UQx DENIAL101x 5.3.3.1 Ocean acidification
Channel: UQx Denial101x Making Sense of Climate Science Denial
Date: 2015-05-26

Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg explains the threat that increased CO2 poses to marine organisms as it dissolves into the ocean. He  shares some videos from a recent experiment his lab undertook at Heron Island Research Station on the Great Barrier Reef. Read more about the experimental setup in the paper Future reef decalcification under a business-as-usual CO2 emission scenario (http://www.pnas.org/content/110/38/15342.abstract) and for more in depth discussion of this general topic see Coral Reefs Under Rapid Climate Change and Ocean Acidification (http://www.sciencemag.org/content/318/5857/1737.short). Subtitles available: ENGLISH, SLOVENŠČINA (Slovenian) 


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References for this video:

Kleypas, J. A., Buddemeier, R. W., Archer, D., Gattuso, J. P., Langdon, C., & Opdyke, B. N. (1999). Geochemical consequences of increased atmospheric carbon dioxide on coral reefs. Science, 284(5411), 118-120. http://www.denix.osd.mil/nr/crid/Coral_Reef_Iniative_Database/Coral_Reef_Information_files/Kleypas%20et%20al.,%201999b.pdf

Pelejero, C., Calvo, E., & Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2010). Paleo-perspectives on ocean acidification. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 25(6), 332-344. http://www.as.wvu.edu/biology/bio463/Pelejero%20et%20al%202010%20Paleo%20perspectives%20on%20ocean%20acidification.pdf


Additional reading:

NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/co2/story/What+is+Ocean+Acidification%3F

Ocean-Acidiciation.net: Bringing information on ocean acidification to scientists, policymakers and the public
http://ocean-acidification.net/

Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History: Ocean Acidification
https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-acidification

Skeptical Science 18-part series on ocean acidification
http://www.skepticalscience.com/Mackie_OA_not_OK_post_0.html

OA is not OK from Skeptical Science
http://www.skepticalscience.com/Mackie_OA_not_OK_post_1.html