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.

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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.

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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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GreenBiz

JUNE 8, 2021

Seaweed, on the other hand, which makes up New Wave’s shrimp-mimic, sequesters carbon and reduces ocean acidification. Wolf hopes that spurring demand for plant-derived shrimp will have upstream effects, such as boosting beneficial ocean-based agriculture while reducing demand for farmed shrimp.

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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

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Eco-Business

JUNE 11, 2023

Ocean acidification, the “evil twin” of global warming, presents a stern challenge to food security, particularly for Southeast Asians.

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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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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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Eco-Business

MAY 12, 2024

Climate change is altering the chemistry of West African waters, and local harvesters are paying the price.

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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.

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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.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (to be released on September 25), is expected to highlight major threats to the ocean from climate change, such as declining fish stocks, rising sea levels and increasing ocean acidification.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 28, 2021

The power of climate litigation is increasingly clear”, said lead author Rupert Stuart-Smith.

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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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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.

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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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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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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.

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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.

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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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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 21, 2020

This led them to conclude that the cause of the extinction was warming and ocean acidification attributable to the release of GHGs from massive volcanic eruptions in Siberia. Using the pH in these organisms they created a chronological summary of atmospheric CO2.

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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.

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2021

Perhaps most worrying of all, impacts such as sea level rise, ocean acidification, and permafrost melt are now inevitable and near-irreversible within timespans stretching from hundreds to potentially thousands of years, leaving only their extent open to question.

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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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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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Business Green

AUGUST 26, 2020

Of course, nature-related risks are arguably even more complex to tackle than climate risks, due to the myriad threats such as water scarcity, soil erosion, ocean acidification, chemical pollution, and even - as starkly illustrated by Covid-19 - disease transmission all causing very different regional impacts.

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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.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

In one of these cases, small island states are seeking an advisory opinion that defines countries’ legal requirements for protecting the oceans from harmful climate impacts — such as ocean acidification and sea level rise – that threaten their very existence.

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Business Green

JUNE 8, 2020

In addition, study - titled 'Developing the evidence-base to support climate-smart decision making on MPAs' -provides new tools for scientists to measure the impacts of climate change such as increases in sea surface temperatures, ocean acidification, ocean heatwaves and rising sea levels on marine sensitive habitats.

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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.

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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.

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Green Tech Challenge

MAY 3, 2019

In addition to plastic waste, 30 to 40% of carbon emissions from cars, buses, airplanes, and manufacturing plants are absorbed by the ocean, causing chemical imbalance in sea water i.e. Ocean Acidification. High acidity levels are known to affect shell growth, and likely to compromise the ability of fish to reproduce.

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Renew Economy

MARCH 19, 2024

Climate extremes are now causing measurable losses in food production and displacing millions. But some scientists says the situation is worse than portrayed by WMO. The post Climate records smashed in 2023, according to WMO. But the reality might be much worse appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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