Register for the Olympic Coast Ocean Acidification Sentinel Site (OASeS) symposium May 12-13

The Washington Ocean Acidification Center will host the third Olympic Coast Ocean Acidification Sentinel Site (OASeS) symposium in Ocean Shores, Wash. on May 12-13, 2026, at the Ocean Shores Convention Center.  

A 100-year old key unlocks ocean acidification answers in the Salish Sea, according to recent research partially funded by WOAC

The Washington Ocean Acidification Center (WOAC) is excited to share recently published open-access research in Nature Communications, “A century of change in the California Current: upwelling system amplifies acidification.” This paper was led by Mary Margaret Stoll, who recently earned a PhD in chemical oceanography at the UW, with Alex Gagnon, associate professor in chemical oceanography at the UW. 

Co-Director Terrie Klinger Retires

The Washington Ocean Acidification Center announces that Dr. Terrie Klinger, founding co-director of the Center, has retired from her faculty position at the UW School of Marine and Environmental Affairs as of 1 January 2026. The Center wishes to deeply acknowledge and thank Terrie for her service and vision as she brought groundbreaking research on Washington’s native marine species to reality.

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Modern Approaches to Harmful Algal Bloom Monitoring aboard the Historic Sailing Ship Statsraad Lehmkuhl

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. 

Join WOAC, University of Bergen at One Ocean Week on Oct. 24th

The Washington Ocean Acidification Center will join the University of Bergen aboard the traditional sailing ship the Statsraad Lehmkuhl, for The Vast and Deep Ocean, part of the One Ocean Week series of events. Short presentations will be hosted throughout the event alongside scientific posters and demonstration tables. October 24th, 1-4 PM – Pier 66.

New Study: Pteropods Provide Early Insight Into Changing Ocean Conditions

Scientists have new information about how pteropods, tiny marine creatures so important to food webs they’re known as the “potato chips of the sea,” may fare under compounding environmental stressors.“We found that changing ocean conditions affect pteropods in multiple, overlapping ways, some of which could also be detrimental for long-term pteropod population sustainability ” Nina Bednaršek, a biological oceanographer at Oregon State University’s Hatfield Marine Science Center and the paper’s lead author, says. 

Here’s what we stand to lose from NOAA funding cuts

Jan Newton, co-director of the Washington Ocean Acidification Center and executive director and principal investigator at NANOOS, was quoted in the article.

Agenda Announced! Join the 2025 Ocean Acidification Symposium

The Washington Ocean Acidification Center is pleased to announce our 4th Biennial Washington Ocean Acidification Science Symposium. This one-day event will be held May 28, 2025 from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

The Pacific Northwest-focused Ocean Acidification Symposium Returns!

Register now and join us for our one-day symposium on May 23 2023 at Wisteria Hall, located at the Graham Visitor Center of the Washington Park Arboretum.

WOAC Co-Director Jan Newton wins Marine Technology Society Award

Congratulations to Jan Newton for receiving the 2022 Lockheed Martin Award for Ocean Science and Engineering, courtesy of the Marine Technology Society (MTS)! This award is presented to an individual who has demonstrated the highest degree of technical accomplishment in the field of marine science, engineering, or technology.