Tag Archives: Ocean acidification

Gosh, ‘hidden’ climate change may threaten eelgrass meadows

Posted on June 3, 2013 by

From the University of Gothenburg , the stuff that keeps some people awake at night. A question; why should we care? And, why should we take any of this seriously when you do things like “We raised the water temperature … Continue reading →

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‘Carbon’ to blame for giant crabs

Posted on April 8, 2013 by

CO2, is there anything it can’t do? Add it to the list. Over at WaPo, they call them “supersized”. From Counsel and Heal News (h/t to Gene Doebley): Carbon To Blame for Oversized Blue Crabs The use of genetic engineering … Continue reading →

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On noes! CO2 dissolving snails in Antarctica

Posted on November 26, 2012 by

From the British Antarctic Survey  and the University of East Anglia comes one of those press releases where I just have to wonder if this won’t eventually go the way of the “global warming causes mutated frogs” claim that turned … Continue reading →

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Viruses linked to coral bleaching

Posted on July 12, 2012 by

I found this interesting: “If viruses are causing disease or bleaching of colonies, it’s also unknown whether this is happening now more than in the past.” Sort of like ocean acidification, they don’t have any long term data. UPDATE: Commenter … Continue reading →

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NOAA’s Pacific Marine Environment Laboratory Carbon Program goes overboard on ocean acidification – leaves uncorrected error

Posted on June 30, 2012 by

This letter to Dr. Richard A. Feely of NOAA’s Pacific Marine Environment Laboratory Carbon Program in Seattle, WA was sent by Chuck F. Wiese on Wednesday. Chuck also asked me to post it on WUWT but I wanted to see … Continue reading →

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Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup

Posted on June 3, 2012 by

Brought to You by SEPP (www.SEPP.org) The Science and Environmental Policy Project ################################################### Quote of the Week: “The number of those who reason well in difficult matters is much smaller than the number of those who reason badly. If reasoning … Continue reading →

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Scripps paper: Ocean acidification fears overhyped

Posted on January 9, 2012 by

Reposted from Jo Nova, who did such a good job I decided there wasn’t any way I could improve on it, except to add the map at right. This needed the wide attention WUWT brings. Scripps blockbuster: Ocean acidification happens … Continue reading →

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The fishes and the coral live happily in the CO2 bubble plume

Posted on December 28, 2011 by

Guest post by David Archibald Willis Eschenbach’s post on lab work on coral response to elevated carbon dioxide levels, and The Reef Abides, leads to a large scale, natural experiment in Papua New Guinea. There are several places at the … Continue reading →

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Sea cucumbers: Dissolving coral reefs?

Posted on December 26, 2011 by

From the Carnegie Institution  and Stanford University comes word of this paper in JGR. Washington, D.C. — Coral reefs are extremely diverse ecosystems that support enormous biodiversity. But they are at risk. Carbon dioxide emissions are acidifying the ocean, threatening … Continue reading →

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Chicken Little of the Sea Visits Station ALOHA

Posted on November 24, 2011 by

Guest post by David Middleton Introduction My never-ending search for actual observational data that support the hypothesis of catastrophic anthropogenic ocean acidification (Chicken Little of the Sea) has taken me to offshore Hawaii and Station ALOHA.

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Oyster crisis: Yale 360 eco-activist author Elizabeth Grossman wrong again about ocean acidification

Posted on November 21, 2011 by

I remember during my tour of Australia last year, when our talk was rudely interrupted by the king of reef madness, Ove Hugh-Guldberg, my co-presenter David Archibald quipped from the dais, paraphrasing Samuel Johnson, that “ocean acidification is the last … Continue reading →

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The heartbreak of Emiliania huxleyi 

Posted on October 14, 2011 by

From San Francisco State University  another indication that nature is such a poor engineer that phytoplankton can’t adapt to a small change in ocean pH. But then again it is a closed lab experiment, not the ocean, and there’s those … Continue reading →

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CO2 deafens “Nemo” – or, how many ichthyologists can you fit in that car?

Posted on June 4, 2011 by

We’ve already had a “climate craziness of the week” so I’ll just file this bit of blather under another category. First, this article in The Independent, which aims to scare the children. Now here’s the press release from the University … Continue reading →

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Ocean Acidification: Chicken Little of the Sea Strikes Again

Posted on January 10, 2011 by

Guest Post by David Middleton Introduction As global warming morphs into climate change and global climate disruption and anthropogenic CO2 emissions give way to stochastic variability, clouds, the Sun, cosmic rays and our oceans as the primary drivers of climate change, environmental extremists … Continue reading →

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