Guest Essay by Kip Hansen There are many ways that today’s researchers can have their work misrepresented in the press, often in embarrassing ways. The most common origin of…
Category: Ocean acidification
The Total Myth of Ocean Acidification, Part Deux: The Scientific Basis
Guest essay by David Middleton Here’s a shocker… I’ve actually never seen Hot Shots! Part Deux. As much as I love stupid comedies, I’ve never actually seen the movie. But…
Coral seems to have its own strategy for adapting to ‘ocean acidification’
From KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (KAUST) and the “don’t worry, nature always finds a way” department Coral tricks for adapting to ocean acidification A process that changes the…
The Total Myth of Ocean Acidification
The Fable of Chicken Little of the Sea Guest essay by David Middleton, When it comes to debunking Gorebal Warming, Chicken Little of the Sea (“ocean acidification”) and other Warmunist…
Good news! Oysters may be safe from ocean acidification
From the UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH Future climate change may not adversely affect seafood quality The eating qualities of UK oysters may not be adversely affected by future ocean acidification and global…
Coral Reefs, Temperature and Ocean pH
By Andy May Georgiou, et al. 2015 have reported that coral reefs in the Australian Great Barrier Reef, near Heron Island, are insensitive to ocean pH changes. The location of…
How NOAA and Bad Modeling Invented an “Ocean Acidification” Icon: Part 2 – Bad Models
Guest essay by Jim Steele Director emeritus Sierra Nevada Field Campus, San Francisco State University and author of Landscapes & Cycles: An Environmentalist’s Journey to Climate Skepticism Are the Oceans’…
How NOAA and Bad Modeling Invented an “Ocean Acidification” Icon: Part 1 – Sea Butterflies
Guest essay by Jim Steele Director emeritus Sierra Nevada Field Campus, San Francisco State University and author of Landscapes & Cycles: An Environmentalist’s Journey to Climate Skepticism If you google…
Not cooperating with climate alarm: Marine ecosystems show resilience to climate disturbance
A survey of 97 coastal ecosystem experts revealed impacts of climate disturbance but also instances of resilience in all ecosystem types evaluated and at multiple locations worldwide From the AMERICAN…
Inconvenient result: Ocean acidification can also promote shell formation
From the “non-news in the MSM because it doesn’t support the cause” department comes this inconvenient study from the NIOZ ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH. Unexpected result: Ocean acidification can…
Ocean Acidification Failure: UEA Prof Complains Government Failed To Shut Down Press Freedom
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Professor Phillip Williamson, NERC Science Coordinator, University of East Anglia has written a long whiny piece in The Conversation, complaining that the British Government didn’t…
Corals survived massive Caribbean climate change – likely to do so again
From the SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE Half of all coral species in the Caribbean went extinct between 1 and 2 million years ago, probably due to drastic environmental changes. Which…
How Gaia and Coral Reefs Regulate Ocean pH
Guest essay by Jim Steele Director emeritus Sierra Nevada Field Campus, San Francisco State University and author of Landscapes & Cycles: An Environmentalist’s Journey to Climate Skepticism Although some researchers…
Modern Scientific Controversies Part 2: The Great Barrier Reef Wars
Guest Essay by Kip Hansen Prologue: This is the second in a series of several essays that will discuss ongoing scientific controversies, a specific type of which are often…
West Coast scientists sound alarm for changing ocean chemistry
From OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY CORVALLIS, Ore. – The ocean chemistry along the West Coast of North America is changing rapidly because of global carbon dioxide emissions, and the governments of…
Temperature Dependence of Ocean pH shows CO2 may not be only driver of 'ocean acidification'
Guest essay by James R. Barrante, Ph.D. Emeritus Professor of Physical Chemistry, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT It is well-known that ocean pH has decreased from approximately 8.2…
New publication demonstrates that scientists have routinely exaggerated the "evil twin of climate change" aka ocean acidification
A new paper published in the ICES Journal of Marine Science puts the issue of “ocean acidification” to the test, and finds that there has been significant exaggeration in the issue.…
Carbon and Carbonate
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach I’ve spent a good chunk of my life around, on, and under the ocean. I worked seasonally for many years as a commercial fisherman off…
Horrible new threat from global warming – fewer pearl necklaces (or not)
From the CO2 solubility curve and the Captain Obvious department comes this press release that leaves us wondering if this isn’t just lip service to justify a grant: How ocean acidification…
Some plants do just fine in acidic oceans
From JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY Scientists find some thrive in acid seas Researchers from James Cook University have found that ocean acidification may not be all bad news for one important…
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