Posted by Lisa Suatoni in Reviving the World's Oceans , Solving Global Warming
A past comment on this blog raised an excellent question. Captain Crutcher writes: "How can we be sure that this cycle we are observing with our highly tuned skills is caused solely by humans ... has this happened before, prior...continued→
Posted by Lisa Suatoni in Reviving the World's Oceans
I often get asked the question "how will ocean acidification affect our lives ... why should we care?" I find myself talking about impacts to fisheries, declining revenues, and limited seafood choices. And that's accurate - after all, rising ocean...continued→
Posted by Lisa Suatoni in Reviving the World's Oceans
In honor of World Oceans Day, Discovery T.V.'s Planet Green released the trailer of NRDC's new documentary on ocean acidification today (world premiere will air on Discovery Planet Green in August). The story of ocean acidification is especially appropriate for...continued→
Posted by Lisa Suatoni in Reviving the World's Oceans
Finally we have some good news on the ocean acidification front. Three important advances were made in the past few weeks in the United States which indicates that Congress and the Obama administration get the very serious threat that...continued→
Posted by Lisa Suatoni in Reviving the World's Oceans
Last week a group of 155 scientists signed the 'Monaco Declaration' of ocean acidification and presented one of the most succinct and compelling arguments of why we need to begin curbing carbon dioxide emissions - immediately. Ocean acidification is a...continued→
Posted by Lisa Suatoni in Reviving the World's Oceans
Today, Prince Albert II of Monaco, along with a number of secondary school students and teachers of the principality, are attending The Second International Symposium in a High CO2 World, a conference on ocean acidification. The site of the meeting...continued→
Posted by Lisa Suatoni in Reviving the World's Oceans
The key to rebuilding our nation's depleted fisheries is - in principle - simple. We need to stop 'overfishing' (for real). This was NRDC's principal message in their comments submitted to the National Marine Fisheries Service last week after reviewing...continued→
