Interagency Working
Group on Ocean Acidification

Links

EPA   NASA   NOAA   NSF   USGS   State, Local, and Academic   Advisory Groups   International

 

IWG-OA Context

• Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring (FOARAM) Act (found on pp. 446-451 of PDF)
  
• U.S. Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology
  
  

Ocean Acidification Websites

EPA

• EPA Ocean Acidification Information
• EPA Issues November 15, 2010 Memorandum: Integrated Reporting and Listing Decisions Related to Ocean Acidification

NASA

• NASA Ocean Acidification Information
• NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory

NOAA

• NOAA Ocean Acidification Program Office
• Ocean Acidification: What It Means to Alaskans and How We Can Adapt (Alaska Sea Grant)
• Ocean Acidification Videos (Oregon Sea Grant)
  • Ocean Acidification: What is ocean acidification?
  • Ocean Acidification: How are ocean animals affected?
  • Ocean Acidification: How will ocean ecosystems be affected?
• NOAA’s Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL)
• NOAA’s Science on a Sphere
• NOAA Ocean Acidification Demonstration (Dr. Jane Lubchencho, NOAA Administrator)

NSF

• NSF’s Crosscutting Ocean Acidification Program
• NSF’s 2010 OA Solicitation
• Press Release: NSF Awards Grants to Study Effects of Ocean Acidification

USGS

• USGS Ocean Acidification Information
• USGS’s St. Petersburg Coastal Marine Science Center
• USGS’s Submersible Habitat for Analyzing Reef Quality (SHARQ)

State, Local, and Academic

• Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry (OCB)
• OCB Ocean Acidification Page
• Ocean Acidification Impacts on Shellfish Workshop
• Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education
• California Current Acidification Network (C-CAN)

Advisory Groups

• Ocean Research and Resources Advisory Panel (ORRAP)
• ORRAP Ocean Acidification Task Force

International

• Australian Antarctic Division
• BIOACID: Biological Impacts of Ocean ACIDification (Germany)
• EPOCA: European Project on OCean Acidification
• MedSeA: Mediterranean Sea Acidification in a Changing Climate
• UK Ocean Acidification Programme
• Joint IMBER/SOLAS Carbon Research Working Group
• The Ocean in a High-CO2 World: An International Science Symposium Series

 

Participating Agencies