Press office news tagged ocean-acidification

‘Ocean Organ’ aims to highlight the damaging effects of climate change

A collaboration between world-leading researchers from the University of Plymouth, and Plymouth-based artist and scientist Dr Kate Crawfurd, aims to highlight the precise effects of ocean acidification
25 June 2021
Academic contributes to documentary exploring humans’ impact on the planet

Jason Hall-Spencer, Professor of Marine Biology at the University of Plymouth, is among the expert commentators in a new international documentary exploring the impact of overpopulation on marine, animal and human life
15 April 2021
Study demonstrates reductions in CO₂ could boost the recovery of marine life

World-leading experts in ocean acidification and warming from the University of Plymouth and the University of Tsukuba say making meaningful reductions in CO₂ emissions could help marine life damaged by increasingly acidified oceans to recover.
25 January 2021
Scientists join call for major shift in understanding to protect the ocean

Professor of Marine Biology Jason Hall-Spencer and Professor of Oceanography Chris Reid, from the University of Plymouth, are among the authors of a new international report calling for an urgent change in the way we think and talk about the ocean.
25 November 2020
Plastics and rising CO2 pose combined threat to marine environment

Research involving the University of Plymouth found that three weeks in the ocean greatly altered the bacterial diversity on plastic bottles.
6 November 2020
Future ocean conditions could cause significant changes in marine mussels

Scientists from the University of Plymouth have showed that increased temperature and acidification of our oceans could cause significant physical changes in an economically important marine species
9 October 2020
Rising carbon dioxide levels will change marine habitats and fish communities

Researchers from the University of Plymouth and colleagues have showed that elevated dissolved CO2 conditions can lead to a 45% decrease of fish diversity, with a loss of coral-associated species and a rearrangement of feeding behaviour.
20 April 2020
Crab larvae already showing effects of coastal acidification

Ocean acidification is having a profound impact on a prized crustacean that supports the most valuable fishery on the West Coast of the United States, according to a new study involving the University of Plymouth
27 January 2020
Warmer and acidified oceans can lead to ‘hidden’ changes in species behaviour

Research published in Nature Climate Change, involving scientists at the University of Plymouth, shows that in warmer seawater with lower pH, a common clam – the peppery furrow shell (Scrobicularia plana) – makes considerable changes to its feeding habits
20 January 2020
Expert backs international call for action to safeguard our oceans

Professor Jason Hall-Spencer, from the University of Plymouth, has backed a report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) revealing the extent of the crisis facing humanity as the ocean and its services begin to show signs of collapse
25 September 2019
University scientist joins world experts to ask big questions about blue carbon

Marine scientists from the University of Plymouth have contributed to a major international study exploring the role of our oceans and coastlines in trapping atmospheric carbon dioxide
5 September 2019
Scientific experts call for eight urgent measures to preserve life-supporting ocean function amid fears that changes could be ‘irreversible’

The University's marine science expertise is featured in a new report by the International Programme on the State of the Ocean.
24 July 2019