Nation’s First Carbon Capture and Storage Project
DeSmogBlog
SEPTEMBER 13, 2024
That not only leads to ocean acidification, it also makes handling captured carbon potentially risky — as demonstrated by the fire last year at Piñon Midstream’s Dark Horse carbon capture project. Piñon Midstream advertises its Dark Horse project as “engineered and designed to the highest N.A.C.E.
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'Concerning': Mackerel taken off sustainable seafood menu amid overfishing concerns
Business Green
APRIL 4, 2023
It added that overfishing to key species in delicate food webs also heaped "unwanted additional pressure" on oceans that are also facing major challenges from climate change, ocean acidification, and warming seas.
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Mars unveils 'world's largest' coral reef restoration programme
Business Green
MAY 5, 2021
In 2018 UN scientists warned that, unless action is taken rapidly, as much as 90 per cent of the world's tropical reefs could disappear by 2043 due to ocean acidification and warming waters, with grave ramifications for the estimated 500 million people depending on them for food, income, and storm protection worldwide.
Pacific Oceans elevated acidity is dissolving Dungeness crabs shells
AGreenLiving
FEBRUARY 5, 2020
It is hoped the study’s results will convince policy makers to take immediate action against rampant greenhouse gas emissions to curtail atmospheric carbon dioxide levels and reduce ocean acidification. More here: Pacific Oceans elevated acidity is dissolving Dungeness crabs shells.
Have the world’s coral reefs already crossed a tipping point?
Grist
APRIL 29, 2024
Elsewhere, laboratories are breeding corals to withstand heat and ocean acidification. In the Great Barrier Reef, researchers have experimented with brightening clouds with sea salt , a form of geoengineering, to try to protect corals from the hot sun.
L'Oréal embraces environmental labelling under revamped sustainability strategy
Business Green
JUNE 25, 2020
The boundaries range from climate change and biodiversity to ocean acidification and freshwater use; three limits have already been passed, according to scientists. Planetary boundaries are nine environmental 'red lines' that researchers have warned will compromise life on Earth if crossed.
Big Oil faces a flood of climate lawsuits — and they’re moving closer to trial
Grist
MARCH 8, 2024
In December, the Makah and Shoalwater Bay tribes along the coast of Washington state became the first Native American tribes to take oil companies to court over the costs of responding to climate-related risks from rising seas, flooding, and ocean acidification.
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Rising sea temperatures and coral loss: “Most detailed scientific picture to date”
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 5, 2021
Ocean acidification, global warming, pollution: the causes of these threats are many and particularly difficult to address, insofar as they are extremely diffuse, and result from our entire development paradigm. The longer-term decline seen during the last decade coincided with persistent elevated SSTs.
Leveraging the ocean’s carbon removal potential
AGreenLiving
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
In addition to these opportunities, a range of ocean-based carbon removal approaches could help capture and store billions of tons of carbon. Importantly, these approaches would not increase ocean acidification. The ocean absorbs just under one-third of anthropogenic CO2 emissions, contributing to a rise in ocean acidification.
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Leveraging the ocean’s carbon removal potential
AGreenLiving
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
In addition to these opportunities, a range of ocean-based carbon removal approaches could help capture and store billions of tons of carbon. Importantly, these approaches would not increase ocean acidification. The ocean absorbs just under one-third of anthropogenic CO2 emissions, contributing to a rise in ocean acidification.
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Was the pandemic-driven emissions dip in 2020 just a blip?
Business Green
OCTOBER 12, 2021
The others are temperature, ocean heat, sea level, glacial mass, sea ice, and ocean acidification. The WMO uses seven climate indicators to give a broad view of the global climate, and the level of GHG emissions is only one of them.
Greentown Labs Member Milestones — June 2024
Greentown Labs
JUNE 25, 2024
Ebb Carbon —whose electrochemical system removes atmospheric CO2 and reduces ocean acidification—was selected for the Black & Veatch IgniteX Carbon Dioxide Removal Accelerator program. Climative and ACCEL Year 2 participant EcoForge were chosen for the Cleantech Open Northeast 2024 Cohort.
Legal Action Against High Emitters Failing to Use Latest Climate Science, Study Finds
DeSmogBlog
JUNE 28, 2021
The power of climate litigation is increasingly clear”, said lead author Rupert Stuart-Smith.
The critical role of biodiversity in creating business value
Business Green
OCTOBER 19, 2021
Invasive plants, animals and other organisms can destabilize entire ecosystems, while the impacts of climate change not only damage ecosystems themselves but exacerbate other pressures, through extreme weather events, rising ocean acidification. As ecosystems degrade, they release more carbon, adding to climate change.
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Carbfix turns emissions into stone
AGreenLiving
MARCH 16, 2021
” Carbon emissions are the top reason for global warming and a major factor in extreme weather events and ocean acidification. . “Basically, we are just doing what nature has been doing for millions of years, so we are helping nature help itself.” The project first started in 2006.
Understanding the Anthropocene, Resilience Thinking, and the Future of Industry
Green Business Bureau
JANUARY 18, 2023
These indicators, including but not limited to carbon dioxide, methane, ocean acidification, tropical forest loss, population, GDP, water use, and transportation, have reached the point past natural variation, showing indisputably that the Earth is in a different state than before. .
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IPCC landmark report warns about the state of the oceans, polar ice content and the climate crisis
AGreenLiving
SEPTEMBER 26, 2019
Rising global temperatures are making oceans warmer through marine heatwaves. Warm ocean water is less likely to hold oxygen, leading to subsequent ocean acidification. But our climate is in dire crisis.
The answer to climate-killing cow farts may come from the sea
Grist
NOVEMBER 3, 2019
It can reverse ocean acidification by absorbing carbon dioxide. We’d have to grow quite a bit of seaweed to rely on it for sequestration: One study suggests we could remove the equivalent of 42 percent of all current global CO2 emissions by covering 4 percent of the world’s oceans in seaweed farms — but that’s a lot of ocean.
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'Every fraction of warming matters': World careering towards irreversible climate impacts, top scientists warn
Business Green
AUGUST 9, 2021
As a result, climate change is already affecting every inhabited region on Earth, and impacts such as sea level rise, ocean acidification, and permafrost melt are inevitable and near-irreversible, leaving only their extent open to question.
Stakeholder Capitalism Still Makes Business Sense
Andrew Winston
OCTOBER 9, 2024
For years, scientists at the Stockholm Resilience Centre have defined and measured nine “planetary boundaries” that, if we breach them, create serious risk for humanity — measures such as how much carbon we put in the atmosphere, the rates of species loss or ocean acidification, and the use of freshwater.
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Why nature risk reporting is critical to a company's bottom line
Business Green
MARCH 9, 2023
This is reflected in a more holistic approach to nature, which considers a firm's broader role in the economy and its impact on all aspects of the environment, from emissions to biodiversity to ocean acidification. Crucially, it also assesses a business' dependence on the natural world.
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