Climate Change and Ocean Acidification - Sample Clauses

Climate Change and Ocean Acidification - xxx.xxx.xx.xxx/xxxxxxxxxxxxx/xxxxx.xxx Rising levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases have warmed the earth and changed the chemistry of the oceans. Washington State is already experiencing impacts that are consistent with a warming climate and changing ocean condition. Observed and projected impacts of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions include:  Warmer temperatures and more severe heat waves  More severe winter flooding  Larger and more intense wildfires  Sea level rise  Drier xxxxxxx and xxxxxx autumns and xxxxxxx  More extreme weather events  Decreased snowpack and loss of natural water storage  Decreased ocean pH  More frequent and severe drought These environmental changes are impacting our forests, agriculture, water resources, coasts, infrastructure, shellfish and fisheries, and other resources that are vital for our economy, communities, and environment. The extent and duration of these impacts will largely be determined by our collective success in reducing future emissions of GHGs. In addition, we need to anticipate and address the implications of a changing climate in our programs, policies, rules, and operations. Many of the challenges created by changing climate and environmental conditions are similar to those we have been wrestling with for decades – water supply and quality, ecosystem health, air quality, and shoreline and habitat protection and restoration. But the rate and severity of the changes we are likely to witness in the coming years will be unlike anything Washingtonians have ever experienced. Washington State is addressing the challenge of climate change and ocean acidification by taking responsible and thoughtful legislative and executive actions. The state is taking a comprehensive approach in developing and implementing practical and coordinated policies and solutions to reduce energy use, meet the GHG emissions reductions adopted into law in 2008, and to unleash innovation, investment and job creation. Comprehensive and integrated strategic responses have also been developed to enable state and local agencies, public and private businesses, nongovernmental organizations, and individuals to prepare for, address, and adapt to the impacts of climate change and ocean acidification. Broad coalitions of leaders, stakeholders, and the public have offered their thoughts and ideas as the state leads the way on reducing GHG emissions, and adapt to impacts of climate change and ocean acidification. We welcome the oppor...
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Climate Change and Ocean Acidification -. Climate change is an ongoing consideration in evaluating cumulative effects on environmental resources of the Arctic region (NOAA, 2011). It has been implicated in changing weather patterns, changes in the classification and seasonality of ice cover, ocean surface temperature regimes, and the timing and duration of phytoplankton blooms in the Chukchi Sea. These changes have been attributed to rising carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in the atmosphere and corresponding increases in the CO2 levels of the waters of the world’s oceans. These changes have also led to the phenomena of ocean acidification (IPCC, 2007; Royal Society, 2005). This phenomenon is often called a sister problem to climate change, because they are both attributed to human activities that are leading to increased CO2 levels in the atmosphere. The capacity of the Arctic Ocean to uptake CO2 is expected to increase in response to climate change (Bates and Mathis, 2009). Further, ocean acidification in high latitude seas is happening at a more advanced rate than other areas of the ocean. This is due to the loss of sea ice that increases the surface area of the Arctic seas. The resultant exposure of surface water lowers the solubility of calcium carbonate, resulting in lower saturation levels of calcium carbonate within the water that in turn leads to lower available levels of the minerals needed by shell-producing organisms, such as pteropods, foraminifers, sea urchins, and molluscs (Fabry et al., 2009; Mathis, Cross, and Bates, 2011). B-3. REFERENCES Bates, N.R., and Mathis, J.T., 2009, The Arctic Ocean marine carbon cycle; evaluation of air-sea CO2 exchanges, ocean acidification impacts and potential feedbacks, Biogeosciences Discussions 6. pp. 6695-6747. xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxx.xxx/0/0000/0000/xxx-0-0000-0000-xxxxx.xxx. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, 2009. xxxx://xxx.xxx.xxx/. Fabry, V.J.; McClintock, J.B.; Mathis, J.T.; Grebmeier, J.M., 2009, Ocean acidification at high latitudes: the bellwether. Oceanography, 22(4) 160-171. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 2007. Climate Change 2007: Synthesis Report. Contribution of Working Groups I, II and III to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Core Writing Team, Pachauri, R.K and Reisinger, A. (eds.)]. IPCC, Geneva, Switzerland, 104 pp. xxxx://xxx.xxxx.xx/. Marine Exchange of Alaska, 2011. xxxx://xxx.xxxx.xxx/. Mathis, J.T., Cross...
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