Critter Fun Facts: Foraminifera (sometimes called just "forams") are tiny single celled creatures with wither external or internal shells that support most of the ocean's food chains. These critters can range from sizes of less than 1mm up to 20cm (this small size allows the oceans to support lots of individuals). They are found all over the planet, in every ocean and in every marine habitat. Most adapted for living in the ocean, but some species have been reported to live in brackish (mix of salt and fresh) and even freshwater. Some species are planktonic, they float through the water column and collect detritus as food, however most species are benthic and lie in or on the sediment at the ocean floor. Their abundance and small size make foraminifera a vital part of ocean food webs as they take tiny organic detritus and introduce it back into the ecosystem when they are eaten by their predators like fish, snails, sand dollars, and even larger foraminifera. Foraminifera have an extensive fossil record and can be used to measure conditions of past environments. Foraminifera have been used to show shifting of temperature and locate ancient shorelines. Foraminifera can also be used in biostratigraphy to help geologists distinguish relative age of layers of rock, and are used as indicator species in petroleum geology to find oil and gas. There are over 50,000 species recognized both live and fossilized. OA Impact: Preliminary research indicates a negative affect on the survival of foraminifera under OA conditions, however this effect could also be attributed to other factors like temperature. More Canadian research is needed to understand the impacts that OA is having on Canadian foraminifera. Diet: Detritus, other foraminifera, and anything smaller than them that they can digest. Habitat: Every marine environment some pelagic (found in the upper water column) most benthic (living on the seafloor). Species have been reported from brackish water, and from freshwater Predators: invertebrates, seabirds, other foraminifera, fish, and many more! These creatures are a major food source for marine animals all over the world! Geographic Distribution: All oceans Linnaean Classification: Kingdom: Chromista Subkingdom: Harosa Infrakingdom: Rhizaria Phylum: Foraminifera Etymology: (Latin) Hole bearers. This was given to them due to the holes that can be found when looking at the shells of some species up close as can be seen in the above images. Past Names: None

Here are some of the latest happenings in the world of ocean acidification in Canada and beyond! The Alaska Ocean Acidification Network: 28 days of OA: The Alaska Ocean Acidification Network is running a social media campaign where they will be sharing valuable OA resources for the entire month of February! The following is quoted text from the Alaska Ocean Acidification Network: Follow @AK_OANetwork on Instagram and Twitter in February to learn about ocean acidification around the world! Explore exciting new research, adaptive processes, cultural practices, and how the future of our oceans impacts us all. We will be sharing OA resources in our stories and highlighting researchers, organizations, multi-media, and more! Follow the 28 days of OA on: Facebook Twitter Instagram Ocean Science Services: A Conversation with Dr. Richard Feely and Dr. Andrew Dickson: Choosing Ocean Carbon Chemistry as a life pursuit and how it has led to Ocean Acidification This Ocean Science Services webinar is hosted on the OA information Exchange and is welcome to all! The information below is cross posted from the OA Information Exchange: Drs. Richard Feely and Andrew Dickson have been in their respective fields for decades leading research in ocean carbon and ocean acidification. In this webinar, we get to have a conversation. A recollection on how they chose this field and what keeps them interested. We get to ask questions, "When you were a younger scientist, what were some of the most enjoyable moments you remember? How was cruise life for you? What are the changes you saw? What were the changes you would have like to have seen, but didn’t?" This is an opportunity for both young and older scientists to hear from these two researcher on their motivations, memories, challenges and interests. Maybe you as a listener can find new inspiration, and maybe you can form some question you might like to ask either of these researchers during the Q & A. We'll hear from both for about 45 minutes or so and then open the conversation up to the audience. To sign up to attend the conversation and to get more information see the original post by clicking here! Featured Articles: ‘You Need a Yes on All of Those Levels’ — Experts Discuss the Future of Ocean-Based Carbon Removal Research Source: National Academies of Science Engineering and Medicine Read it here! World Leaders Meet at One Ocean Summit, Make Commitments to Protect World's Oceans Source: The Weather Channel Read it here! New Paper of Interest: Check out this new 2022 paper outlining best practices for chemical oceanographic observations! Jiang, L.-Q., Pierrot, D., Wanninkhof, R., Feely, R. A., Tilbrook, B., Alin, S., Barbero, L., Byrne, R. H., Carter, B. R., Dickson, A. G., Gattuso, J.-P., Greeley, D., Hoppema, M., Humphreys, M. P., Karstensen, J., Lange, N., Lauvset, S. K., Lewis, E. R., Olsen, A., … Xue, L. (2022). Best practice data standards for discrete chemical oceanographic observations. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.705638 New in the Blog: New meet the critters blog post. Meet the cloud sponge, an animal that was thought to be extinct for most of history, but was hiding in the waters off the west coast of Canada the whole time! To read the new blog post click here! Have a news item you'd like us to feature? Email coordinator@oceanacidification.ca!

