Alaska Ocean Acidification Network

Community sampling provides early picture of OA conditions in Southcentral Alaska

Alaskans from Seldovia to Valdez have joined the effort to better understand how OA is affecting coastal Alaska.
What do 10 yrs of data show in the Gulf of Alaska?

UAF's Ocean Acidification Research Center just finished the longest time series of OA data in Alaska. They found a lot of seasonal and interannual variability.
New OA Tribal Research Working Group Launched

The new working group is aimed to coordinate ocean acidification research, monitoring activities and local outreach between Tribal organizations.
Survey now open to help inform future ocean acidification monitoring

Do you have questions relating to ocean acidification you'd like scientists to be able to answer? Add your thoughts in a 10-minute survey to make sure upcoming monitoring plans address the needs of Alaskans.
Chukchi mooring returns a year of pH data

This October, University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists brought home the first set of year-round pH data from the Chukchi Sea.
Starting in October, Alaska ferry will measure ocean acidification along 1,000 miles of coastline

Ketchikan's KRBD radio shares the story of a project 3 years in the making.
2 Saildrones are on their way to the Bering Strait

In mid July, NOAA launched two Saildrones from Dutch Harbor in an effort to help scientists better understand ocean acidification in the Arctic.
New poster shows OA impacts to Alaska species

Check out a succinct chart of how OA impacts calcification, growth, reproduction, and survival of the Alaska species that have been studied so far.
Kachemak Bay Ramps Up OA Monitoring Efforts

This summer five new OA sensors are being installed in Kachemak Bay to better understand OA processes in a dynamic nearshore environment.
Compilation of research on OA impacts to Alaska species now available

Relatively few of Alaska's marine species have been studied for their response to OA, however the body of research is growing each year. OARC has put together an annotated list of studies and results to provide an overview of what we know.
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Alaska Ocean Acidification Network News Features archive
Scientist Interview

Jacqueline Ramsay manages the Alutiiq Pride Shellfish Hatchery’s Ocean Acidification & Research Laboratory in Seward. Formerly a researcher for UAF at the Seward Marine Center, she joined the hatchery in 2012 and maintains the constant monitoring system.

Q: You work with a high tech machine called a Burke-o-Lator. Could you tell us about them?

Burke-o-Lators are systems that were invented by Professor Burke Hales of Oregon State University to measure the carbonate chemistry of seawater, in both gas and dissolved form. These systems are state of the art and unique in that they deliver real time data that hatcheries can use to determine the corrosivity of their incoming seawater …

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