Publication Date:
2022-05-25
Description:
Author Posting. © Oceanography Society, 2009. This article is posted here by permission of Oceanography Society for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Oceanography 22 no. 4 (2009): 16-25.
Description:
Over a period of less than a decade, ocean acidification—the change in seawater
chemistry due to rising atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels and subsequent
impacts on marine life—has become one of the most critical and pressing issues
facing the ocean research community and marine resource managers alike. The objective
of this special issue of Oceanography is to provide an overview of the current
scientific understanding of ocean acidification as well as to indicate the substantial
gaps in our present knowledge. Papers in the special issue discuss the past, current,
and future trends in seawater chemistry; highlight potential vulnerabilities to marine
species, ecosystems, and marine resources to elevated CO2; and outline a roadmap
toward future research directions. In this introductory article, we present a brief
introduction on ocean acidification and some historical context for how it emerged so
quickly and recently as a key research topic.
Description:
We thank the National Science
Foundation (NSF), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
and National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) for research
support on ocean acidification. We specifically acknowledge grants
supporting the OCB Project Office (NSF
OCE-0622984, NSF OCE-0927287,
and NASA NNX08AX01G). Richard A. Feely was
supported by the NOAA Climate
Program under the Office of Climate
Observations (Grant No. GC04-314
and the Global Carbon Cycle Program
(Grant No. GC05-288).
Repository Name:
Woods Hole Open Access Server
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Article
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