OA Impact: Cloud sponges are negatively impacted by ocean acidification, showing reduced pumping strength/capacity. This reduced pumping strength will negatively impact the way that the sponge feeds. Diet: Suspension Feeder (Planktonic/floating debris) Habitat: Subtidal seafloor from 10-1600m in depth. Predators: Wrinkled Sea Star Geographic Distribution: This sponge is found in the northern Pacific Ocean. In Canada it lives along the fjords of the coastline of British Columbia and on the Canadian Pacific continental shelf where it creates sponge reefs. It's range continues along the west coast of North America up to Alaska and down to Mexico. It also inhabits the western Pacific Ocean and can be found on the coasts of Japan, Siberia, and the Aleutian Islands. See the cloud sponge's approximate North American distribution here: https://www.oceanacidification.ca/map-of-canadas-oa-resources! Critter Fun Facts: Despite how they look all sponges are animals, not plants! They feed by actively pumping water through their bodies using cells with whip-like tails. They filter chunks of organic matter out of the water that they feed on. Sponges are capable of larger movement with some species recorded as "sneezing" (moving suddenly and expelling water from their body) to clear themselves of sediment and dirt. The cloud sponge is part of a group of sponges called "glass sponges". This group gets their name from their "glass" skeletons, which are made silica. These spikes of silica are called spicules (an example of these are in the scientific drawing above) and give the glass sponges their structure. These spicules make glass sponges more fragile and brittle than their other sponge cousins that lack these features. The fragility of glass sponges make them more vulnerable to destructive fishing practices like bottom trawling. The hardness of the spicules have allowed scientists to know about the existence of glass sponges for years before any living animal was discovered. The spicules fossilize better than the soft bodies of other sponges. This paired with the sponge reefs that they used to form in the Paleozoic era, resulted in their fossils being found before any living sponge was (scientists thought they went extinct 40 million years ago before living animals were discovered in the late 19th century)! Linnaean Classification: Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Porifera Class: Hexactinellida Subclass: Hexasterophora Order: Sceptrulophora Family: Aphrocallistidae Genus: Aphrocallistes Species: vastus Common Names: Cloud Sponge

Here are some of the latest happenings in the world of ocean acidification in Canada and beyond! BC Coastal Communities’ Perspectives on OAH (February 16th-17th, 2022): The next virtual workshop to inform the British Columbia OAH Action plan is fast approaching. This workshop is titled "BC Coastal Communities' Perspectives on OAH" and is targeted towards BC fisheries and harvesters, anyone who attended either of the previous "State of the Science" or the "Harvesters and Producers" workshops is strongly encouraged to attend and all interested parties are welcome. The following is quoted text from the Quadra Centre website: The third in a series of workshops to inform the BC Fisheries & Aquaculture Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia (OAH) Action Plan, the Coastal Communities’ Perspectives on OAH in BC workshop will be hosted virtually by the Quadra Centre for Coastal Dialogue on February 15th and 16th. This workshop will review the key themes and recommendations from the first two workshops on the State of the Science on OAH Research in BC and Seafood Harvester and Producer Perspectives on OAH. The focus of this workshop is to give an opportunity for BC’s local governments, First Nations governments and community members to share their perspectives and expand on socio-economic impacts and perspectives from affected communities. Input from this workshop will consist of a synthesis with recommendations for the BC OAH Action Plan from local and First Nations governments and community members in support of the development of regionally-relevant mitigation and adaptation strategies for BC’s fisheries and aquaculture sectors. For more information on the workshop and to register, check out the Quadra Centre webpage by clicking here! Ocean Acidification Podcast: Samantha Jones, author of the Poem "Ocean Acidification" recently made an appearance on the latest episode of the podcast "Polar Times" to talk about her research, as well as, her poem. The following in quoted text: Today on Polar Times: We welcome Samantha Jones from the University of Calgary who speaks to Jack all about her research on carbon cycling and fluvial biogeochemistry in the Canadian Arctic, her experience of fieldwork there and her niche method of science communication- yes Sam is our first Polar Poet! Winner of the APECS Polar Week Poetry Competition with Spring Pulse, and feature at the COP26 Ocean Pavilion with Ocean Acidification, Sam tells us all about the inspiration behind her work, why poetry is such a good metric for scicomm and even the benefits of using it to reframe and view your own scientific data. To check out the podcast episode click here! Featured Article: Western Bulk receives first carbon offset bio-blend bunker fuel Source: Ship Technology Read it here! New Paper of Interest: Duncan, R.J., Nielsen, D.A., Sheehan, C.E., Deppeler, S., Hancock, A.M., Schulz, K.G., Davidson, A.T. and Petrou, K. (2022), Ocean acidification alters the nutritional value of Antarctic diatoms. New Phytol, 233: 1813-1827. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17868 Have a news item you'd like us to feature? Email coordinator@oceanacidification.ca!

