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Securing the flow of ocean benefits in the face of the one-two punch of ocean acidification and climate change Wednesday, May 23, 2012 Both climate change and ocean acidification pose threats to the flow of ocean benefits to people. Amidst growing societal demand for these benefits, two in particular-- food and protection from coastal hazards-- are intimately linked to global security. This panel at the Global Conference on Oceans, Climate and Security (GCOCS) highlighted the implications of climate change and acidification for the continued ability of the...
COMPASS partners with DC Science Café Tuesday, May 15, 2012 In partnership with the DC Science Café, COMPASS brought scientists Walter Boynton from the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, and ...
AAAS Session - The Ocean Health Index: Diagnosis for a Crowded Blue Planet Saturday, February 18, 2012 Synopsis We ask a lot from the world’s ocean. We expect renewable energy, bountiful seafood, thriving coastal communities, and gorgeous places to explore. But reaping these benefits involves tough choices in how we use and protect the ocean. To achieve a sustainable future in the face of climate change and other stressors, we need a tool to proactively evaluate the collective impacts of our actions and policies on the benefits we expect and value from the ocean. ...
NCSE: Hanging in the pH Balance? Ocean Acidification Impacts on Food Security Wednesday, January 18, 2012 Marine protein contributes substantially to global food security. Fish and shellfish contribute 15 percent of animal protein for three billion people worldwide, according to a recent FAO analysis. Ocean acidification, caused by increasing levels of dissolved CO2 in seawater, poses an increasing threat to the continued availability of marine protein as a food source. Caused both by atmospheric and land-based drivers, acidification presents and emerging challenge to coastal communities and...

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Securing the flow of ocean benefits in the face of the one-two punch of ocean acidification and climate change

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Both climate change and ocean acidification pose threats to the flow of ocean benefits to people. Amidst growing societal demand for these benefits, two in particular-- food and protection from coastal hazards-- are intimately linked to global security. This panel at the Global Conference on Oceans, Climate and Security (GCOCS) highlighted the implications of climate change and acidification for the continued ability of the...

COMPASS partners with DC Science Café

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

In partnership with the DC Science Café, COMPASS brought scientists Walter Boynton from the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, and ...

AAAS Session - The Ocean Health Index: Diagnosis for a Crowded Blue Planet

Saturday, February 18, 2012

Synopsis
We ask a lot from the world’s ocean. We expect renewable energy, bountiful seafood, thriving coastal communities, and gorgeous places to explore. But reaping these benefits involves tough choices in how we use and protect the ocean. To achieve a sustainable future in the face of climate change and other stressors, we need a tool to proactively evaluate the collective impacts of our actions and policies on the benefits we expect and value from the ocean.
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NCSE: Hanging in the pH Balance? Ocean Acidification Impacts on Food Security

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Marine protein contributes substantially to global food security. Fish and shellfish contribute 15 percent of animal protein for three billion people worldwide, according to a recent FAO analysis. Ocean acidification, caused by increasing levels of dissolved CO2 in seawater, poses an increasing threat to the continued availability of marine protein as a food source. Caused both by atmospheric and land-based drivers, acidification presents and emerging challenge to coastal communities and...