Strategic Plan for Federal Research and Monitoring of Ocean Acidification

by National Science and Technology Council, Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Techno, Interagency Working Group on Ocean Acidi

Human industrial, transportation, and agricultural activities have caused global atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) to increase from a pre-industrial average of 280 parts per million (ppm) to the current value of approximately 400 ppm (IPCC AR5 2013). Atmospheric CO2 concentrations are now higher than experienced on Earth for more than 800,000 years (L thi et al. 2008), and the rate of CO2 release into the atmosphere is likely unprecedented...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1507582250
• ISBN13: 9781507582251
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.5" x 11.0"