Here are some of the latest happenings in the world of ocean acidification in Canada and beyond! BC Coastal Communities’ Perspectives on OAH (February 16th-17th, 2022): The next virtual workshop to inform the British Columbia OAH Action plan is fast approaching. This workshop is titled "BC Coastal Communities' Perspectives on OAH" and is targeted towards BC fisheries and harvesters, anyone who attended either of the previous "State of the Science" or the "Harvesters and Producers" workshops is strongly encouraged to attend and all interested parties are welcome. The following is quoted text from the Quadra Centre website: The third in a series of workshops to inform the BC Fisheries & Aquaculture Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia (OAH) Action Plan, the Coastal Communities’ Perspectives on OAH in BC workshop will be hosted virtually by the Quadra Centre for Coastal Dialogue on February 15th and 16th. This workshop will review the key themes and recommendations from the first two workshops on the State of the Science on OAH Research in BC and Seafood Harvester and Producer Perspectives on OAH. The focus of this workshop is to give an opportunity for BC’s local governments, First Nations governments and community members to share their perspectives and expand on socio-economic impacts and perspectives from affected communities. Input from this workshop will consist of a synthesis with recommendations for the BC OAH Action Plan from local and First Nations governments and community members in support of the development of regionally-relevant mitigation and adaptation strategies for BC’s fisheries and aquaculture sectors. For more information on the workshop and to register, check out the Quadra Centre webpage by clicking here! Featured Article: Aquaculture: why the world needs a new wave of food production Source: World Economic Forum Read it here! New Paper of Interest: Yamashita, Y., Nakane, M., Mori, Y. et al. Fate of dissolved black carbon in the deep Pacific Ocean. Nat Commun13, 307 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-27954-0 MEOPAR's Annual Scientific Meeting (January 31st-Febuary 11th): This meeting is currently taking place over 4 days between January 31st and February 11th. Sign up to see research and projects from across Canada and from all Canadian coasts from the safety of a virtual setting. This meeting will have lots of networking opportunities and will showcase other important MEOPAR funded groups and communities of practice. The following is quoted text from the MEOPAR website: MEOPAR’s Annual Scientific Meeting will showcase MEOPAR network projects and initiatives that demonstrate our coordinated Canadian approach to address marine challenges. Over four virtual half days, you will have the chance to: Hear the latest developments from national projects and initiatives (including Canadian Integrated Ocean Observing System, National Research Vessel Task Team (NRVTT)/Modular Ocean Research Infrastructure Initiation Design and Demonstration (MORI IDD), and The Gulf of St. Lawrence Tracer Release Experiment (TReX)), Get involved in the advancement of ideas that could be officially endorsed under the UN Ocean Decade Endorsed Actions, Connect with MEOPAR-supported Communities of Practice (CoPs) and learn about their work, activities, and latest projects, Learn about and discuss the latest updates and results from MEOPAR Network projects, Browse the project posters and network with your peers during a highly interactive Poster Session on Gather Town.Don’t miss the opportunity to connect with the MEOPAR community across the country at this year’s MEOPAR ASM! To register for the meeting and to see more information, click here to see their website. Have a news item you'd like us to feature? Email coordinator@oceanacidification.ca!

