Future biological and ecosystem impacts of ocean acidification and their socioeconomic-policy implications

• Published in: Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
• Main Authors: Turley, Carol, Gattuso, Jean-Pierre
• Other Authors: Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Laboratoire d'océanographie de Villefranche (LOV), Observatoire océanologique de Villefranche-sur-mer (OOVM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2012
• Subjects: [SDU.STU.OC]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Oceanography; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03502663; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03502663/document; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03502663/file/1-s2.0-S1877343512000620-main.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2012.05.007

International audience Anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to the atmosphere and subsequent uptake by the ocean are changing seawater chemistry, a process known as ocean acidification. Research indicates that as ocean acidification continues, reflecting increasing CO2 emissions, it is likely that although some species will be tolerant it will impact many marine organisms and processes, including composition of communities and food webs. Whilst there may be local actions to limit acidification from local sources the root cause of ocean acidification, CO2 emissions, is a global issue requiring global action through United Nations bodies.