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Modeling runs probe relative influence of U.S. vs. Mexican nutrient discharges on coastal algal blooms, OAH A research team that has been modeling how land-based nutrient discharges into Southern California Bight coastal waters influence algal blooms and ocean acidification and hypoxia (OAH) has completed a set ... More |
Lab experiments completed for study examining multi-stressor effects of changing ocean conditions on Dungeness crab SCCWRP and its partners have finished a set of laboratory experiments evaluating how Dungeness crab are affected by the combined effects of low dissolved oxygen levels, ocean acidification and warming ... More |
Expert panel completes review of coastal OAH modeling tools An international panel of scientific experts has completed an independent review of a set of computer modeling tools designed to predict how land-based coastal discharges are influencing ocean water quality, ... More |
Workshop clarifies path for evaluating mCDR environmental effects in California A two-day workshop at SCCWRP that explored the implications of piloting marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) technologies in California coastal waters has helped bring clarity to the technical and regulatory ... More |
Bight ’23 study assessing effects of ocean acidification on shell-forming organisms The Ocean Acidification study element of the Southern California Bight 2023 Regional Monitoring Program has launched a two-year effort to track how ocean acidification is adversely affecting shell-forming organisms in ... More |
OAH model used to investigate effects of nutrient discharges in coastal waters A research team that has been modeling how land-based nutrient discharges into California coastal waters influences ocean acidification and hypoxia (OAH) has demonstrated how to use the model for predicting ... More |
Expert panel begins review of OAH modeling tools An independent panel of scientific experts has begun reviewing a set of modeling tools that predicts the ecological consequences of intensifying ocean acidification and hypoxia (OAH) in California coastal waters ... More |
Pair of studies evaluates seaweed farming’s potential to remove carbon dioxide from coastal waters SCCWRP and its partners have published a pair of studies exploring how seaweed farming could be used to remove dissolved carbon dioxide directly from coastal waters – a potential management ... More |
Experts on HABs, kelp convened to support development of coastal ocean health report cards SCCWRP has convened two groups of scientific experts to develop consensus on how to assess the state of harmful algal blooms (HABs) and kelp, respectively, in California and West Coast ... More |
Experts convened to improve understanding of interactions between HABs, OAH SCCWRP has convened a group of scientific experts on harmful algal blooms (HABs) and ocean acidification and hypoxia (OAH) to study the relationship between these two coastal stressors, especially how ... More |
Expert panel convened to review OAH modeling tools An independent panel of scientific experts has been convened to review a set of modeling tools that predicts the ecological consequences of intensifying ocean acidification and hypoxia (OAH) in California ... More |
Steering committee convened to review ocean numerical model for mitigating climate change A steering committee has been convened to guide an upcoming, independent scientific review of a computer modeling tool that was developed by a team that includes SCCWRP to predict the ... More |
Evaluation of carbon dioxide removal technology to shed light on possible solution for climate change SCCWRP and its partners have begun working to evaluate the effectiveness of a technology designed to remove dissolved carbon dioxide directly from coastal waters – an investigation that will shed ... More |
Newport Bay modeling tool applied to help track spread of invasive Caulerpa seaweed SCCWRP and its partners have adapted and applied a computer model that was recently developed for informing seagrass restoration efforts in Newport Bay to help managers track and eradicate an ... More |
Modeling team briefs State Water Board on acidification modeling effort A research team that has been modeling how managers could mitigate the effects of intensifying ocean acidification and hypoxia (OAH) in California coastal waters was invited to brief the State ... More |
Lab experiments to examine multi-stressor effects of climate change on Dungeness crab SCCWRP and its partners will evaluate how Dungeness crab are affected by the combined effects of low dissolved oxygen levels, ocean acidification and warming water temperatures as part of an ... More |
Advisory panel completes independent review of S.F. Bay nutrient modeling tool A science advisory panel led by SCCWRP’s Dr. Martha Sutula has completed an independent review of a San Francisco Bay computer model being developed to shed light on the ecological ... More |
Experts help guide development of acidification assessment approach for Oregon A West Coast technical advisory committee that was convened last year to guide the State of Oregon in developing a standardized approach for assessing the effects of ocean acidification on ... More |
