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Below is a range of useful resources that have involved members of the UK Ocean Acidification Research Programme.

• Economics of ocean acidification: Conclusions and recommendations report from the international workshop of the Monaco Environment and Economics Group
• Ocean acidification: Acting on Evidence. Messages for Rio+20
• Oceans Under Stress guide
• Teaching resource on "Inspirational Fieldwork: Ocean Acidification" by the Royal Geographical Society; received a Highly Commended award from the Scottish Association of Geography Teachers
• Presentation on the socio-economic aspects of ocean acidification
• “Ocean acidification: Connecting science, industry, policy and public” short film 
• UNEP Emerging issues report: Environmental consequences of ocean acidification - A threat to food security
• Postcard from Cancún
• "Ocean acidification: Questions answered" guide
• The other CO₂ Problem animation (English version)
• The other CO₂ Problem animation (French version produced by EPOCA)  
• Frequently asked questions about ocean acidification
• Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership (MCCIP) Annual Report Card 2010-2011
• A special introductory guide for policy advisers and decision makers "Ocean Acidification: The Facts"
• UKOA leaflet

Blogs

• Sea Surface Consortium blog
• Research cruise to investigate impacts of ocean acidification on the surface ocean and marine life

Additional resources from the wider ocean acidification community

• The other carbon dioxide problem by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
• The pteropod song
• Ocean Acidification: Starting with the Science
• Report on the current state of ocean acidification knowledge, identification of gaps in understanding and scientific advice to help guide national ocean acidification research programmes
• "Ocean acidification" edited by Jean-Pierre Gattuso and Lina Hansson
• Catlin Ice Base Scientist Helen Findlay (Plymouth Marine Laboratory) answers questions sent to her by Year 8 students at Ridgeway School in Plymouth, England.
• "Earth's acid test" Nature article
• Guide to best practices for ocean acidification research and data reporting
• "The world was our oyster" - a short film on the research into the growth-stunting effects of ocean acidification on Olympia oysters
• Great Belt research cruise website and blog
• Special Issue of Oceanography: “The Future of Ocean Biogeochemistry in a High-CO₂ World” (2009)
• Recommended Strategy for a U.S. National Ocean Acidification Research Program (Subcommittee on Ocean Acidification, Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry Program 2009)
• A summary for policymakers from the second symposium on the "Ocean in a High-CO₂ World" (2009)
• Ocean Acidification due to Increasing Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide (The Royal Society 2005)
• Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Coral Reefs and Other Marine Calcifiers: A Guide to Future Research (Kleypas et al. 2006)