Documents
IWG-OA Reports
- IWG-OA’s Second Report to Congress: Second Report on Federally Funded Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Activities and Progress in Developing a Strategic Plan (prepared in 2012, submitted to Congress January 2013)
- IWG-OA’s First Report to Congress: Initial Report on Federally Funded Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Activities and Progress in Developing a Strategic Plan (prepared in 2010, submitted to Congress March 2011)
Other Related Reports and Publications
- Ocean Acidification Due to Increasing Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide (The Royal Society 2005):
- Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Coral Reefs and Other Marine Calcifiers: A Guide to Future Research (Kleypas et al. 2006)
- Special Issue of Oceanography: “The Future of Ocean Biogeochemistry in a High-CO2 World” (2009)
- Ocean Acidification: A Summary for Policymakers from the Second Symposium on the Ocean in a High-CO2 World (2009)
- Ocean Acidification: Recommended Strategy for a U.S. National Research Program (Subcommittee on Ocean Acidification, Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry Program 2009)
- Guide to Best Practices for Ocean Acidification Research and Data Reporting (Riebesell et al. 2010)
- NRC Report: Ocean Acidification: A National Strategy to Meet the Challenges of a Changing Ocean (2010)
- NOAA Ocean and Great Lakes Acidification Research Plan: Highlights or Full Plan (2010)
- Recommendations for ORRAP to Convey to the IWG-OA (2011)
- Science Policy Forum: Mitigating Local Causes of Ocean Acidification with Existing Laws (Kelly et al. 2011):
Article and Supplemental Materials
Brochures and Other Informational Materials
- Booklet - Ocean Acidification: Starting with the Science
- FAQs about Ocean Acidification
- NOAA State of the Science Fact Sheet: Ocean Acidification
- Ocean Acidification - The Facts (available in 5 languages)
- Ocean acidification - Questions Answered (available in 5 languages)
- Ocean Acidification: Connecting Science, Industry, Policy and Public (12-minute film)
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