Ocean acidification - the evil twin of climate change

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8m1X26Auw6Q

Ted Talk by Triona McGrath (Physical Oceanographer at the National University of Ireland) who summarizes why we should care about ocean acidification, and also includes some nice details on how scientists measure the acidity of seawater (~10 minutes long)

Acid test: The global challenge of ocean acidification

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cqCvcX7buo

NRDC clip about ocean acidification, which includes a good primer for understanding how ocean acidification is linked to the consumption of fossil fuels. This clip may also be suitable for students to watch as well. (~22 minutes long)

ACE Science short: Ocean acidification

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SMWGV-DBnk

Short introductory video by the Alliance for Climate Education (ACE) that may be useful for students or teachers alike, introduces the large scale issues associated with ocean acidification (~3 minutes)

What is ocean acidification?

https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/co2/story/What+is+Ocean+Acidification%3F

Online reading and resources regarding the chemistry of ocean acidification. The site also provides links to articles breaking down what pH means, NOAA's action plan for addressing ocean acidification, and more.

National Academies Press report: Ocean Acidification

https://www.nap.edu/catalog/12904/ocean-acidification-a-national-strategy-to-meet-the-challenges-of

NRC Report: The National Resource Council, a branch of the National Academy of Sciences developed a report on Ocean Acidification and a developed a national strategy to address ocean acidification. The meaty report includes many of the chemistry details in Chapters 1 and 2, however the full report is excellent for those wanted to further their knowledge on the physiologic, ecologic and economic impacts of ocean acidification

Download a free PDF of the entire book at the link above.

Anthropogenic decline in high-latitude ocean carbonate by 2100

https://darchive.mblwhoilibrary.org/bitstream/handle/1912/370/Orr2004-12-27985_text.pdf?sequence=1

Orr et al., 2005; This dense, but brief, paper (~6 pages) addresses the impact of ocean acidification on calcifying organisms. In setting up the effects on biological organisms they also address fundamental concepts such as the relationship between CO₂ and CO₃^2-, geographic effects of changing pH and saturation states, etc. Furthermore, the paper includes modeling that is common in the field.

The ocean sink for anthropogenic CO2

https://courses.seas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars/pdfs/Sabine_etal_2004.pdf

Sabine et al., 2004: One of the hallmark papers that estimated the adsorption of CO₂ from fossil fuel release by the oceans. The paper includes visual aids that show the geographic distribution of CO₂ absorption as well as projections into the future. Moreover, the paper explicitly outlines the ocean’s role in the carbon cycle and details the inputs and outputs of CO₂ for the Earth’s system.

Spreadsheet link: Ice core data

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1kl21XZaUS5IsOtLYZFEDU-c6P_YcrXrM