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Celebrating World Fisheries Day 2012

Submitted by sworden on Wed, 2012-10-31 13:08
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November 2012: Celebrating World Fisheries Day 2012

On Nov. 21, Center for Ocean Solutions (COS) is joining with fishing and coastal communities around the world to celebrate World Fisheries Day, a yearly celebration highlighting the importance of fisheries to human culture and well-being. Read more...

Working Toward Solutions: Sea Level Rise and Coastal Communities

Submitted by sworden on Tue, 2012-10-09 13:12
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October 2012: Working Toward Solutions: Sea Level Rise and Coastal Communities

The impacts of sea level rise are being felt in varying degrees of severity across the Pacific. On Pacific islands, increased and prolonged inundation is forcing governments to relocate some citizens while on the west coast of the United States, governments are considering how to protect airports, sewage treatment plants and other critical infrastructure. It is crucial to understand how climate change will impact the coast and what can be done to mitigate damage.  Read more...

California Ocean and Coastal Ecological Principles Guide

Submitted by sworden on Fri, 2012-08-31 10:36
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September 2012: California Ocean and Coastal Ecological Principles Guide

Government staff must weigh myriad, sometimes conflicting, considerations before making management decisions that impact California’s iconic coast and ocean. A holistic, ecosystem-based approach to management that uses the best available scientific information can ensure that ocean and coastal management decisions account for the maintenance and restoration of ecosystem health. This month, the Center for Ocean Solutions released a guide, Incorporating Ecological Principles into California Ocean and Coastal Management: Examples from Practice (Guide), which describes how important ecological principles and ecosystem vulnerability characteristics, such as cumulative impacts and climate change, can be applied to existing California management practices.  Read more...

Natural Disaster Preparedness in the Pacific

Submitted by sworden on Mon, 2012-08-06 15:14
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August 2012: Natural Disaster Preparedness in the Pacific

This month, the Pacific Ocean Library blog focuses on natural disaster preparedness in the Pacific. Historically the site of much volcanic activity, the Pacific region is now also experiencing climate change.  Our blog looks into what this means for coastal communities and what strategies can be used to better prepare for natural disasters and hazards.  Read more...

Support the Consensus Statement on Climate Change and Coral Reefs

Submitted by sworden on Mon, 2012-07-02 14:45
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July 2012: Support the Consensus Statement on Climate Change and Coral Reefs

This month, the Pacific Ocean Library blog focuses on climate change and coral reefs. How is changing climate affecting corals and coral reef ecosystems in the Pacific? What solutions are being used to restore degraded coral reefs? Read more...

New Findings from the Pacific Ocean Library: Fish and Food Security: a viable path?

Submitted by sworden on Mon, 2012-06-04 15:34
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June 2012: Fish and Food Security: a viable path?

This month, the Pacific Ocean Library blog focuses on fish and food security. How can fish provide a resource to combat world hunger? What steps are taking place locally and globally to ensure fisheries are managed sustainably in order to maintain the supply? Read more...

New Findings from the Pacific Ocean Library: Probing Marine Debris in the North Pacific Ocean

Submitted by cosedit on Fri, 2012-05-04 09:46
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May 2012: Probing Marine Debris in the North Pacific Ocean

Think about the last time you walked along the ocean shore or strolled down the street. Chances are you witnessed trash strewn on the ground. Litter on land and sea seems like a permanent problem.  Read more...

Dive of a lifetime transports COS fellow back in time

Submitted by cosedit on Thu, 2012-05-03 09:59
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Rod Fujita diving near Cuba

Rod Fujita is a Visiting Fellow at the Center for Ocean Solutions.  He posted this blog from Cuba.

Managing and Mitigating Ocean Acidification in California and the Pacific

Submitted by bhooton on Tue, 2012-04-17 13:41
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Welcome to our blog! Here you can explore hot ocean topics and find postings that highlight a few of the most interesting new articles added in the Center for Ocean Solution’s Pacific Ocean Library. We hope to inspire you to participate in the ongoing conversation and encourage you to explore the resources of the Pacific Ocean Library.

April 2012: Managing and Mitigating Ocean Acidification in California and the Pacific

In April, we focus on ocean acidification. How is carbon dioxide (CO2) affecting our oceans, what are the consequences of increased levels for marine ecosystems, and what can we do to manage and mitigate rising CO2 in our oceans? As California takes steps to better understand the impacts of ocean acidification and how to develop a response, state leaders recently asked the Center for Ocean Solutions to analyze the issue.  Read more...

Today's Unprecedented Ocean Acidification

Submitted by bhooton on Tue, 2012-03-13 09:14
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by Ryan Kelly   and Meg Caldwell Meg Caldwell thumbnail

When an environmental issue merits a full-scale editorial in The New York Times, it’s a sign that the issue has broken out of the scientific literature and into the popular consciousness. Last Friday, 10 March 2012, The Times ran an editorial highlighting the human-caused change in the world’s ocean chemistry. One consequence of human-released carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is an ocean significantly more acidic than it was just a few generations ago, and this change is accelerating in tandem with our carbon dioxide emissions.

An "acid ocean SOS." (photo: Lou Dematteis/Spectral Q/Handout)