Ocean Acidification » Media

David Attenborough covers reef threat

Ocean Ark Alliance — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:32:58 +0000

“The ocean is … a chemical reactor. CO₂ goes into the ocean. It is fixed by plants or deposited as calcium carbonate, and through the very large scale circulations of water around the planet it is essentially processing the atmosphere and keeping the planet habitable.” Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, Global Change Institute Director, University of Queensland, from the David Attenborough documentary “Death of the Oceans”. A world-leading experiment on Heron Island, done in collaboration between labs at UQ, Stanford University and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, will chemically alter the carbon dioxide absorbed in the ocean water directly on a living intact coral reef. This experiment aims to simulate insitu reactions to the amounts of CO₂ likely to be present over the next few decades. So ground breaking is this current research that it caught the eye of Sir David Attenborough when producing his latest documentary, Death of the Oceans.

ABC TV Catalyst: “Southern Ocean Sentinel”

Ocean Ark Alliance — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 05:40:37 +0000

Tiny plankton and massive currents hold clues to how rapidly the Southern Ocean is changing. Australia's ABC TV runs an 8 min story on the Catalyst program. Presenter / Reporter Mark Horstman follows up on new research in the Southern Ocean near Antarctica.

ABC TV Catalyst: “Ocean Acidification – The BIG global warming story”

Ocean Ark Alliance — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 01:57:22 +0000

What's happening below the surface of the ocean? Australia's ABC TV runs a 9 & 1/2 min story on the Catalyst program. Presenter / Reporter Dr. Graham Phillips meets scientists who, for the first time, have found evidence that acidification is affecting marine organisms.