A healthy ocean, a protected climate
MARINE AND COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS SERVICES Over the past ten years, the environment has entered the public debate. Why protect nature? Why preserve biodiversity? Our environment is made of a series of ecosystems, each supplying numerous services daily. Ecosystems are defined as dynamic complexes of plant, animal and micro-organism communities and the nonliving environment, interacting as…
FROM SPACE TO GENOMICS : THE NEW FRONTIERS OF OCEAN SCIENCE Technological progress regarding spatial and in situ observation, combined with improved data processing, provide real-time access to the state of the ocean. Scientific collaboration and knowledge-sharing open new perspectives for a better understanding of the interactions between ocean, climate and biodiversity. On March 27,…
According to a study carried out by researchers at the LSCE (CEA-CNRS-UVSQ), by the end of the twenty-first century, seasonal changes in ocean acidification (pH) will be amplified, possibly even doubling. The seasonality of pH levels, which, until now, was thought to be favorable to marine organisms’ ability to adapt to global warming, may in…
The oceans play a major role in climate regulation, especially because they are able to exchange carbon dioxide (CO2) with the atmosphere. Biological processes are helpful for picking up CO2 in the surface waters. Indeed, thank to photosynthesis microalgae elaborate organic carbon by picking up CO2 in the surface waters. Because organic matter is denser…
On 12 December 2017, two years to the day since the historic Paris Agreement, Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic, Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group and Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, will gather international leaders and committed citizens, in Paris. The objective is to exchange on how public and…
The 4th International Symposium on the Effects of Climate Change on the World’s Oceans (ECCWO) under PICES, ICES-CIEM, FAO & IOC UNESCO will take place in Washington June 4-8, 2018. The Deep -Ocean Stewardship Inititiative (DOSI) and the Deep-Ocean Observing strategy (DOOS), member initiative of the Ocean and Climate Initiatives Alliance (OCIA), will lead during…