Jan 31st-Feb 11th MEOPAR’s Annual Scientific Meeting will showcase MEOPAR network projects and initiatives that demonstrate our coordinated Canadian approach to address marine challenges. Over four virtual half days, you will have the chance to: Hear the latest developments from national projects and initiatives (including Canadian Integrated Ocean Observing System, National Research Vessel Task Team (NRVTT)/Modular Ocean Research Infrastructure Initiation Design and Demonstration (MORI IDD), and The Gulf of St. Lawrence Tracer Release Experiment (TReX), Get involved in the advancement of ideas that could be officially endorsed under the UN Ocean Decade Endorsed Actions, Connect with MEOPAR-supported Communities of Practice (CoPs) and learn about their work, activities, and latest projects, Learn about and discuss the latest updates and results from MEOPAR Network projects, Browse the project posters and network with your peers during a highly interactive Poster Session on Gather Town . Don’t miss the opportunity to connect with the MEOPAR community across the country at this year’s MEOPAR ASM!   Registration and more information are available here!

Here are some of the latest happenings in the world of ocean acidification in Canada and beyond! BC Seafood Harvester and Producer Perspectives on OAH Workshop (January 27th-28th, 2022): The next virtual workshop to inform the British Columbia OAH Action plan is fast approaching. This workshop is titled "BC Seafood Harvester and Producer Perspectives on OAH" and is targeted towards BC fisheries and harvesters, anyone who attended the previous "State of the Science" workshop is strongly encouraged to attend and all interested parties are welcome. The following is quoted text from the Quadra Centre website: The second in a series of workshop to inform the BC Fisheries & Aquaculture Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia (OAH) Action Plan, the BC Seafood Harvesters and Producers Workshop on OAH will be hosted virtually by the Quadra Centre for Coastal Dialogue on January 18 & 19, 2022. This workshop will review the key themes and recommendations from the first workshop on the State of the Science on OAH Research in BC and give an opportunity for BC’s commercial harvesters, food-fish harvesters and aquaculture producers to share their perspectives. The outcome of this workshop will consist of a synthesis with recommendations from harvesters and producers in support of the development of regionally-relevant mitigation and adaptation strategies for BC’s fisheries and aquaculture sectors. For more information on the workshop and to register, check out it's webpage by clicking here! Featured Article: How a sailboat helped Canada drop ocean sensors in the remote south Atlantic to study climate change Source: CBC Read it here! New Paper of Interest Bioindicators of severe ocean acidification are absent from the end-Permian mass extinction Foster, W.J., Hirtz, J.A., Farrell, C. et al. Bioindicators of severe ocean acidification are absent from the end-Permian mass extinction. Sci Rep12, 1202 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-04991-9 OAIE Discussion Post: The OA CoP will be facilitating discussions of important topics for the OA community on the OA Information Exchange. These posts will be made available to create a dialog between all of our members, so don't be shy! You will find can find a link to the discussions in OA News blog posts or you can find the post directly on the OA information exchange. To start commenting all you need to do is join team Canada on the OA Information Exchange! This weeks topic is: Does public education and outreach play an important role in ocean acidification research? What is needed to improve the current methods of public education and outreach? Click here to join the conversation: https://bit.ly/3rbeL5M MEOPAR's Annual Scientific Meeting (January 31st-Febuary 11th): The time for MEOPAR's Annual Scientific Meeting has come, this meeting will take place over 4 days between January 31st and February 11th. Sign up to see research and projects from across Canada and from all Canadian coasts from the safety of a virtual setting. This meeting will have lots of networking opportunities and will showcase other important MEOPAR funded groups and communities of practice. The following is quoted text from the MEOPAR website: MEOPAR’s Annual Scientific Meeting will showcase MEOPAR network projects and initiatives that demonstrate our coordinated Canadian approach to address marine challenges. Over four virtual half days, you will have the chance to: Hear the latest developments from national projects and initiatives (including Canadian Integrated Ocean Observing System, National Research Vessel Task Team (NRVTT)/Modular Ocean Research Infrastructure Initiation Design and Demonstration (MORI IDD), and The Gulf of St. Lawrence Tracer Release Experiment (TReX)), Get involved in the advancement of ideas that could be officially endorsed under the UN Ocean Decade Endorsed Actions, Connect with MEOPAR-supported Communities of Practice (CoPs) and learn about their work, activities, and latest projects, Learn about and discuss the latest updates and results from MEOPAR Network projects, Browse the project posters and network with your peers during a highly interactive Poster Session on Gather Town. Don’t miss the opportunity to connect with the MEOPAR community across the country at this year’s MEOPAR ASM! To register for the meeting and to see more information, click here to see their website. Have a news item you'd like us to feature? Email coordinator@oceanacidification.ca!

