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    Understanding, characterizing, and communicating responses to ocean acidification : challenges and uncertainties

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    2015-06
    Author
    Busch, D. Shallin  Concept link
    O’Donnell, Michael J.  Concept link
    Hauri, Claudine  Concept link
    Mach, Katharine J.  Concept link
    Poach, Matthew  Concept link
    Doney, Scott C.  Concept link
    Signorini, Sergio R.  Concept link
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    Citable URI
    https://hdl.handle.net/1912/7443
    As published
    https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2015.29
    DOI
    10.5670/oceanog.2015.29
    Abstract
    Over the past decade, ocean acidification (OA) has emerged as a major concern in ocean science. The field of OA is based on certainties—uptake of carbon dioxide into the global ocean alters its carbon chemistry, and many marine organisms, especially calcifiers, are sensitive to this change. However, the field must accommodate uncertainties about the seriousness of these impacts as it synthesizes and draws conclusions from multiple disciplines. There is pressure from stakeholders to expeditiously inform society about the extent to which OA will impact marine ecosystems and the people who depend on them. Ultimately, decisions about actions related to OA require evaluating risks about the likelihood and magnitude of these impacts. As the scientific literature accumulates, some of the uncertainty related to single-species sensitivity to OA is diminishing. Difficulties remain in scaling laboratory results to species and ecosystem responses in nature, though modeling exercises provide useful insight. As recognition of OA grows, scientists’ ability to communicate the certainties and uncertainties of our knowledge on OA is crucial for interaction with decision makers. In this regard, there are a number of valuable practices that can be drawn from other fields, especially the global climate change community. A generally accepted set of best practices that scientists follow in their discussions of uncertainty would be helpful for the community engaged in ocean acidification.
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    Author Posting. © The Oceanography Society, 2015. This article is posted here by permission of The Oceanography Society for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Oceanography 28, no. 2 (2015): 30-39, doi:10.5670/oceanog.2015.29.
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    Oceanography 28, no. 2 (2015): 30-39
     
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