Acidification/Coral Reefs
== Acidification/Coral Reefs == (see also Global Warming)
See also: Ocean and Water Info on Marine Bio Major, and Plastic. As well as Marine Mammals and Ocean Research UCSC Library resources.
Great Barrier Reef Has Seen Major Decline In Past 3 Decades PBS video *** 10/12
New report on coral reefs (and animated overview) 7/12 9/12 UPDATE
Great Barrier Reef in trouble. 6/12.
Coral reefs Scripps Oceanography marine ecologist Stuart Sandi describes his travels to untouched parts of the globe to conduct scientific research aimed at understanding and protecting these fragile ecosystems. See also Microbial seas and coral. 12/11.
California (audio) 9/12.
Coral Reef research. Some copes better with climate change than others.
Ocean Acidification discussion on PBS NewsHour 11/10.
New Report : A "deadly trio" of carbon-related ocean impacts (ocean acidification, warming, and oxygen depletion) may lead to global marine extinctions on a scale unprecedented in human history. This is one of the main conclusions of a new report by an international panel of marine scientists (see my previous post Ocean of Trouble for more details). The panel's main findings were summarized as follows: The combination of stressors on the ocean is creating the conditions associated with every previous major extinction of species in Earth's history. Further: The speed and rate of degeneration in the ocean is far faster than anyone has predicted. Many of the negative impacts previously identified are greater than the worst predictions. Although difficult to assess because of the unprecedented speed of change, the first steps to globally significant extinction may have begun with a rise in the extinction threat to marine species such as reef-forming corals. More. Related PBS Newshour story. 6/11
Short Attention Span Science Theater video has good coverage of ocean acidification and its effect on coral reefs, the "rainforests of the ocean." Here's a plan to use ocean pumps to cool reefs, boost their food and generate electricity.
Short Attention Span Science Theater video has good coverage of ocean acidification and its effect on coral reefs, the "rainforests of the ocean."
Richard Pyle shows us thriving life on the cliffs of coral reefs and groundbreaking diving technologies he has pioneered to explore it. He and his team risk everything to reveal the secrets of undiscovered species. TEDtalk.
Coral reefs as source of medicine.
Rob Dunbar hunts for data on our climate from 12,000 years ago, finding clues inside ancient seabeds and corals and inside ice sheets. His work is vital in setting baselines for fixing our current climate -- and in tracking the rise of deadly ocean acidification. TEDtalk
avoiding sunscreen that bleaches coral.
UCSC Research
UCSC's Giacomo Bernardi is in Evolutionary Biology. His Post Doc was at Stanford University’s Hopkins Marine Station at Pacific Grove. His research focus is on the molecular ecology and evolution of coral reef fishes. He does his research in California, the Sea of Cortez, French Polynesia, the Caribbean, the Philippines, Indonesia, South Africa and the Mozambique Channel. His research areas include speciation, population genetics, and ecology of coral reef fishes. (video of fish tool use).
Brent Constantz developed technology to make "green" cement that could help slow global warming and ocean acidification based on a revolutionary product for healing broken bones inspired by the research on coral reefs he had conducted as a UCSC graduate student.
Engineering students develop a coral reef monitoring system.
Adina Paytan does research on how dust affects algae in oceans. Her recent work looks at ocean acidification which affects coral.
Donald Potts, a professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology is studying increasing ocean acidification, which has often focused on its potential effects on coral reefs, but broader disruptions of biological processes in the oceans may be more significant.
