eeBLUE Ocean Acidification Education and Outreach Mini-Grants Grantees

The North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) is pleased to announce the eeBLUE Ocean Acidification Education and Outreach Mini-Grant program has awarded funding to six organizations across the country to develop new ways to help people understand ocean and coastal acidification, its impacts, and potential solutions.

Through this mini-grant program, NAAEE supports partnerships sharing the mutual goals of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Office of Education and Ocean Acidification Program (OAP) included in the 2025–2045 NOAA Education Strategic Plan and NOAA Ocean Acidification Education Implementation Plan.

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What Is Ocean and Coastal Acidification?

Ocean acidification happens when the ocean absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, changing its chemistry and making it harder for some marine organisms, such as crabs and corals, to build and maintain their shells or skeletons.

Coastal acidification refers to changes in the chemistry of coastal waters. These changes can also be influenced by natural processes, such as coastal upwelling, and local factors, like nutrient pollution.

Both can affect marine life and the ecosystems and communities that depend on them.

Explore Projects Helping People Understand Ocean and Coastal Acidification

Ocean acidification education can take many forms! Across six coastal regions—from Alaska to the Gulf Coast, Florida, the Mid-Atlantic, and New England—local organizations are finding new ways to talk about it. Their work reflects a range of creative approaches to making ocean acidification more accessible, understandable, and relevant to the people and places it affects.

Approaches include:

Each organization is building on its own strengths and local connections to bring ocean science to new audiences. As these projects get underway, explore what each organization plans to do and discover the different approaches they're bringing to ocean and coastal acidification education.