Strategic Workshop on the “Impacts of Ocean Acidification”
Meloneras, Gran Canaria (ES), 28-30 Jan. 2008
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Introduction
Global change is evidenced mainly through the temperature increase observed since the pre-industrial period. It also encompasses other changes, such as perturbations in the biogeochemical cycles of the major (C, O, N, P) and minor (micro-nutrients) elements, in the ecosystem structure and dynamics (e.g., biodiversity loss), or in the related marine resources and services upon which human societies largely depend (e.g., energy, water, land use, fisheries).
However, one component rather neglected until recently is the Ocean Acidification, which relates to the anthropogenic increase in atmospheric CO2 content. It is now under intense scrutiny as it has recently reached some critical thresholds while its impacts on biological, biogeochemical, ecological, economic, social and climatic processes are often not well known or completely unknown, but are expected to be fast emerging and drastic.
Following the approval by the LEE (formerly LESC) Standing Committee to support a proposal submitted in early fall 2007 by Prof. Jelle Bijma, a strategic workshop was organised, with co-sponsorship by the EUROCORES Programme EuroCLIMATE, to address the issue of the Impacts of Ocean Acidification. The main objectives of this strategic workshop were set as follows:
- Drafting a science policy briefing;
- Drafting a proposal for a new science programme (EUROCORES Theme proposal for 2008).
Anthropogenic forcing, impact on processes and the provision of ecosystem services are all interconnected so we need to know their relationships and the thresholds, tipping points and possible adaptation scenarios.
(graph after C. Turley)
Presentations given during the Strategic Workshop
Please find below the individual presentations given during this Strategic Workshop, along with some additional documents:
Welcome and Introduction – Jelle Bijma & Bernard Avril
Response of Natural Ecosystems to Ocean Acidification – Richard Feely
Oceanic pH: from monthly to high resolution determination – Melchor Gonzalez-Davila
The Relevance of Human Dimensions Research for the topic of Ocean Acidification – Falk Schmidt
Economic Impacts of Climate Change – Katrin Rehdanz
Status and prospects for CO2 capture and storage – Peter Haugan
Cost-Efficient CO2 Emission Cuts through Induced Technological Change & Risk Management for CO2 Sequestration Options – Hermann Held
Planned and ongoing OA-related research & programmes – Jelle Bijma
European Project on Ocean Acidification – EPOCA – Jean-Pierre Gattuso
German initiative “BIOLOGICAL IMPACT OF OCEAN ACIDIFICATION in times of ocean warming” (BIOACID) – Hans-Otto Pörtner
Initiative for a UK National Programme on Ocean Acidification– Carol Turley
On-going OA-related programmes and research: France– Jean-Pierre Gattuso
Planned research activities of NOAA, NSF and USGS – Richard Feely
The likely impact of Ocean Acidification in the Mediterranean – Patrizia Ziveri
Ocean Acidification: a polar perspective – Paul Rodhouse
ESF: EurOpA Programme proposal draft – Gert-Jan Reichart
Application of genomics tools and techniques to the understanding of Ocean acidification & Perspectives from the MARS Network – Mike Thorndyke
Contributions from the paleosciences – Thorsten Kiefer
Ocean Acidification: global, regional, seasonal, observational, palaeoclimatic and microbial aspects – Jan de Leeuw
The ICES perspective on Ocean Acidification– Liam Fernand
IOC perspective on Ocean Acidification – Maria Hood
Large-scale international research and ocean acidification - SCOR and IGBP – Ed Urban, Kevin Noone & Manuel Barange
European Climate Change Research – Elisabeth Lipiatou
Ocean Acidification: Communication, Dissemination and Outreach – Carol Turley
2nd Symposium on the Ocean in a High CO2 World – Monaco, 6-8 October 2008 – James Orr
Calcidiscus leptoporus (coccolithosphores) images from Gerald Langer, illustrating the effects of artificially elevated CO2 on calcification. The speciment is about 18 μm in diameter.
Programme and initial Proposal for the Strategic Workshop on the “Impacts of Ocean Acidification”
The Programme of the Workshop can be found here.
The initial proposal submitted to the LEE (formerly LESC) Standing Committee by Jelle Bijma can be found here.
List of participants
The list of participants to the Strategic Workshop "Impacts of Ocean Acidification" can be found here.
Useful links
A compilation of weblinks and other web documents relevant to the research on the "Impacts of Ocean Acidification" can be found here.
Report(s)
A short report on this Strategic Workshop to the LEE (formerly LESC) Standing Committee can be found here.
Related ESF-EuroCLIMATE Workshop
Check also the ESF-EuroCLIMATE Workshop "Atmospheric CO2 Ocean Acidification, and Ecological changes in Planktonic Calcifying Organisms", Barcelona & San Feliu (ES), 26-28 September 2007, here.
Contacts
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last updated: 20 March 2008
