Ocean Acidification Town Hall
Libby Jewett asked me to advertise the below town hall which will be
held at the Ocean Sciences Meeting:
http://aslo.org/orlando2008/town_hall.html
The Town Hall on Ocean Acidification which is titled: Ocean
Acidification: Towards an
Interagency Approach is being held Tuesday March 4, 2008 from 7:30 to
9:30 in Rm W108.
For more information contact me at Libby.Jewett@noaa.gov
Here is the description:
Ocean Acidification, or the reduction in global oceanic pH caused by
rising dissolved CO2 concentrations, is a rapidly emerging issue that
has garnered considerable interest from Congress, the scientific
community, and coastal managers. Over the next century, ocean
acidification is expected to reduce surface ocean pH by 0.3 0.5 units,
negatively impacting shell formation for a number of marine organisms
and ultimately affecting some of the most fundamental biological and
geochemical processes of the sea. In response, a number of US federal
agencies (e.g., NOAA, NSF, USGS, NASA) are developing programs to
address this critical issue. This town hall forum will be an
opportunity for representatives of agencies that support marine
research and academic researchers to discuss a vision for a national
interagency program on ocean acidification.
Advancing the ocean acidification state-of-knowledge demands a broad
range of research, monitoring, and modeling capabilities. Some of
these capabilities may be better suited to the mission areas of
different agencies. Through cross-agency and international
coordination, we can achieve greater efficiency, leverage funding,
avoid duplicative efforts, and allow for large-scale joint funding
initiatives. Key topics of discussion will be the recent interagency
workshop report titled, Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Coral Reefs
and Other Marine Calcifiers: A Guide for Future Research and emerging
international ocean acidification programs with the European Union
(EU), Japan, and Korea.
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Mary Zawoysky
MS 43
Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry Office
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry
Woods Hole, MA 02543
Phone: 508-289-2310 (mornings) 508-289-2834 (afternoons)
Fax: 508-457-2075 (mornings) 508-457-2161 (afternoons)
E-mail: mzawoysky@whoi.edu
http://www.us-ocb.org
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