Program: Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability NSF-Wide Investment (SEES): Ocean Acidification (formerly CRI-OA)

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SEES-OA

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Start Date:

2015

End Date:

2015

Geolocation:

global

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NSF Climate Research Investment (CRI) activities that were initiated in 2010 are now included under Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability NSF-Wide Investment (SEES). SEES is a portfolio of activities that highlights NSF's unique role in helping society address the challenge(s) of achieving sustainability. Detailed information about the SEES program is available from NSF (https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504707).

In recognition of the need for basic research concerning the nature, extent and impact of ocean acidification on oceanic environments in the past, present and future, the goal of the SEES: OA program is to understand (a) the chemistry and physical chemistry of ocean acidification; (b) how ocean acidification interacts with processes at the organismal level; and (c) how the earth system history informs our understanding of the effects of ocean acidification on the present day and future ocean.

Solicitations issued under this program:
NSF 10-530, FY 2010-FY2011
NSF 12-500, FY 2012
NSF 12-600, FY 2013
NSF 13-586, FY 2014
NSF 13-586 was the final solicitation that will be released for this program.

PI Meetings:
1st U.S. Ocean Acidification PI Meeting(March 22-24, 2011, Woods Hole, MA)
2nd U.S. Ocean Acidification PI Meeting(Sept. 18-20, 2013, Washington, DC)
3rd U.S. Ocean Acidification PI Meeting (June 9-11, 2015, Woods Hole, MA – Tentative)

NSF media releases for the Ocean Acidification Program:

Press Release 10-186 NSF Awards Grants to Study Effects of Ocean Acidification

Discovery Blue Mussels "Hang On" Along Rocky Shores: For How Long?

Discovery nsf.gov - National Science Foundation (NSF) Discoveries - Trouble in Paradise: Ocean Acidification This Way Comes - US National Science Foundation (NSF)

Press Release 12-179 nsf.gov - National Science Foundation (NSF) News - Ocean Acidification: Finding New Answers Through National Science Foundation Research Grants - US National Science Foundation (NSF)

Press Release 13-102 World Oceans Month Brings Mixed News for Oysters

Press Release 13-108 nsf.gov - National Science Foundation (NSF) News - Natural Underwater Springs Show How Coral Reefs Respond to Ocean Acidification - US National Science Foundation (NSF)

Press Release 13-148 Ocean acidification: Making new discoveries through National Science Foundation research grants

Press Release 13-148 - Video nsf.gov - News - Video - NSF Ocean Sciences Division Director David Conover answers questions about ocean acidification. - US National Science Foundation (NSF)

Press Release 14-010 nsf.gov - National Science Foundation (NSF) News - Palau's coral reefs surprisingly resistant to ocean acidification - US National Science Foundation (NSF)

Press Release 14-116 nsf.gov - National Science Foundation (NSF) News - Ocean Acidification: NSF awards $11.4 million in new grants to study effects on marine ecosystems - US National Science Foundation (NSF)

