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In Sept, the Alaska OA Network co-hosted a webinar on marine carbon dioxide removal. The session provided an introduction to ocean iron fertilization as a possible method, the science needed to assess potential ecosystem impacts, and the state of field experiments and alternative pathways. Watch the recorded webinar.

Researchers have put together a set of interactive climatologies (long-term average conditions) and atlases depicting OA status across North American marine ecosystems. Read an interview with NOAA’s Simone Alin to learn about what these maps show for Alaska.

Funding from NOAA’s Ocean Acidification Program in the coming years will help expand monitoring in Alaska. Researchers are working together to figure out how to best use these funds with input from Alaskans.

Kelp provide many ecosystem services and has been identified as a potential carbon dioxide removal strategy through large-scale cultivation, though many scientific questions remain. This webinar examined the fates, timescales and effectiveness at a local or global scale, as well as ecological and cost considerations.

Natalie Monacci is the director of the Ocean Acidification Research Center (OARC) at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and is a long time member and collaborator in the Alaska Ocean Acidification Network.

NOAA laboratory experiments are simulating future conditions to help predict the climate resilience of Alaska fish. A study looking at the early life stages of Pacific cod showed more sensitivity to warming than to acidification.