Jan 27th-28th, 2022 The second in a series of workshop to inform the BC Fisheries & Aquaculture Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia (OAH) Action Plan, the BC Seafood Harvesters and Producers Workshop on OAH will be hosted virtually by the Quadra Centre for Coastal Dialogue on January 18 & 19, 2022. This workshop will review the key themes and recommendations from the first workshop on the State of the Science on OAH Research in BC and give an opportunity for BC’s commercial harvesters, food-fish harvesters and aquaculture producers to share their perspectives. The outcome of this workshop will consist of a synthesis with recommendations from harvesters and producers in support of the development of regionally-relevant mitigation and adaptation strategies for BC’s fisheries and aquaculture sectors.   Registration and more information are available here!

Here are some of the latest happenings in the world of ocean acidification in Canada and beyond! Featured Article: Consider the Ocean: Climate change’s invisible solution The oceans should no longer be ignored in Canada’s efforts to reach net zero. Source: Canada's Institute for Climate Choices The following is quoted text: "The Institute asked Douglas Wallace of Dalhousie University, Canada Research Chair and Canada Excellence Research Chair Laureate in Ocean Science and Technology, to explain what role the oceans could play in meeting Canada’s net zero commitments." Read it here! New Paper of Interest What does a complete carbon system measurement look like in an estuary? Simpson et al. answers this question in detail in their new paper! Simpson, E., Ianson, D., & Kohfeld, K. E. (2022). Using endmember models to estimate seasonal carbonate chemistry and acidification sensitivity in temperate estuaries. Geophysical Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021gl095579 New OAIE Discussion Post: The OA CoP will be facilitating discussions of important topics for the OA community on the OA Information Exchange. These posts will be made available to create a dialog between all of our members, so don't be shy! You will find can find a link to the discussions in OA News blog posts or you can find the post directly on the OA information exchange. To start commenting all you need to do is join team Canada on the OA Information Exchange! This weeks topic is: Does public education and outreach play an important role in ocean acidification research? What is needed to improve the current methods of public education and outreach? Click here to join the conversation: https://bit.ly/3rbeL5M New in the Blog: The newest post from the "Meet the Critters" blog series is here! Check out the American Lobster and discover it's response to OA! Read it here! BC Seafood Harvester and Producer Perspectives on OAH Workshop (January 27th-28th, 2022): The next virtual workshop to inform the British Columbia OAH Action plan is fast approaching. This workshop is titled "BC Seafood Harvester and Producer Perspectives on OAH" and is targeted towards BC fisheries and harvesters, anyone who attended the previous "State of the Science" workshop is strongly encouraged to attend and all interested parties are welcome. The following is quoted text from the Quadra Centre website: The second in a series of workshop to inform the BC Fisheries & Aquaculture Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia (OAH) Action Plan, the BC Seafood Harvesters and Producers Workshop on OAH will be hosted virtually by the Quadra Centre for Coastal Dialogue on January 18 & 19, 2022. This workshop will review the key themes and recommendations from the first workshop on the State of the Science on OAH Research in BC and give an opportunity for BC’s commercial harvesters, food-fish harvesters and aquaculture producers to share their perspectives. The outcome of this workshop will consist of a synthesis with recommendations from harvesters and producers in support of the development of regionally-relevant mitigation and adaptation strategies for BC’s fisheries and aquaculture sectors. For more information on the workshop and to register, check out it's webpage by clicking here! MEOPAR's Annual Scientific Meeting (January 31st-Febuary 11th): The time for MEOPAR's Annual Scientific Meeting has come, this meeting will take place over 4 days between January 31st and February 11th. Sign up to see research and projects from across Canada and from all Canadian coasts from the safety of a virtual setting. This meeting will have lots of networking opportunities and will showcase other important MEOPAR funded groups and communities of practice. The following is quoted text from the MEOPAR website: MEOPAR’s Annual Scientific Meeting will showcase MEOPAR network projects and initiatives that demonstrate our coordinated Canadian approach to address marine challenges. Over four virtual half days, you will have the chance to: Hear the latest developments from national projects and initiatives (including Canadian Integrated Ocean Observing System, National Research Vessel Task Team (NRVTT)/Modular Ocean Research Infrastructure Initiation Design and Demonstration (MORI IDD), and The Gulf of St. Lawrence Tracer Release Experiment (TReX)), Get involved in the advancement of ideas that could be officially endorsed under the UN Ocean Decade Endorsed Actions, Connect with MEOPAR-supported Communities of Practice (CoPs) and learn about their work, activities, and latest projects, Learn about and discuss the latest updates and results from MEOPAR Network projects, Browse the project posters and network with your peers during a highly interactive Poster Session on Gather Town. Don’t miss the opportunity to connect with the MEOPAR community across the country at this year’s MEOPAR ASM! To register for the meeting and to see more information, click here to see their website. Have a news item you'd like us to feature? Email coordinator@oceanacidification.ca!

