Ocean Acidification

Boulder Start-up to Profit on Atmospheric CO2 in Manufacturing

Anne Butterfield | Posted 11.09.2009 | Denver


Anne Butterfield

How about a plan to reduce atmospheric CO2 at industrial scale in a safe and economically attractive scheme?

Swimming in a Sea of Acid

Sigourney Weaver | Posted 10.14.2009 | Green


Sigourney Weaver

Scientists have known for decades that when carbon dioxide mixes with ocean water it creates an acid, but only recently did they begin to realize what this growing quantity of acid would mean for ocean life.

Acid Test the Movie: Burning It Up

James Boyce | Posted 10.06.2009 | Green


James Boyce

Now, let's be honest -- ocean acidification? Really? Even with Sigourney Weaver's voice, not the sexiest topic on the planet. But the film, and its message, have been getting a lot of attention.

Taking Acid Test, Our New Documentary, To Capitol Hill

Sigourney Weaver | Posted 09.29.2009 | Green


Sigourney Weaver

We don't have to watch economic opportunities evaporate in the face of ocean acidification. We can take steps to turn back the tide.

Stopping Ocean Sprawl

Paul McRandle | Posted 09.24.2009 | Green


Paul McRandle

"Ocean sprawl" is a combination of offshore oil rigs, shipping lanes, wind farms and ever more ocean uses--and it puts increased pressure on ocean and coastal resources already under enormous strain.

Bad Acid Trip

David Helvarg | Posted 11.22.2009 | Green


David Helvarg

More than 40 years after Woodstock it's the ocean that's on a bad acid trip. It's been scraped raw, emptied out, overheated, poisoned and abused, not a good time to be ingesting dangerous chemicals.

A Sea Change Informs Us of the Dangers of Waiting Too Long

Barbara Ettinger | Posted 11.22.2009 | Green


Barbara Ettinger

As the director of A Sea Change, I wanted to introduce the concept of ocean acidification in a way that touches across generations on a personal level.

Alaska Fisherman Send Labor Day SOS-Call For Action to Protect Jobs, Fisheries from Climate Change's Evil Twin

Celia Alario | Posted 11.08.2009 | Green


Celia Alario

More than 100 fishing boats, sail boats, skiffs and kayaks took to the waters Sunday to draw attention the threat of ocean acidification.

New Film Reminds Us to Protect Ocean Economic Vitality from Global Warming

Frances Beinecke | Posted 09.12.2009 | Green


Frances Beinecke

The long-term vitality of many important industries rests entirely on the vitality of the oceans, and right now, they are threatened by something called ocean acidification.

A World Without Whales?

Philippe Cousteau | Posted 09.08.2009 | Green


Philippe Cousteau

The work of my grandfather, Jacques Cousteau, laid the groundwork for most of what we know about the marine world. Now, ocean acidification could spell the end of oceans as we know them.

New Film Captures Link Between Imperiled Oceans and Climate Change

Frances Beinecke | Posted 07.17.2009 | Green


Frances Beinecke

A new film called Acid Test powerfully illustrates the fateful connection between global warming and our oceans.

East Coast Governors Join to Protect Our Oceans

Keith Addis | Posted 07.16.2009 | Green


Keith Addis

At some point in the not too distant future, the oceans will have absorbed all the carbon dioxide that they can tolerate without having a devastating impact on marine life.

Take These Simple Steps to Help Our Seas and the Economy This World Oceans Day

Sarah Chasis | Posted 07.09.2009 | Green


Sarah Chasis

As we celebrate World Oceans Day, let us remember the great bounty that the sea provides us and our responsibility to be good stewards of this great public resource.

Sabotaging The Earth's Respiratory System

AFP | Marlowe Hood | Posted 04.09.2009 | Green


"If forams and other shell makers are not making shells, that might change the transfer of carbon from the surface ocean into the deep ocean," said Ho...