The U.S. Strategic Plan for Federal Research and Monitoring of Ocean Acidification, released on March 27^th, will guide research and monitoring investments to improve understanding of ocean acidification, its potential impacts on marine species and ecosystems, and adaptation and mitigation strategies. The plan covers human-caused acidification in coasts and estuaries as well as the open ocean.

The plan was developed by the Interagency Working Group on Ocean Acidification, which includes members of USGCRP's Carbon Cycle Interagency Working Group.

• Download the U.S. Ocean Acidification Research Plan
• See an excerpt on the U.S. Carbon Cycle Science site