How Nuclear Techniques Help Study the Marine Environment in Kuwait
The sea is Kuwait’s lifeline. The marine environment laboratory of the Kuwait Institute of Scientific Research (KISR) conducts a number of experiments on pollutants and contaminants using nuclear and ...
Jeopardy at Sea: What Atoms in Clams Tell us about Ocean Acidification
Clams and other molluscs are under threat. As oceans gradually acidify due to rising carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, some of these marine organisms will find it harder to build their shells or skeletons. This is bad news not only for the organisms themselves, but also for the people who rely on them.
The US Announces $800k Support to the IAEA Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre
The United States’ Government this week announced a US$ 839,000 contribution to support the work of the IAEA Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre (OA-ICC). The announcement, made at the 2018 Our Ocean?Conference in Bali, comes in addition to earlier US donations?to the Centre, including the most recent?one in 2017.
Advancing Ocean Acidification Science: IAEA Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre Turns Five
As ocean acidification research evolves and more scientific papers are published each year, there is a mounting need to synthesize and compare data so that countries can properly respond to the issue.