Ocean acidification week: Some marine organisms may respond positively to ocean acidification
Did you know? Some marine organisms may respond positively to ocean acidification, such as plant and algae that may benefit from increased dissolved CO2. The uptake of CO2 by plants and algae may buffer against ocean acidification in coastal waters and…
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Vaka Moana: Weaving traditional and modern science to understand current and future ocean conditions
For our voyage through the Pacific, we will follow a current system that will take us from the heart of Polynesia, going West through Melanesia, then…
Ocean acidification week: The current rate of acidification is over 10 times faster than any time in the last 55 million years
As part of the Ocean Acidification Week (13-17 Sept), the Pacific Community Centre for Ocean Science (PCCOS) is highlight facts, research, and initiatives on ocean acidification.
New Ocean Acidification Training Hub launched to tackle growing threat
Pacific Islands scientists during an ocean acidification training workshop in Suva, Fiji
Image credit: The Ocean Foundation
A new Suva-based Regional Ocean Acidification Training Hub launched today will combat ocean acidification and its effects…
Ocean Acidification Week: Coral reefs are facing bleaching due to warmer seas and damage from pollution
As part of the Ocean Acidification Week (13-17 Sept), the Pacific Community Centre for Ocean Science (PCCOS) is highlight facts, research, and initiatives on ocean acidification.
Ocean Acidification Week: The ocean has become 30% more acidic over the last 250 years
As part of the Ocean Acidification Week (13-17 Sept), the Pacific Community Centre for Ocean Science (PCCOS) is highlight facts, research, and initiatives on ocean acidification.
Do you know what is ocean acidification?
Today starts the Ocean Acidification Week (13-17 Sept). Throughout the week, the Pacific Community Centre for Ocean Science (PCCOS) will highlight facts, research, and initiatives on ocean acidification.
Predicted Ocean Virtual Lab - Vaka Moana
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Pacific islands call for coordinated regional approach to ocean observing
Photo credit: SPC/Adrien Lauranceau-Moineau
Representatives from 14 Pacific island country meteorological services and other ocean observing agencies met last week on the occasion of a 4-day Pacific Islands Workshop on Ocean Observations and Data…