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Ocean Acidification
The chemistry of the world’s oceans is changing. Ocean acidity is creeping upward, a result of rising atmospheric carbon dioxide. The added carbon dioxide depletes seawater of carbonate, a chemical constituent of minerals that form the shells and structures of animals including corals, molluscs, plankton, and others. The accelerating impacts are expected to reverberate through the marine food web. Most people are unaware of ocean acidification and its expected impacts. This lesson will educate policy makers and university students about its causes and consequences. The lesson explains the chem ...
Available online: https://www.meted.ucar.edu/training_module.php?id=1195
Published by: The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research ; 2016
The chemistry of the world’s oceans is changing. Ocean acidity is creeping upward, a result of rising atmospheric carbon dioxide. The added carbon dioxide depletes seawater of carbonate, a chemical constituent of minerals that form the shells and structures of animals including corals, molluscs, plankton, and others. The accelerating impacts are expected to reverberate through the marine food web. Most people are unaware of ocean acidification and its expected impacts. This lesson will educate policy makers and university students about its causes and consequences. The lesson explains the chemistry and examines ecosystem impacts. A review of the historic and geologic record provides context for today’s observations and future projections of a high-CO2 world.
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Format: Digital (Standard Copyright)Tags: Climate ; Climate change ; Marine meteorology ; Climate services ; Coral ; Lesson/ Tutorial ; Competencies for Provision of Climate Services ; Marine Weather Forecasters
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Reefs at Risk Revisited | World Resources Institute
This report provides a detailed assessment of the status of and threats to the world’s coral reefs. It evaluates threats to coral reefs from a wide range of human activities, and includes an assessment of climate-related threats to reefs. It also contains a global assessment of the vulnerability of nations and territories to coral reef degradation.
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Available online: http://pdf.wri.org/reefs_at_risk_revisited.pdf
Lauretta Burke ; Katie Reytar ; World Resources Institute ; Mark Spalding ; Allison Perry
Published by: WRI ; 2011This report provides a detailed assessment of the status of and threats to the world’s coral reefs. It evaluates threats to coral reefs from a wide range of human activities, and includes an assessment of climate-related threats to reefs. It also contains a global assessment of the vulnerability of nations and territories to coral reef degradation.
Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free)Tags: Climate change ; Coral ; Environmental degradation ; Ecosystem ; Environment and landscape ; Oceans
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2010/No. 3/4 - December 2010 - Global framework for climate services at COP 16
is an issue of MeteoWorld. WMO, 2010Contains:
- Global framework for climate services at COP 16
- Record greenhouse gas levels
- Ozone: two-way link with climate change
- More coral reefs under threat from climate change
- UN Secretary-General at MeteoWorld
- Working with farmers
- Haiti update
- Latest weather and climate terms online
[number or issue]Contains:
- Global framework for climate services at COP 16
- Record greenhouse gas levels
- Ozone: two-way link with climate change
- More coral reefs under threat from climate change
- UN Secretary-General at MeteoWorld
- Working with farmers
- Haiti update
- Latest weather and climate terms onlineLanguage(s): English
Format: Digital (Free), Hard copy (ill.)Tags: Climate ; Climate change ; National Meteorological and Hydrological Service (NMHS) ; Coral ; Ozone
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2010/No. 2 - April 2010 - African Ministers resolve to strengthen meteorological and hydrological services
is an issue of MeteoWorld. WMO, 2010Contains:
- African Ministers resolve to strengthen meteorological and hydrological services
- Building a new GCOS Reference Upper-Air Network
- World Meteorological Day
- Trinidad and Tobago Commissions High Tech Radar
- Volcanic ash
[number or issue]2010/No. 2 - April 2010 - African Ministers resolve to strengthen meteorological and hydrological services
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Contains:
- African Ministers resolve to strengthen meteorological and hydrological services
- Building a new GCOS Reference Upper-Air Network
- World Meteorological Day
- Trinidad and Tobago Commissions High Tech Radar
- Volcanic ashLanguage(s): English
Format: Digital (Free), Hard copyTags: Climate ; Climate change ; National Meteorological and Hydrological Service (NMHS) ; Coral ; Ozone
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Climate, Carbon and Coral Reefs
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) - WMO, 2010 (WMO-No. 1063)This brochure summarizes the CO2 threat to coral reefs, the science supporting projections and the solutions that are needed to prevent the loss of one of the world’s natural wonders.
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; Convention on Biological Diversity
Published by: WMO ; 2010This brochure summarizes the CO2 threat to coral reefs, the science supporting projections and the solutions that are needed to prevent the loss of one of the world’s natural wonders.
Collection(s) and Series: WMO- No. 1063
Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free), Hard copy (ill.)ISBN (or other code): 978-92-63-11063-3
Purchase at: http://www.wmo.int/e-catalog/detail_en.php?PUB_ID=565&SORT=N&q=
Tags: Climate ; Climate change ; Carbon dioxide (CO2) ; Coral ; General information publications ; Agricultural Meteorology Programme (AgMP) ; Tropics
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GCOS, 78. Sistema Mundial de Observación del Clima en América Central y el Caribe: observando el clima desde los extremos del tiempo hasta los arrecifes coralinos
Organización Meteorológica Mundial (OMM); Programa de Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente (PNUMA); Consejo Internacional para la Ciencia (ICSU); et al. - OMM, 2002
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GCOS, 78. Report of the GCOS Regional Workshop for Central America and the Caribbean: Observing Climate from Weather Extremes to Coral Reefs
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); International Council for Science (ICSU); et al. - WMO, 2002 (WMO/TD-No. 1126)
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