The Dynamics and Impact of Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia: Insights from Sustained Investigations in the Northern California Current Large Marine Ecosystem. (2019, September 5). Retrieved from https://tos.org/oceanography/article/the-dynamics-and-impact-of-ocean-acidification-and-hypoxia. 

 

The article, The Dynamics and Impact of Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia discusses that Coastal upwelling ecosystems are wind-generated currents that bring in nutrients to the surface ocean where they begin productive food webs. Coastal upwelling ecosystems are now known especially for their vulnerability towards hypoxia (OAH) and ocean acidification. An alliance for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans (PISCO) scientists and other researchers in the California Current Large Marine Ecosystem revealed insights into the interpretation of OAH as linked environmental stressors, their temporary variability, and impacts on species, ecological communities, and fisheries. Sustained investigations also deepened the understanding of connections between climate change and the intensification of hypoxia, and are beginning to acquaint the ecological processes that can hopefully help solve our problem of ocean acidification. Moreover, because of the cruelty of the die-offs and harm to fish life, these scientific advances have fostered policy advances. 

 

 The article relates to environmental science by briefly discussing hypoxia and ocean acidification and certain research they have done to answer some of our questions. Ultimately OA relates to environmental science because it affects us. The uptake in acid into the ocean kills organisms which means less production resulting in fewer sources for us.