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A mechanistic understanding of the impacts of ocean acidification on the early life stages of marine bivalves (Mechanisms of bivalve response to acidification)
A Systems Biology Approach to Characterize Diatom Response to Ocean Acidification and Climate Change (OA Diatom Response)
An Investigation of the Role of Nutrition in the Coral Calcification Response to Ocean Acidification (OA Nutrition and Coral Calcification)
Calcification in low saturation seawater: What can we learn from organisms in the proximity of low pH; undersaturated submarine springs (CalcificationLowSatSeawater)
Climatological Mean Distribution of pH in Surface Waters in the Unified pH Scale and Mean Rate of changes in Selected Areas (Climatological Mean Distribution of pH)
Collaborative Research: Ocean Acidification and Coral Reefs: Scale Dependence and Adaptive Capacity (OA coral adaptation)
Collaborative Research: Ocean Acidification: microbes as sentinels of adaptive responses to multiple stressors: contrasting estuarine and open ocean environments (OA microbe adaptation)
Collaborative Research: Ocean Acidification: RUI: Multiple Stressor Effects of Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia on Behavior, Physiology, and Gene Expression of Temperate Reef Fishes (OA Hypoxia Rockfish)
Development of a Compact Instrument for Field Measurements of pH, Total Dissolved Inorganic Carbon and Total Alkalinity (MICA MIB)
Development of geochemical proxies to evaluate larval pH-exposure history (OA_Proxies)
Does the strength of the carbonate pump change with ocean stratification and acidification and how? (Carbonate_pump_change_OA)
Effects of acidification and warming on long-term ocean carbon cycling constrained by observations (OA_carbon_cycling)
Effects of Ocean Acidification on Coastal Organisms: An Ecomaterials Perspective (OA - Ecomaterials Perspective)
Effects of ocean acidification on Emiliania huxleyi and Calanus finmarchicus; insights into the oceanic alkalinity and biological carbon pumps (OA_Copes_Coccoliths)
Effects of Ocean Acidification on Larval Competence, Metamorphosis, and Juvenile Performance in a Planktotrophic Gastropod (OA planktotrophic gastropod)
Effects of pCO2 and pH on Photosynthesis, Respiration and Growth in Marine Phytoplankton (OA_phytoplankton_physiology)
Establishing The Magnitude Of Sea-Surface Acidification During The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (OA_Paleocene-Eocene)
Examining Impacts on Squid Paralarval Development, Behavior, and Survival (OA Squid Rearing)
Horizontal and Vertical Distribution of Thecosome Pteropods in Relation to Carbonate Chemistry in the Northwest Atlantic and Northeast Pacific (OAPS)
Identifying Adaptive Responses of Polar Fishes in a Vulnerable Ecosystem (polar_fish_adapt)
Impacts of Evolution on the Response of Phytoplankton Populations to Rising CO2 (P-ExpEv)
Impacts on copepod populations mediated by changes in prey quality (OA-Copepod_PreyQual)
Implications for Respiratory Gas Exchange and Acid-Base Balance in Estuarine Fish (pH_balance_in_fish)
Interactive Effects of Temperature, Nutrients, and Ocean Acidification on Coral Physiology and Calcification (OA_coral_physiology)
Observation and Prediction of Ocean Acidification in the Western Arctic Ocean - Impacts of Physical and Biogeochemical Processes on Carbonate Mineral States (OA - Western Arctic)
OCEAN ACIDIFICATION - Category 1: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: Acclimation and adaptation to ocean acidification of key ecosystem components in the California Current System (OMEGAS-MaS)
Ocean Acidification in the Canada Basin: Roles of Sea Ice (OA - Canada Basin)
Ocean Acidification, Hypoxia and Warming: Experimental Investigations into Compounded Effects of Global Change on Benthic Foraminifera (OA, Hypoxia and Warming)
Ocean acidification, temperature and light effects on carbon-use mechanisms, calcification, and growth of tropical macroalgae: Drivers of winners and losers (OA_macroalgae)
Ocean Acidification-Category 1- Impact of ocean acidification on survival of early life stages of planktonic copepods in the genus Calanus in the northern (OA Calanus Survival)
Ocean Acidification: Century Scale Impacts to Ecosystem Structure and Function of Aleutian Kelp Forests (OA Kelp Forest Function)
Ocean Acidification: Collaborative Research: Interactive effects of acidification, low dissolved oxygen and temperature on abalone population dynamics within the California Current (CA Current MS Abpop)
Ocean Acidification: Collaborative Research: Investigation of seawater CO2 system thermodynamics under high pCO2 conditions (High pCO2 Thermodynamics)
Ocean Acidification: Coral Inorganic Carbon Processing in Response to Ocean Acidification (OA_coral_Ci_acquisition)
Ocean Acidification: Effects on Morphology and Mineralogy in Otoliths of Larval Reef Fish (OA-OTO MIN)
Ocean Acidification: Mechanisms of coral biomineralization (OA Coral Biomineralization)
Ocean Acidification: Scope for Resilience to Ocean Acidification in Macroalgae (Seaweed OA Resilience)
OMEGAS II - Linking ecological and organismal responses to the ocean acidification seascape in the California Current System (OMEGAS-II)
Physiological and genetic responses of the deep-water coral, Lophelia pertusa, to ongoing ocean acidification in the Gulf of Mexico (Lophelia OA)
Physiological Mechanisms for CO2-sensing and Related Intracellular Signaling Pathways in Corals (Coral CO2 Sensing)
Real time assessment of ocean acidification proxies and their incorporation in the marine sediment record (pH_proxies)
RUI: Ocean Acidification- Category 1- The effects of ocean acidification on the organismic biology and community ecology of corals, calcified algae, and coral reefs (OA_Corals)
Seasonal and Ontogenetic Effects of Ocean Acidification on Pteropods in the Gulf of Maine (Gulf of Maine Pteropods)
The effects of ocean acidification and rising sea surface temperatures on shallow-water benthic organisms in Antarctica (OA_Antarctic_organisms)
The Molecular Basis of Ocean Acidification Effects on Calcification in Zooxanthellate Corals (CROA)
Toward Predicting the Impact of Ocean Acidification on Net Calcification by a Broad Range of Coral Reef Ecosystems: Identifying Patterns and Underlying Causes (Coral Reef Ecosystem OA Impact)
Understanding large-scale patterns of future Ocean Acidification (Future OA patterns)
Will high CO2 conditions affect production, partitioning and fate of organic matter? (OA - Effects of High CO2)
Will Ocean Acidification Diminish Particle Aggregation and Mineral Scavenging, Thus Weakening the Biological Pump? (OA - Ocean Acidification and Aggregation)

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