OA Impact: Ocean Acidification has been found to negatively effect the American Lobster. The impacts are most pronounced in juvenile lobsters, which, when exposed to acidic conditions develop more slowly, have a shorter carapace length and higher death rates than lobsters growing in non acidic conditions. Diet: The American Lobster is usually a scavenger but is also sometimes a predator, capturing its own prey. The lobster's diet consists mostly of crabs, snails, bivalves, fish, algae and other ocean plants. Habitat: Fully grown American Lobsters like benthic sandy and muddy areas, with juvenile lobsters preferring more rocky areas (with more hiding places!). They can be found in areas like this all across the Atlantic shelf of North America. They spend most of their day in their burrows because they are nocturnal in their scavenging habits. Predators: Eels, Crabs, Seals, Flounder, Cod, and other fish, Geographic Distribution: The American Lobster can be found along the Atlantic coastal shelf of North America. Residing roughly between 54°N and 35°N these critters can be found from the Labrador coast in Canada all the way down to the coast of North Carolina in the USA. Click here to check out the distribution of these lobsters on our Map of Canada's OA Resources! Critter Fun Facts: These lobsters are usually solitary and spend most of their time alone. When they do come together as communities there is a social hierarchy among males, which determines which lobster gets to mate. This is communicated through chemicals that lobsters excrete. When lobsters meet each other more than once they recognize each other through these chemicals. Lobsters that meet each other may have to be careful, because lobsters sometimes eat their own molted shell. Because of this they were thought to be cannibals, but this hasn't ever been observed in the wild. However, cannibalism of these lobsters have been recorded in captivity! American Lobsters are a commercially valuable food product because their meat is a popular delicacy. It can take up to 5 lobsters to produce 1 pound of lobster meat due to the usual size of harvest. American Lobsters can get much larger than their typical harvest size, with the largest recorded weight for an American Lobster topping 45 pounds! Linnaean Classification: Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Superclass: Multicrustacea Class: Malacostraca Subclass: Eumalacostraca Superorder: Eucarida Order: Decapoda Suborder: Pleocyemata Infraorder: Astacidea Superfamily: Nephropoidea Family: Nephropidae Genus: Homarus Species: americanus Etymology: Homarus (from the French word "Homard" meaning lobster) americanus (originating from America) Common Names: Northern Lobster, Maine Lobster, American Lobster, and Clawed Lobster Past Names: None

Here are some of the latest happenings in the world of ocean acidification in Canada and beyond! OA Day of Action January 8th 2022 OA day 2022 is fast approaching! January 8 is global OA Day of Action, this initiative was started by the Ocean Foundation and is held annually on the date that corresponds to the current pH of the ocean (8.1). It's goal is to raise worldwide awareness for ocean acidification and it's global current and future impacts. Visit their website by clicking here! The ocean foundation helps to promote and develop ocean acidification education resources that will help raise awareness and understanding of this global threat. They both partner with groups creating and create their own Educational Resources every year! To learn more visit the Ocean Foundation's website page for OA day 2022 by clicking here. OA Day of Action CoP Resources: On January 8th the OA Canadian Community of practice will be releasing a new educational resource for teachers and science education groups that will help them teach students how to make their own action plans! Additionally, our new "Member Resources" webpage will be posted on our website. This new page will have resources for each of our stake/rightsholder groups in one place. Make sure to keep an eye out for these new resources on the OA day of Action! [NavHub] OA CoP Presentation: The OA CoP is excited to be presenting a "get to know us" presentation for [NavHub]'s webinar series on Friday January 14th at 1pm AST. Check out their website to attend the talk and to check out some of the presentations that have been given in the past! Click here to visit their website! See you there! The following is quoted text from [NavHub]: [NavHub] is a group Multiple