Alaska Ocean Acidification Network

New paper: Modeling OA in the Bering Sea

University of Washington's Darren Pilcher and colleagues ran a hindcast from 2003-2014 to track seasonality and trends.
'State of the Science' report for stakeholders

Read the latest on the species response, forecasting, and regional influences
Bering Strait students learn about OA

A team from UAF recently visited Gambell and Savoonga to do hands-on ocean acidification lessons in the schools and discuss ocean change with the community.
Clams and climate change — new Alaska study examines the connections

UAF researchers are partnering with the Alutiiq Pride Shellfish Hatchery to learn more about bivalve response to OA.
Community based water sampling for OA is taking off in Southeast Alaska

Five communities are now taking weekly water samples for OA, with three more expected to join this fall.
Arctic Saildrones rendezvous with icebreaker for calibration near Icy Cape

Launched from Dutch Harbor, the Saildrones are now in the Chukchi, measuring CO2 and Arctic cod abundance. Track their progress through NOAA's blog.
Data from state ferry in Southeast Alaska illuminates seasonal trends

With just over six months of data, an Alaska Marine Highway System ferry project has already begun documenting the unique ecosystem interactions.
NOAA Kodiak Lab equipped to analyze incoming seawater and community samples

Community sampling provides early picture of OA conditions in Southcentral Alaska

Alaskans from Seldovia to Valdez have joined the effort to better understand how OA is affecting coastal Alaska.
What do 10 yrs of data show in the Gulf of Alaska?

UAF's Ocean Acidification Research Center just finished the longest time series of OA data in Alaska. They found a lot of seasonal and interannual variability.
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Alaska Ocean Acidification Network News Features archive
Scientist Interview

Cordova High School’s national ocean science bowl team, the “PhotosyntheSistahs”, focused on ocean acidification at the recent statewide competition in February.

Q.) We heard your research for the National Ocean Science Bowl won first prize. What led you to choose this topic?

The assignment of the research project was to design an ocean observing platform that would address a question or threat to our local community. We knew right away that we wanted to focus on threats to salmon as they are a huge economic and cultural resource in our community. From there it was an easy connection to make with Ocean Acidification and the potential negative impacts it will have on salmon and salmon prey. Ocean Acidification is a widespread and growing issue that not only affects our local community, but everyone and we wanted to address that in our research.

Read the rest of the interview