Ocean acidification art challenge

Funded by Eye On The World Natural Images, Ocean Ark Alliance is hosting Australia’s largest environmental art show at the Melbourne Aquarium on 22 October 2012. This has been created to stimulate a deeper understanding of ocean acidification.

Specific topics include the impact of ocean acidification on coral reefs, southern seas, polar seas, marine life, coastal communities & economic wealth.

Open to all Year 9 -12 students, this Victoria-based pilot is the start of what the Ocean Ark Alliance hopes will become a national and international initiative

The other CO2 problem animation now available in Spanish and Italian

The other CO2 problem animation, originally made by the Ridgeway School (Plymouth, UK) students in collaboration with EPOCA is now available in Spanish and Italian. The translations were performed by Spanish and Italian students and supported by the MedSea project. The video is also available in French.

Click on the images to watch the videos.

 

L’autre problème du CO2 (movie, in French)

Le dessin animé produit par les élèves de l’école Ridgeway de Plymouth (Royaume-Uni) et les chercheurs du Laboratoire Marin de Plymouth (financé par EPOCA) vient d’être traduit en français par des élèves du collège Charles III de Monaco avec le soutien d’EPOCA et de l’Institut océanographique de Monaco. Il est disponible sur YouTube.

“Tipping Point” movie gets an award

The “Tipping Point” documentary won the “Best Scientific Movie” award at the Mediterranea film festival that took place in Antibes (France), 31 March-3 April 2011.

Ocean acidification postcards

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is conducting research on ocean acidification in polar, temperate, subtropical, and tropical regions including the Arctic, West Florida Shelf, and the Caribbean. Project activities include field assessment, experimental laboratory studies, and evaluation of existing data. The USGS is participating in international and interagency working groups to develop research strategies to increase understanding of the global implications of ocean acidification. Research strategies include new approaches for seawater chemistry observation and modeling, assessment of physiological effects on organisms, changes in marine ecosystem structure, new technologies, and information resources. These postcards highlight ongoing USGS research efforts in ocean acidification and carbon cycling in marine and coastal ecosystems in three different regions: polar, temperate, and tropical. To learn more about ocean acidification visit: http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/ocean-acidification/.

Acid Test: The Global challenge of ocean acidification (movie)

ACID TEST, a film produced by NRDC, was made to raise awareness about the largely unknown problem of ocean acidification, which poses a fundamental challenge to life in the seas and the health of the entire planet. Like global warming, ocean acidification stems from the increase of carbon dioxide in the earth’s atmosphere since the start of the Industrial Revolution.

Margot Spindelman, The Ocean and The Road (exhibition)

Margot Spindelman’s paintings depict the physical landscape as an exploration of a parallel human, interior terrain. Color, muted or clamorous, and dashed or looping lines, interact with organic forms that enforce or subvert the horizon to engender seductive paintings that recreate the landscape as a painted, invented world.