Interactive maps of global climate information

NOAA View is a data exploration tool produced by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and developed by the NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory. It contains an enormous amount of information relevant to global geoscience issues in interactive map form. Over 100 different datasets are available on a wide range of topics related to the Earth system. Datasets include:

As the U.S. celebrates National Oceans Month in June, scientists who study the seafloor are excited because they believe that humans will end this century with a far better view of our seafloor than at any other time in human history. Geoscientists have been mapping land on Earth, and even other planets in our solar system, in high definition for years, but the picture of the ocean floor has remained blurry for the most part. But with advances in engineering, what lies beneath is starting to come into much better focus.

EARTH: Reading the Ridges - Are Climate and the Seafloor Connected?

EARTH Magazine plunges into the depths of the ocean with scientists seeking whether Earth's climate and sea-level history are intrinsically linked with tectonics at mid-ocean ridges.

How is ocean acidification affecting sea life?

Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory: What Is Ocean Acidification? and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Ocean Acidification Program: Biological Response:

What is ocean acidification?

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Ocean Facts:

"Ocean acidification refers to a reduction in the pH of the ocean over an extended period of time, caused primarily by uptake of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the atmosphere.

Ocean Acidification Impacts on Fisheries

Friday, March 11, 2016

Background: As the amount of atmospheric carbon dioxide has increased over recent history, so has the acidity of oceans worldwide. The changing acidity of the ocean has many ecological and economic impacts, one of the most serious being its effects on marine life and fisheries. The impact of ocean acidification is intensified in colder bodies of water such as those off the coast of New England, a region with a large fisheries sector. These impacts have already been recognized on both coasts, with the Washington, Maine, and Maryland state legislatures commissioning reports on ocean acidification and marine life/fisheries. In 2015, the Massachusetts Legislature also introduced a bill to establish a taskforce to investigate the impact of increasingly acidic waters off the coast of Massachusetts on commercially harvested or grown marine species.

Our speakers include:

Bärbel Hönisch, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory/Columbia University | Slides Video
Jon Hare, NOAA Fisheries Narragansett | Slides Video
Hauke Kite-Powell, Marine Policy Center, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | Slides Video

Webinar Co-Sponsors:

Consortium for Ocean Leadership, NOAA Ocean Acidification Program, Northeast Coastal Acidification Network

CEU Credits

To earn CEU credits, please complete the associated on-demand GOLI course that was developed from this webinar with a grade of 70% or higher and then submit your application for CEUs. CEUs are awarded from the American Institute of Professional Geologists. To view the full list of on-demand GOLI courses, please browse the GOLI course catalog.

Resources to learn more:

View this webinar's Question & Answer session
Ecosystem Status Report for the Northeast Large Marine Ecosystem, NOAA Fisheries Science Center
NOAA’s Climate Change Web Portal
NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-OSF-3: Methodology for Assessing the Vulnerability of Marine Fish and Shellfish Species to a Changing Climate
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Fisheries Global Seafood Production Data Set
List of additional peer-reviewed journal publications mentioned in the webinar presentations (download pdf)
National Research Council, 2010, Ocean Acidification: A National Strategy to Meet the Challenges of a Changing Ocean

Search the Geological Surveys Database for reports and factsheets about ocean acidification.

Ocean Acidification Impacts on Fisheries: The geological record of ocean acidification

Critical Needs: Ocean & Coasts

To ensure the long-term sustainable use of our ocean and coastal resources:

Support basic and applied research on ocean and coastal issues. Better knowledge of the ocean and its role in global processes now and in the past allows scientists to forecast for the future. An improved understanding of ocean and coastal processes will reduce damage and promote responsible growth of coastal communities.

United States Arctic opportunities hearing

Witnesses

Admiral Robert Papp

U.S. Department of State Special Representative for the Arctic

The Honorable Lesil McGuire

Alaska State Legislature Representative

The Honorable Bob Herron

Alaska State Legislature Representative

The Honorable Charlotte Brower

Mayor of North Slope Borough

Dr. Cecilia Bitz

University of Washington College of the Environment, School Atmospheric Sciences Professor

Mr. Patrick R. Arnold

EarthComm Earth's Fluid Spheres: Oceans and Your Community Activity 6

Here you will find resources to help educators and their students to graph the annual Pacific fish catch from 1957 to 1983; using your graph, identify past El Nino events and predict future events; understand the relationship between upwelling, phytoplankton abundance, and fish catches in the equatorial Pacific, use an Earth system approach to consider how phytoplankton production is related to cycles of matter that could affect your state and community.

American Geosciences Institute

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