The Heron Island Climate Change Observatory: An In-Situ Ocean Acidification and Carbonate Chemistry Monitoring Platform

苍鹭岛气候变化观测站：海洋酸化和碳酸盐化学原位监测平台

• 批准号: LE0989608
• 负责人: Prof Ove Hoegh-Guldberg
• 金额: $ 12.67万
• 依托单位: The University of Queensland
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2009-01-01 至 2010-03-24
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/LE0989608
• 关键词: Heron; Island; Climate; Change; Observatory

Climate change and ocean acidification are widely recognized as key threats to Australia's natural ecosystems, yet we are currently ill-equipped to respond due to poor knowledge of the scale/nature of the impacts. The Heron Island Climate Change Observatory will establish key infrastructure that will rapidly improve our understanding of the impacts of ocean acidification which is important to local communities and the nation given that coral reefs support over $6 billion in revenue (and employ 60,000 people) each year. This critically important information is essential to the management and protection of Australia's coral reefs, including the Great Barrier Reef.

气候变化和海洋酸化被广泛认为是对澳大利亚自然生态系统的主要威胁，但由于对影响的规模/性质缺乏了解，我们目前缺乏应对能力。苍鹭岛气候变化观测站将建立关键基础设施，迅速提高我们对海洋酸化影响的了解，鉴于珊瑚礁每年支持超过60亿美元的收入(并雇用60,000人)，海洋酸化对当地社区和国家都很重要。这一至关重要的信息对于管理和保护澳大利亚的珊瑚礁至关重要，包括大堡礁。