OA Features

2020 TE PUIAKI KAIPŪTAIAO MAEA MACDIARMID EMERGING SCIENTIST

Dr Christopher Cornwall was last year's Te Puiaki Kaipūtaiao Maea - The Prime Minister's MacDiarmid Emerging Scientist Prize Winner. His mahi surrounds the potential for marine organisms to adapt to ocean acidification, which offers hope to multiple generations of reef-building seaweeds.

Commonwealth Blue Charter Launches OA Policy Handbook

A Policymaker’s Handbook for Addressing the Impacts of Ocean Acidification has recently been launched to help Commonwealth countries tackle the global issue of ocean acidification, a key aspect of climate change. The handbook was commissioned by the New Zealand government, which champions the Commonwealth Blue Charter Action Group on Ocean Acidification.

The outlook for coral reefs remains grim

Dr. Chris Cornwall’s recent article in PNAS presents a grim outlook for the world’s coral reefs unless we reduce ocean warming and acidification. This work has been highlighted around the world, including on the USA’s National Public Radio, The Conversation, Stuff.co.nz, and Newshub.co.nz.

Ocean acidification - global warming’s evil twin

Radio New Zealand’s Allison Ballance revisits her 2010 story on ocean acidification and speaks with Cliff Law to discover what we've learned in the last decade.

Marine reserves join ocean acidification network

A joint NIWA and DOC project extends the New Zealand Ocean Acidification Monitoring Network (NZOA-ON) to nine new marine reserve sites. The data is freely available through the NZOA-ON data portal. You can learn more about this collaboration between Kim Currie (NIWA) and Monique Ladds (DOC) here.