4th International Symposium on the Ocean in a High-CO2 World
3 – 6 May 2016, Hotel Grand Chancellor, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
The 4th International Symposium on the Ocean in a High-CO2 World was held at the Hotel Grand Chancellor in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, from 3 to 6 May 2016.
Over 350 researchers, students, and government and industry representatives attended the 4th Symposium in the series.
The Hobart symposium built on the successful three previous symposia and offered the worldwide community of scientists working to understand ocean acidification an opportunity to share their research results and develop new research collaborations.
Symposium themes included:
- Organism responses to Ocean Acidification
- Ecological effects of Ocean Acidification
- Changing carbonate chemistry of the Ocean
- Advances in Ocean Acidification research and monitoring
- Ocean Acidification and society – economics and food security
- Mitigation of Ocean Acidification
- Ocean Acidification and the increasingly crowded ocean – global change multistressors
Videos from the Plenary Sessions
Photos from the Symposium
Media…
- Oceans bearing the brunt of relentless carbon emission – http://www.smh.com.au/comment/ken-caldeira-on-the-reef-20160502-gokmoz.html
- Putting the acid on global effort – http://www.themercury.com.au/news/opinion/talking-point-putting-the-acid-on-global-effort/news-story/9e01504b3271113378b293c4954cbff8
- Shellfish growers wary of growing ocean acidification as carbon warms – http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-03/ocean-acidification-climate-change-carbon-dioxide-shellfish/7379038
- Scientists to address global changes in ocean chemistry – http://www.imas.utas.edu.au/news/news-items/international-scientists-to-address-global-changes-in-ocean-chemistry-at-hobart-symposium
- Ocean acidification is seriously threatening shellfish – http://www.sbs.com.au/topics/science/earth/article/2016/05/03/ocean-acidification-seriously-threatening-shellfish
- Lobsters and oysters at risk from ocean acidification, not to mention the GBR – http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2016/05/04/ocean-acidification-australia_n_9835146.html
Media…
- Ocean acidity rising at the most rapid rate in 300 million years – http://www.themercury.com.au/news/opinion/talking-point-ocean-acidity-rising-at-the-most-rapid-rate-in-300-million-years/news-story/5a2619492674a8a4a2b1eb764d041191
- Warning on the onset of ocean acidification – http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-03/ocean-acidification/7380182
- Acidic oceans are dissolving shells of tiny sea snails – http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-02/acidic-oceans-are-dissolving-shells-on-tiny-sea-snails/7376696
- Adding rocks to oceans could de-acidify water and save cporals – https://www.newscientist.com/article/2087532-adding-rocks-to-oceans-could-de-acidify-water-and-save-coral/
- Marine ecosystems may suffer more harm unless emissions reduced – http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2016-05/02/content_38367013.htm
- Mixing CO2 and oceans – what do you get? – https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/aussmc-briefing-mixing-co2and-oceans-what-do-you-get
Sponsors of the 4th International Symposium on the Ocean in a High-CO2 World
We thank the following organisations for their sponsorship of the symposium.
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We would also like to acknowledge the following organisations for their generous support.
Plenary Speakers & Committee Members
Plenary Speakers
We are pleased to announce the following plenary speakers have been confirmed for the Symposium. Click here for biographies of the speakers and their topics.
- Professor Ken Caldeira
Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, USA - Associate Professor William Cheung
University of British Columbia, Canada - Dr Sinead Collins
Edinburgh University, Scotland - Professor Minhan Dai
Xiamen University, China - Associate Professor Sam Dupont
University of Gothenburg, Sweden - Dr Katharina Fabricius
Australian Institute of Marine Science, Australia - Professor Stefan Gelcich
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile - Associate Professor Bärbel Hönisch
Columbia University, USA - Assistant Professor Kristy Kroeker
University of California, USA
Regional Planning Committee
Chairs
- Prof. Catriona Hurd
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania - Dr Andrew Lenton
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Committee Members
- Prof. Maria Byrne
University of Sydney - Prof. Tom Trull
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation and Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre - Dr Tommy Moore
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme, Samoa - Prof. Philip Munday
James Cook University - Dr Janice Lough
Australian Institute of Marine Science - Dr Norman Ragg
Cawthron Institute, New Zealand - Dr Cliff Law
National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd, New Zealand - Prof. Malcolm McCulloch
University of Western Australia - Dr Andrew Davidson
Australian Antarctic Division - Dr Jonny Stark
Australian Antarctic Division - Dr Bronte Tilbrook
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation and Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre - Prof. Phil Boyd
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania
Science Steering Committee
Chair
- Prof. Jean-Pierre Gattuso
CNRS and Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France
Committee Members
- Dr Luke Brander
Institute for Environmental Studies, VU University, The Netherlands and Kadoorie Institute, University of Hong Kong - Prof. Minhan Dai
Xiamen University, China - Dr Sam Dupont
University of Gothenburg, Sweden and University of Hong Kong - Dr Richard Feely
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, USA - Dr Beth Fulton
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Oceans and Atmosphere, Australia - Prof. Ove Hoegh-Guldberg
University of Queensland, Australia - Dr Libby Jewett
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, USA - Dr Nelson Lagos
Centro de Investigacion e Innovacion para el Cambio Climático, University Santo Tomes, Chile - Dr Richard Matear
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Oceans and Atmospheres, Australia - Dr Wajih Naqvi
CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, India - Prof. Ulf Riebesell
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Hobart is the largest marine research hub in the Southern Hemisphere, with ~1,000 marine scientists and support staff in several institutes: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organsation (CSIRO), Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Co-operative Research Centre (ACE-CRC), Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) at the University of Tasmania, Australian Antarctic Division (AAD), Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS), and the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Living Marine Resources (CCAMLR). Ocean acidification research is strongly represented in the community and covers the detection of ocean acidification change to ecosystem responses and resilience. The science is closely linked with a dynamic and growing ocean acidification research community in other parts of Australia and in New Zealand.
Hobart is a major gateway to the Antarctic and much of the ocean acidification research focus is on temperate to high-latitude polar ocean systems. In recent years there has been a substantial increase in research infrastructure. A new $A45M building to house the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies was opened in early 2014. Hobart is also the base of a new $A125M ocean-goingresearch ship, RV Investigator, that was delivered in September 2014 and is operated as a national research facility. Early stage planning has begun to build a new research capable ice-breaker that will also use Hobart as a home port.
Symposium Managers
For all enquiries please contact the team at Conference Design:
mail@conferencedesign.com.au
+61 3 6231 2999
Venue
Hotel Grand Chancellor
1 Davey Street
Hobart Tasmania 7000
Australia