Highlights Signatory parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity declared daring commitments to reach the Sustainable Development Goal 14. United Nations seems optimistic with the progress achieved towards SDG 14. However, major challenges presented by signatory governments are slowing down or compromising the achievement of the targets. Here we present initiatives and examples that give […]
Whether CaCO3 dissolves within the top centimeters of marine sediments overlaid by deep, supersaturated bottom waters remains an area of debate in geochemistry. This uncertainty stems from the fact that different methods used to assess CaCO3 dissolution rates often provide what appear to be profoundly different results. Here we combine microelectrode and porewater chemistry profiles, […]
Predicting the effects of climate change on Earth’s biota becomes even more challenging when acknowledging that most species have life cycles consisting of multiple stages, each of which may respond differently to extreme environmental conditions. There is currently no clear consensus regarding which stages are most susceptible to increasing environmental stress, or ‘climate extremes’. We […]
Highlights The factors controlling the seasonal variability and trend in pH over the Western Arabian Sea upwelling region are studied. DIC and SST are the major driving factors of seasonal variability in pH and they act in opposite directions. DIC and ALK contribute up to 73% to the net trend and SST warming alone contributes […]
We assess scientific evidence that has emerged since the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s 2009 Endangerment Finding for six well-mixed greenhouse gases, and find that this new evidence lends increased support to the conclusion that these gases pose a danger to public health and welfare. Newly available evidence about a wide range of observed and projected […]
Things You Should Know About Ocean Acidification (2014) [27 MB]