Effort launched to validate Newport Bay tool that predicts where seagrass restoration likely to be effective SCCWRP and its partners have begun working to validate a newly developed computer modeling tool that predicts how algal blooms and turbidity in Newport Bay in Orange County can be ... More |
Initial phase of ocean health report card developed for California managers The California Ocean Protection Council (OPC) has released the first phase of a multi-component ocean health report card designed to provide managers and policymakers with comprehensive annual snapshots about the ... More |
Acidification modeling work probing influence of Mexican wastewater in coastal Southern California A research team that has been modeling how ocean acidification and hypoxia (OAH) are expected to intensify in Southern California’s coastal ocean in the coming years is moving into a ... More |
Acidification modeling work probing whether management scenarios could mitigate ecological effects SCCWRP and its partners have begun investigating whether Southern California’s water-quality management community could mitigate the ecological effects of coastal ocean acidification and hypoxia (OAH) by investing in a combination ... More |
Kelp farms being studied to improve coastal water quality SCCWRP and its partners have completed the initial phases of integrating a pair of Southern California Bight computer models to investigate how offshore kelp farms might be used to reduce ... More |
Bight partnerships to expand understanding of acidification The Southern California Bight Regional Monitoring Program is partnering with three other West Coast marine monitoring groups this summer to produce the most comprehensive picture to date of how ocean ... More |
Modeling effort examining role of kelp farms in potentially mitigating coastal acidification SCCWRP and its partners have begun working to integrate a pair of Southern California Bight computer models as part of an ongoing study examining how future offshore kelp farms could ... More |
Workshop teaching stakeholders how to evaluate uncertainty in acidification modeling SCCWRP and two of its member agencies have helped launch a multi-part workshop to teach coastal water-quality managers how to evaluate uncertainty in a set of West Coast models that ... More |
New phase of West Coast ocean modeling initiative to focus on OAH’s biological impacts A research team that has been modeling how ocean acidification and hypoxia (OAH) are expected to intensify along the West Coast in the coming years is moving into a new ... More |
Workshop being planned on how to evaluate uncertainty for acidification modeling initiative SCCWRP member agencies have begun planning a workshop to better understand how to evaluate uncertainty in a set of West Coast models that predicts how marine life could be adversely ... More |
Bight discharge data set significantly expanded to support acidification modeling effort A team of researchers that developed a computer model to predict how the Southern California Bight will be affected by ocean acidification and hypoxia (OAH) has significantly expanded and updated ... More |
Effort underway to develop a computer model for predicting toxin-producing marine algal blooms Researchers have completed the first phase of development of a computer model that predicts when and where toxins produced by a common type of marine algal bloom can be expected ... More |
Ocean’s ‘breathability’ for anchovies being used to track impacts of climate change A research team that includes SCCWRP has found that populations of Northern Anchovy fish rise and fall in predictable ways in response to how “breathable” the ocean water is for ... More |
Study shows acidification triggering adverse biological impacts in Dungeness crab larvae A three-year study examining the sensitivity of Dungeness crab larvae to ocean acidification along the U.S. West Coast has found that this commercially important species already is being adversely impacted ... More |
Expert panel to develop acidification thresholds for crustaceans A scientific advisory panel of leading global experts on crustaceans will convene at SCCWRP on February 10-12 to begin developing consensus on biologically relevant thresholds at which these marine organisms ... More |
Acidification model being updated to reflect present-day conditions Researchers working to develop a computer model that predicts how the Southern California Bight will be affected by ocean acidification and hypoxia (OAH) have begun updating the model to reflect ... More |
Study underscores complexity of predicting acidification’s impacts on marine organisms SCCWRP and its partners have completed a three-year study examining the vulnerability of fisheries in the world’s polar regions to ocean acidification (OA) – an analysis that has illuminated the ... More |
Dynamic exposure lab used to simulate pH buffering effects of kelp forests on oyster larvae SCCWRP has used its new, state-of-the-art dynamic exposure laboratory to study how underwater kelp forests could lessen the effects of ocean acidification (OA) on oysters and other marine calcifiers. The ... More |
Committee offers guidance on how to increase managers’ confidence in acidification modeling effort A stakeholder committee working to help researchers evaluate whether land-based pollution sources are influencing ocean acidification and hypoxia in Southern California’s coastal ocean has provided initial feedback about how to ... More |
