Ocean Acidification

Overview Agenda & Document Overview The ocean has absorbed about one third of the anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions since the industrial revolution, greatly reducing the impact of this greenhouse gas on the climate. However, this massive input of CO2 is generating global changes in the chemistry of seawater, especially on the carbonate system. These changes… Continue reading WESTPAC Workshop on Research and Monitoring of the Ecological Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Coral Reef Ecosystems, Phuket, Thailand

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table tr td{ border:none; border-bottom:1px solid #d4d4d4; } table tr td{ font-size:15px; } table tr td a{ border:none !important; }   Photos of the workshop, All photos © WESTPAC Program 29 August 2016 Presentation 09:00-09:30 Opening and self-introduction 09:30-09:45 Brief on the main results of the 1st and 2nd WESTPAC workshop on monitoring of the ecological impacts of… Continue reading Third WESTPAC Training Workshop on Research and Monitoring of the Ecological Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Coral Reef Ecosystems, Phuket, Thailand

We are delighted to inform you that the 5th WESTPAC Workshop on Research and Monitoring of the Ecological Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Coral Reef Ecosystems (WESTPAC OA workshop) was scheduled for 6-7 November 2018, Xiamen, China. Preceding the OA workshop, a WESTPAC OA Science workshop will be held on 5 November 2018 in conjunction… Continue reading WESTPAC Ocean Acidification Symposium & Fifth WESTPAC Workshop on Research and Monitoring of the Ecological Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Coral Reef Ecosystems, Xiamen, China

Overview Agenda & Document Overview On behalf of the WESTPAC Officers, we have the pleasure of inviting Member States in the region to carry on their intergovernmental guidance of the IOC programmes despite the difficult conditions imposed on us by the prolonged Covid-19 pandemic. The WESTPAC Officers, Advisory Group and the Head of WESTPAC Office… Continue reading Thirteenth Intergovernmental Session of the IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC-XIII)