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Florida Regional Ecosystem Stressors Collaborative...

We are investigating the current and future impacts of five key stressors–ocean acidification, hypoxia, harmful algal blooms, warming, and eutrophication–on South Florida’s coastal ecosystems. Results will provide actionable information for ...

Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Coral, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Hypoxia, Marine Spatial Ecology, Ocean Acidification, Regional Ecosystem Science, Restoration, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Water Quality, Atlantic Ocean, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, kimberly.puglise@noaa.gov

How Will Changing Temperature and Oxygen Condition...

We are supporting the application of coastal ocean models to determine the vulnerability of important species to changing temperature and oxygen in the California Current. This will enable coastal managers ...

Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, CHRP, Coastal Change, Hypoxia, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment, California, Oregon, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, kimberly.puglise@noaa.gov

Modeling Ocean Acidification in the Coastal Zone

Adding carbon dioxide (CO2) to seawater raises the acidity of seawater, which can adversely affect marine life and fisheries. Coastal waters receive both atmospheric CO2 and CO2 from water pollution, ...

Coastal Change, Hypoxia, Ocean Acidification, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Gulf of Mexico, Waterbodies, wayne.litaker@noaa.gov

Ocean Acidification and Sea Scallops: Predicting I...

We are supporting the development of an integrated model to forecast the impacts of ocean acidification on the Atlantic sea scallop fishery. The model will predict ocean acidification trends, determine ...

Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment, Atlantic Ocean, Waterbodies, elizabeth.turner@noaa.gov

Ocean Acidification in the California Current: Pre...

We are supporting the development of a management model to predict impacts of ocean acidification on food webs and the fishing economy in the California Current. The model will project ...

Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Ocean Acidification, California, Oregon, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, Waterbodies, elizabeth.turner@noaa.gov

Ocean Acidification: Understanding Changing Chemis...

Ocean acidification is a problem created by the increasing levels of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere, and it is harmful to certain plankton, shellfish, coral, and marine plants. We have ...

Coastal Change, Ocean Acidification, Alaska, U.S. States and Territories, kris.holderied@noaa.gov

Predicting Impacts of Ocean Acidification on North...

We are supporting an effort to predict the effects ocean acidification will have on northeast U.S. shellfish. We will make projections on survival, growth, and reproduction for two species, using ...

Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Ocean Acidification, New York, Rhode Island, U.S. States and Territories, elizabeth.turner@noaa.gov

Vulnerability of Deep-Sea Coral Ecosystems to Ocea...

The high acidity and high dissolved inorganic carbon of the California Current ecosystem make it a natural laboratory to study the effects of ocean acidification and ocean warming on deep-sea ...

Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Coral, Ocean Acidification, Alaska, California, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, peter.etnoyer@noaa.gov

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NOAA Awards $4.2 Million for Multi-Stressor Resear...

NOAA has awarded $967,505 of an anticipated four-year, $4.2 million project to support research on multi-stressor impacts on marine ecosystems under climate change. The newly funded project, led by Oregon ...

November 2, 2022 Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Hypoxia, Marine Spatial Ecology, Ocean Acidification, Other Topics, Regional Ecosystem Science, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, California, Oregon, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, Waterbodies, kimberly.puglise@noaa.gov

Climate Change Likely to Worsen Impact of Urban Ru...

The downtown Los Angeles skyline. Credit Wikimedia Commons. An NCCOS-funded study found that nutrient-laden, urban runoff is fueling algal blooms in Southern California's coastal waters that are acidifying the water ...

November 9, 2021 CHRP, Coastal Change, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Hypoxia, Ocean Acidification, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, California, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, kimberly.puglise@noaa.gov

NOAA Announces FY22 Funding Opportunity for Ocean ...

NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science Competitive Research Program and Ocean Acidification Program are pleased to announce a new 2022 Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for projects that address ...

August 27, 2021 Coastal Change, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Ocean Acidification, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, maggie.broadwater@noaa.gov

Workshop Report Defines Agenda for Integrated Rese...

Credit NOAA OAP. NOAA’s Ocean Acidification Program (OAP) and NCCOS have published the proceedings of the virtual Harmful Algal Blooms and Ocean Acidification Workshop in a NOAA Technical Memorandum (OAR-OAP-3) ...

August 9, 2021 Coastal Change, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Ocean Acidification, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, maggie.broadwater@noaa.gov

NOAA Announces FY22 Multi-stressor Federal Funding...

A leather sea star (Dermasterias imbricata) clings to a rock at the Outer Pinnacles. Purple urchins and even a rock scallop can be seen in this colorful display of life ...

July 28, 2021 Environmental Interactions, Funding, Marine Spatial Ecology, Other Topics, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, kimberly.puglise@noaa.gov

Study Reviews Causes of Acidification in Large Est...

With ocean acidification threatening the health of aquatic organisms, a study funded by NCCOS, NOAA's Ocean Acidification Program, and the National Science Foundation reviewed a variety of processes that influence ...

June 23, 2021 Coastal Change, Ocean Acidification, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Alaska, Atlantic Ocean, Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, Pacific Ocean, Prince William Sound, Puget Sound, U.S. States and Territories, Virginia, Washington, maggie.broadwater@noaa.gov

Impacts of Hypoxia on Marine Life Neglected, Thoug...

Map shows coastal sites where anthropogenic nutrients have exacerbated or caused oxygen declines to <2 mg/L (red dots), as well as ocean oxygen-minimum zones at 300 meters of depth (blue ...

March 9, 2021 CHRP, Hypoxia, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, California, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, kimberly.puglise@noaa.gov

Climate-induced Wind Upwelling Could Further Acidi...

A NCCOS and NOAA Ocean Acidification Program sponsored study investigated how physical properties such as winds, tides, and currents impact estuarine acidification and carbonate chemistry in the Chesapeake Bay estuary, ...

February 16, 2021 Coastal Change, Ocean Acidification, Atlantic Ocean, Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

NOAA Intervention Strategy Seeks to Stem Loss of U...

NOAA Action Plan on Coral Intervention. Credit: NOAA. Rapidly deteriorating environmental conditions are threatening coral reefs worldwide, leading to a re-evaluation of long-standing conservation strategies. In response to recommendations from ...

November 18, 2020 Coastal Change, Coral, Marine Spatial Ecology, Ocean Acidification, Protected Species, American Samoa, Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Georgia, Guam, Gulf of Mexico, Pacific Ocean, Puerto Rico, U.S. States and Territories, Utah, Waterbodies, shay.viehman@noaa.gov

Hurricane Harvey Water Quality Effects Documented ...

NOAA NWS radar mosaic of Hurricane Harvey on 25 August 2017, DBZ = radar reflectivity factor of precipitation). Credit: NOAA NWS. An NCCOS-supported study analyzed the short- and long-term water ...

November 17, 2020 Coastal Change, Ocean Acidification, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Water Quality, Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Texas, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, david.kidwell@noaa.gov

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