Dynamic exposure lab built to replicate fluctuating environmental conditions SCCWRP has constructed a state-of-the-art dynamic exposure laboratory to study how aquatic organisms respond to fluctuations in pH, dissolved oxygen and other environmental parameters in a controlled setting – a ... More |
Modeling shows nutrient discharges can influence coastal acidification, hypoxia A computer modeling initiative to understand how Southern California’s coastal ocean will be affected by ocean acidification and hypoxia has shown that land-based sources of nutrients can have a measurable ... More |
Modelers generate initial assessment of nutrient effects on acidification in Bight Researchers working to develop a computer model that predicts how the Southern California Bight will be affected by ocean acidification and hypoxia (OAH) have generated an initial assessment shedding light ... More |
Acidification vulnerability assessment completed for Salish Sea marine calcifiers SCCWRP and its partners have completed a year-long study examining how to assess the vulnerability of marine calcifying communities in the Pacific Northwest’s Salish Sea to ocean acidification (OA), including ... More |
Lab study to simulate marine organisms’ exposure to multiple stressors triggered by climate change SCCWRP and its partners are launching a one-year laboratory study this summer that will simulate how marine organisms are impacted by ocean acidification and multiple other environmental changes triggered by ... More |
Bight ’18 pilot study to assess how acidification is impacting marine calcifiers The Ocean Acidification element of the Southern California Bight 2018 Regional Monitoring Program has launched a pilot study examining how ocean acidification is impacting sensitive marine calcifiers in Southern California’s ... More |
Puget Sound study shows coastal estuaries could be impacted by acidification SCCWRP and its partners have shown in a set of preliminary analyses of Washington’s Puget Sound that coastal estuary environments have the potential to be impacted by ocean acidification (OA) ... More |
Modeling run underway to predict acidification’s impacts in Bight SCCWRP and its partners have begun running a computationally intensive, high-resolution computer model that predicts how the Southern California Bight will be affected by ocean acidification and hypoxia (OAH). The ... More |
Expert panel convened to develop acidification thresholds for echinoderms SCCWRP has convened a nine-member panel of leading experts on sea stars, urchins and other echinoderms to reach agreement on how to use these organisms to track ocean acidification’s biological ... More |
Acidification modeling effort being expanded to toxic marine algal blooms Researchers working to develop a West Coast computer model that predicts how land-based nutrient sources influence coastal ocean acidification and hypoxia are expanding the effort to examine the potential role ... More |
Study finds oxidative stress in pteropods could serve as early-warning indicator of climate change’s biological impacts SCCWRP and its partners have completed a two-year study showing that pteropods, or sea snails, experience cellular and physiological stress as a result of multiple stressors exposure related to climate ... More |
Study evaluating potential of kelp forests to offset impacts of coastal ocean acidification West Coast researchers have completed the first year of field work for a three-year study examining whether planted kelp forests in Washington’s Puget Sound could help protect vulnerable shell-forming organisms ... More |
Effort launched to develop acidification thresholds for echinoderms SCCWRP and its partners have launched an effort to develop expert consensus on biologically relevant thresholds at which sea stars, urchins and other echinoderms can be expected to experience adverse ... More |
Signs of shell dissolution detected in Dungeness crab larvae Researchers have detected signs of dissolution in the carapace, or external shell, of Dungeness crab larvae in response to ocean acidification in the natural environment, the first such documentation that ... More |
Member agencies provide feedback to improve West Coast acidification model’s accuracy SCCWRP’s member agencies provided feedback in June to a team of West Coast ocean modelers on how to assess uncertainty in a computer model that predicts how the region’s coastal ... More |
Bight ’18 keeps focus on key issues of management concern More than 80 environmental agencies will examine new and emerging developments in water-quality science and management during the 2018 cycle of the Southern California Bight Regional Monitoring Program, which initiates ... More |
Resolution of West Coast acidification model being increased to improve accuracy West Coast researchers working to develop a computer model that predicts how the region’s coastal waters will be affected by ocean acidification and hypoxia (OAH) have decided to increase the ... More |
Researchers assessing biological impacts of ocean acidification in the Salish Sea SCCWRP and its partners have launched an effort to assess the vulnerability of marine calcifying communities in the Pacific Northwest’s Salish Sea to ocean acidification, including whether land-based pollution sources ... More |
