Photo: J. L. Sones
Photo: J.L.Sones
Insights in the Bodega Ocean Acidification Research Group: The Bodega Ocean Acidification Research (BOAR) Group unites researchers and scholars across different fields of science at UC Davis under a common goal of understanding ocean acidification–and has found solutions to its challenges.
Seagrasses Turn Back the Clock on Ocean Acidification: Spanning six years and seven seagrass meadows along the California coast, a paper from the University of California, Davis, is the most extensive study yet of how seagrasses can buffer ocean acidification. The study, published in the journal Global Change Biology, found that these unsung ecosystems can alleviate low pH, or more acidic, conditions for extended periods of time, even at night in the absence of photosynthesis. This work was highlighted in the journal Science.
Photo: Sara Boles
Resisting Ocean Acidification Starts With Mom: Red abalone mothers from California’s North Coast give their offspring an energy boost when they’re born that helps them better withstand ocean acidification compared to their captive, farmed counterparts, according to a study from the Bodega Marine Laboratory at the University of California, Davis. (UC Davis, 2020)
Photo: Aaron Ninokawa
As the oceans acidify, these oyster farmers are fighting back: When visitors to Hog Island Oyster Co. shuck Pacific oysters at picnic tables overlooking Tomales Bay, it’s the final stage in a story that founding partner Terry Sawyer likes to tell about the shellfish, the bay, and all the steps that went into bringing the briny delicacies to the plate just a few hundred meters from where they were harvested. (Christian Science Monitor, 2019)
Infographic: UC Davis Biological Sciences
The Future of Ocean Acidification Beneath the sapphire waters of the Pacific shoreline, a pervasive threat to marine life grows. (UC Davis, 2018)
Photo: Eric Sanford, UC Davis
Marine organism risks losing its skeleton thanks to climate change. High temperatures combined with food shortages and elevated carbon dioxide levels threaten calcified marine animals. (Nature, 2017)
For Oysters, Challenges and Hope in the Changing Ocean Ocean acidification occurs in lockstep with climate change, as the seas suck up increasing levels of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and convert it to carbonic acid. (Science Friday, 2016)