researchers, agencies and organizations in the Northwest Atlantic are conducting vulnerability assessments for a range of different purposes, spatial scales, and approaches. The Northwest Atlantic Vulnerability Hub [NavHub] is a community of practice that connects scientists, managers and industry leaders, who are developing, applying, and using vulnerability assessments in support of decision-making. [NavHub] coordinates talks on some Fridays about a variety of topics related to vulnerability assessments. If you would like to present a talk on your vulnerability work, please email collaborationhubatlantic@gmail.com. Please keep an eye on the events page for the announcement of upcoming talks and events: https://sites.google.com/view/navhub/home. For more information, please contact Catalina.Gomez@dfo-mpo.gc.ca and Leigh Howarth (lhowarth@perennia.ca). BC Seafood Harvester and Producer Perspectives on OAH Workshop (January 18th-19th, 2022): The next virtual workshop to inform the British Columbia OAH Action plan is fast approaching. This workshop is titled "BC Seafood Harvester and Producer Perspectives on OAH" and is targeted towards BC fisheries and harvesters, anyone who attended the previous "State of the Science" workshop is strongly encouraged to attend and all interested parties are welcome. The following is quoted text from the Quadra Centre website: The second in a series of workshop to inform the BC Fisheries & Aquaculture Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia (OAH) Action Plan, the BC Seafood Harvesters and Producers Workshop on OAH will be hosted virtually by the Quadra Centre for Coastal Dialogue on January 18 & 19, 2022. This workshop will review the key themes and recommendations from the first workshop on the State of the Science on OAH Research in BC and give an opportunity for BC’s commercial harvesters, food-fish harvesters and aquaculture producers to share their perspectives. The outcome of this workshop will consist of a synthesis with recommendations from harvesters and producers in support of the development of regionally-relevant mitigation and adaptation strategies for BC’s fisheries and aquaculture sectors. For more information on the workshop and to register, check out it's webpage by clicking here! MEOPAR's Annual Scientific Meeting (January 31st-Febuary 11th): The time for MEOPAR's Annual Scientific Meeting has come, this meeting will take place over 4 days between January 31st and February 11th. Sign up to see research and projects from across Canada and from all Canadian coasts from the safety of a virtual setting. This meeting will have lots of networking opportunities and will showcase other important MEOPAR funded groups and communities of practice. The following is quoted text from the MEOPAR website: MEOPAR’s Annual Scientific Meeting will showcase MEOPAR network projects and initiatives that demonstrate our coordinated Canadian approach to address marine challenges. Over four virtual half days, you will have the chance to: Hear the latest developments from national projects and initiatives (including Canadian Integrated Ocean Observing System, National Research Vessel Task Team (NRVTT)/Modular Ocean Research Infrastructure Initiation Design and Demonstration (MORI IDD), and The Gulf of St. Lawrence Tracer Release Experiment (TReX)), Get involved in the advancement of ideas that could be officially endorsed under the UN Ocean Decade Endorsed Actions, Connect with MEOPAR-supported Communities of Practice (CoPs) and learn about their work, activities, and latest projects, Learn about and discuss the latest updates and results from MEOPAR Network projects, Browse the project posters and network with your peers during a highly interactive Poster Session on Gather Town. Don’t miss the opportunity to connect with the MEOPAR community across the country at this year’s MEOPAR ASM! To register for the meeting and to see more information, click here to see their website. In the News: Swarnajayanti fellow exploring ways of enhancing ocean alkalinity for removing atmospheric carbon dioxide Source: Orissadiary Read it here! New Paper of Interest Heather N. Page, Keisha D. Bahr, Tyler Cyronak, Elizabeth B. Jewett, Maggie D. Johnson, and Sophie J. McCoy. 2021. Responses of benthic calcifying algae to ocean acidification differ between laboratory and field settings .ICES Journal of Marine Science : fsab232 . https://nsuworks.nova.edu/occ_facarticles/1233. Have a news item you'd like us to feature? Email coordinator@oceanacidification.ca!

