Seattle Times: When U.S. Rep. Brian Baird tried a few years ago to get his colleagues to put more money toward ocean-acidification research, few even understood the issue.
One congressman, Baird said, confused souring seas with acid rain, and asked, "Didn`t we deal with that 20 years ago?"
The corrosion of the oceans by carbon-dioxide emissions has barely made a ripple among Washington, D.C.`s power brokers. Little money gets earmarked for research. Ocean change has inspired few stabs at curbing CO2.
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