Ocean acidification threatens our marine ecosystems and the people connected to them. We connect research to decision makers to advance ocean acidification science, strategies and policies to restore the health of our oceans.
About WOAC
We strengthen our work through partnerships with federal, tribal, state and local governments, industry, universities and others.
The Puget Sound and our Pacific Northwest marine waters are particularly vulnerable to ocean acidification because of our location combined with other global, natural and human-driven factors.
The Washington Ocean Acidification Center (WOAC) recently joined the One Ocean Expedition aboard the historic Statsraad Lehmkuhl, a three-masted sailing ship built in 1914. Departing from Seattle’s Pier 66 on October 27th, the ship charted a course south to San Francisco’s Pier 17, arriving on November 3rd.