Manuscript submission deadline: 31 October 2019 The Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) is organizing a Special Issue entitled “Ocean Warming, Acidification and Deoxygenation” in the online journal, Climate (ISSN 2225-1154, http://www.mdpi.com/journal/climate). Oceanic warming, acidification and deoxygenation are beginning to change the ocean environment in ways that are going to impact the ability of the oceans […]
Understanding the mechanisms which determine the capacity of any species to adapt to changing environmental conditions is one of the foremost requirements in accurately predicting which populations, species and clades are likely to survive ongoing, rapid climate change. The polar oceans are amongst the most rapidly changing environments on Earth with reduced regional sea ice […]
Ashley Rossin is a PhD student at the University of Alaska Fairbanks studying the effect of ocean acidification on bivalves with Dr. Amanda Kelley. Q: Tell us a little bit about your background and how you got interested in ocean acidification. I was always interested in science as a kid, and I was constantly asking […]
Oceans make up nearly three quarters of our planet’s surface and are home to over 300,000 currently described species, with an estimated 95% of the total number yet to be discovered. But just how important are these species and why should we care to protect them? Life underwater is so fundamentally important to our existence […]
Coral reefs are made up of massive calcium carbonate skeletons. The present study, published in Science Advances on January 16th 2019, reveals insights into the process of calcification, namely the process that leads to the formation of these skeletons. Elucidating coral calcification is key to a deeper understanding and better predictions of how and why […]
40%: The increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels since the start of the industrial revolution.