Researchers using Bight data to evaluate accuracy of ocean acidification model Researchers working to develop a West Coast computer model that predicts how land-based sources of nutrients influence ocean acidification in nearshore coastal waters have begun using field data collected from ... More |
Model being developed to predict acidification’s impacts on Dungeness crab A group of researchers, including SCCWRP, has launched a three-year project to develop a model that predicts impacts on the Pacific Northwest Dungeness crab industry from ocean acidification. The project, ... More |
Pteropod health to be evaluated to track ocean acidification SCCWRP has teamed up with Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans to examine whether pteropods in the Beaufort Sea are showing signs of shell dissolution triggered by ocean acidification. The ... More |
Study launched to optimize kelp yields, explore approach to combatting ocean acidification A group of researchers, including SCCWRP, has launched a study to identify areas in the San Pedro Basin that are ideal for cultivating kelp, as well as the environmental conditions ... More |
20 years of nutrient input data compiled for acidification model SCCWRP and its partners have compiled a series of data sets reflecting the contributions of major sources of nutrients to the Southern California Bight over the past 20 years, part ... More |
Ocean acidification model development moves into second validation phase West Coast researchers working to develop a computer model that predicts how the region’s coastal waters will be affected by ocean acidification and hypoxia have advanced to a second phase ... More |
Effort launched to develop biologically relevant thresholds for tracking ocean acidification SCCWRP and its partners have launched a two-year initiative to develop a scientific foundation for using the health of marine organisms to track the biological impacts of ocean acidification (OA). ... More |
Special journal issue chronicles how Bight ecosystems influenced by diversion of wastewater effluent SCCWRP and its partners have developed a vulnerability index model that predicts how low-lying coastal wetlands across Southern California, including Los Peñasquitos Lagoon in San Diego, above, will be impacted ... More |
Researchers using Bight data to evaluating accuracy of ocean acidification model Researchers working to develop a West Coast computer model that predicts how land-based sources of nutrients influence ocean acidification in nearshore coastal waters have begun using field data collected from ... More |
First phase wraps up for West Coast acidification model development West Coast researchers working to develop a computer model that predicts how the region’s coastal waters will be affected by ocean acidification and hypoxia have successfully completed the first phase ... More |
Analysis of ocean acidification conditions across Bight wraps up SCCWRP and its partners have completed a synoptic analysis of ocean acidification conditions across the Southern California Bight continental shelf, the first phase of a multi-part Bight ’13 study documenting ... More |
Scientists, managers lay foundation for developing acidification criteria at workshop Scientists and coastal managers from across the West Coast began laying the groundwork for the development of ecologically relevant criteria for coastal ocean acidification during a two-day workshop in October ... More |
Analysis of ocean acidification conditions across Bight wraps up SCCWRP and its partners have completed a synoptic analysis of ocean acidification conditions across the Southern California Bight continental shelf, the first phase of a multi-part Bight ’13 study documenting ... More |
Field sampling wraps up for OAH study examining influence of wastewater nutrients in coastal waters SCCWRP and its member agencies have finished collecting two years of field sampling data for a study that will assess the relative influence of anthropogenic vs. natural sources of nutrient ... More |
First phase wraps up for West Coast acidification model development West Coast researchers working to develop a computer model that predicts how the region’s coastal waters will be affected by ocean acidification and hypoxia have successfully completed the first phase ... More |
SCCWRP works toward predicting causes, impacts of West Coast acidification SCCWRP and its partners have begun work on a predictive model that will offer managers key insights about the extent to which anthropogenic nutrients introduced to coastal waters affect ocean ... More |
XPRIZE-developed pH sensors being tested as Bight profilers SCCWRP and its four POTW member agencies have kicked off a year-long effort to evaluate whether ocean pH monitoring instruments developed through an international XPRIZE competition can be used effectively ... More |
Expert panel urges action on West Coast ocean acidification Global carbon dioxide emissions are triggering fundamental changes to ocean chemistry along the North American West Coast that should be addressed through immediate and decisive management actions, including development of ... More |
SCCWRP, partners launching outreach campaign for OAH modeling A team of scientists that is developing a predictive model examining how the West Coast is impacted by ocean acidification and hypoxia (OAH) will launch a public outreach campaign in ... More |