Here are some of the latest happenings in the world of ocean acidification in Canada and beyond! BC Seafood Harvester and Producer Perspectives on OAH Workshop (January 18th-19th, 2022): The next virtual workshop to inform the British Columbia OAH Action plan is fast approaching. This workshop is titled "BC Seafood Harvester and Producer Perspectives on OAH" and is targeted towards BC fisheries and harvesters, anyone who attended the previous "State of the Science" workshop is strongly encouraged to attend and all interested parties are welcome. The following is quoted text from the Quadra Centre website: The second in a series of workshop to inform the BC Fisheries & Aquaculture Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia (OAH) Action Plan, the BC Seafood Harvesters and Producers Workshop on OAH will be hosted virtually by the Quadra Centre for Coastal Dialogue on January 18 & 19, 2022. This workshop will review the key themes and recommendations from the first workshop on the State of the Science on OAH Research in BC and give an opportunity for BC’s commercial harvesters, food-fish harvesters and aquaculture producers to share their perspectives. The outcome of this workshop will consist of a synthesis with recommendations from harvesters and producers in support of the development of regionally-relevant mitigation and adaptation strategies for BC’s fisheries and aquaculture sectors. For more information on the workshop and to register, check out it's webpage by clicking here! MEOPAR's Annual Scientific Meeting (January 31st-Febuary 11th): The time for MEOPAR's Annual Scientific Meeting has come, this meeting will take place over 4 days between January 31st and February 11th. Sign up to see research and projects from across Canada and from all Canadian coasts from the safety of a virtual setting. This meeting will have lots of networking opportunities and will showcase other important MEOPAR funded groups and communities of practice. The following is quoted text from the MEOPAR website: MEOPAR’s Annual Scientific Meeting will showcase MEOPAR network projects and initiatives that demonstrate our coordinated Canadian approach to address marine challenges. Over four virtual half days, you will have the chance to: Hear the latest developments from national projects and initiatives (including Canadian Integrated Ocean Observing System, National Research Vessel Task Team (NRVTT)/Modular Ocean Research Infrastructure Initiation Design and Demonstration (MORI IDD), and The Gulf of St. Lawrence Tracer Release Experiment (TReX)), Get involved in the advancement of ideas that could be officially endorsed under the UN Ocean Decade Endorsed Actions, Connect with MEOPAR-supported Communities of Practice (CoPs) and learn about their work, activities, and latest projects, Learn about and discuss the latest updates and results from MEOPAR Network projects, Browse the project posters and network with your peers during a highly interactive Poster Session on Gather Town. Don’t miss the opportunity to connect with the MEOPAR community across the country at this year’s MEOPAR ASM! To register for the meeting and to see more information, click here to see their website. New in the CoP: New OAIE Discussion Post: The OA CoP will be facilitating discussions of important topics for the OA community on the OA Information Exchange. These posts will be made available to create a dialog between all of our members, so don't be shy! You will find can find a link to the discussions in OA News blog posts or you can find the post directly on the OA information exchange. To start commenting all you need to do is join team Canada on the OA Information Exchange! This weeks topic is: How big of a role will blue carbon projects play in the future of OA mitigation? Which species/ecosystems should be prioritized for study? Click here to join the conversation: https://bit.ly/3duTD3W New in the Blog: The OA CoP Quarterly Newsletter is here! If you missed the release last week, click below to read it and catch up on all of the thing the CoP has been up to in the past couple of months! Read it here! The newest post from the "Meet the Critters" blog series is here! Check out the Dungeness crab and discover it's response to OA! Read it here! In the News: AIRCRAFT REVEAL A SURPRISINGLY STRONG SOUTHERN OCEAN CARBON SINK Source: NCAR & UCAR News Read it here. OA Day January 8th 2022 OA day 2022 is fast approaching! January 8 is global OA day, this initiative was started by the Ocean Foundation and is held annually on the date that corresponds to the current pH of the ocean (8.1). It's goal is to raise worldwide awareness for ocean acidification and it's global current and future impacts. Visit their website by clicking here! The ocean foundation helps to promote and develop ocean acidification education resources that will help raise awareness and understanding of this global threat. They both partner with groups creating and create their own Educational Resources every year! To learn more visit the Ocean Foundation's website page for OA day 2022 by clicking here. New Paper of Interest Yang, Zhang, F., Chen, X., Li, H., Jiao, N., & Zhang, R. (2021). Insignificant Response of Bacterioplankton Community to Elevated pCO2 During a Short-Term Microcosm Experiment in a Subtropical Eutrophic Coastal Ecosystem. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12, 730377–730377. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.730377