Senate Subcommittee to Hear Testimony on the Environmental and Economic Impacts of Ocean Acidification

[Note (22 April 2010): A webcast, witness statements, and other material related to the hearing are available from the subcommittee's Web site.]

On Thursday (22 April 2010) the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation's Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard will hold a hearing on The Environmental and Economic Impacts of Ocean Acidification. Sigourney Weaver -- narrator of the documentary Acid Test: The Global Challenge of Ocean Acidification (see video below) -- will be among the witnesses.

• Dr. James Barry
  Senior Scientist
  Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI)
• Mr. Donny Waters
  Commercial Fisherman
  Past President of the Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Shareholders Alliance based in Florida
• Mr. Tom Ingram
   Executive Director
   Diving Equipment and Marketing Association (DEMA)
• Dr. John Everett
  President
  Ocean Associates, Inc.

Other Online Resources:

National Research Council says "Chemistry of the Ocean is Changing at an Unprecedented Rate" Because of Rising CO2 Emissions .  WWF Climate Blog, 22 April 2010.

Acidic Oceans: What is it? Why Should We Care?  Video (March 2009) from University of California Television.  Lecture by Andrew Dickson, Professor of Marine Chemistry of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego.  From the series,  Perspectives on Ocean Science.

Ocean Acidification -- Hermie the Hermit Crab.  Video from the Australian Government, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority.

On 'Earth Week,' World Is No Longer Our Oyster.  "Acidifying oceans dramatically stunt growth of already threatened shellfish." Press release (19 April 2010) from the National Science Foundation.  Includes audio slideshow.

Center for Biological Diversity > Ocean Acidification Program.  Includes:

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration > Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory > Ocean Acidification

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency > Climate Change > Science  > Future Climate Change > Ocean Acidification .

Call for Public Comment on 303(d) Program and Ocean Acidification.  Federal Register notice (22 March 2010) from the Environmental Protection Agency. Comments must be received on or before May 21, 2010.  See also: EPA Solicits Input on Ocean Acidification and Carbon Dioxide Limits Under Water Pollution Law.  Press release (22 March 2010) from Center for Biological Diversity.