Ocean Acidification Content

Tessa Hill: Telling the Ocean’s Secrets

Katherine E Kerlin — August 08, 2022 - 10:00am

�ٺ��Ƶ marine geochemist Tessa Hill talks about the emotional burdens and joys of studying climate change for this series about confronting climate anxiety.

Seagrasses Turn Back the Clock on Ocean Acidification

Katherine E Kerlin — March 31, 2021 - 9:00am

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.

For Red Abalone, Resisting Ocean Acidification Starts With Mom

Katherine E Kerlin — October 05, 2020 - 12:00pm

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.

How Giant Kelp May Respond to Climate Change

Katherine E Kerlin — November 13, 2019 - 3:04pm

When a marine heat wave hit California’s coast in 2014, it brought ocean temperatures that were high for Northern California but fairly normal for a Southern California summer. Much of the giant kelp in the north died in the heat wave, while southern populations survived.

Climate Change Could Shrink Oyster Habitat in California

Katherine E Kerlin — August 05, 2019 - 1:54pm

Ocean acidification is bad news for shellfish, making it harder for them to form their calcium-based shells. But several other factors related to climate change could also make California bays less hospitable to shelled organisms like oysters, which are a key part of the food web.

Changes to water temperature and chemistry resulting from human-caused climate change could shrink the prime habitat and farming locations for oysters in California bays, according to a new study from the University of California, Davis.

Experts: Climate Change and Water

Katherine E Kerlin — August 27, 2018 - 3:38pm

The following sources from the University of California, Davis, are available to talk with media about climate change impacts and solutions related to water.