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Is pH a Red Herring for Ocean Acidification?
2015-02-07 16:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: In 2007, the owners of Whiskey Creek oyster hatchery on the Oregon coast lost almost all of their larvae -- and had no idea why. The only clue was that the larval die-offs often occurred during intense upwelling events, when deep, acidic waters replace surface waters blown offshore. The next year, the hatchery owners turned to Burke Hales, a biogeochemist at Oregon State University in Corvallis, who dove into the ocean's complex carbon chemistry. Ocean acidification was clearly a growing concern....
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Maines Iconic Lobsters Face Threats From Ocean Acidification, Report Says
2015-02-06 20:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Maines lobster fishery, worth $1.7 billion to the state and a vital source of employment, could be threatened by acidifying ocean waters and rising sea temperatures, according to a new report. The report, issued by a state commission, called increasingly acidic ocean waters caused by the absorption of CO2 from the atmosphere an urgent matter that needs to be addressed by state and local governments and the fishing infustry. Facing the prospect that increasing acidity could interfere with the...
Ocean acidification changes balance of biofouling communities
2015-01-28 13:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] A new study of marine organisms that make up the 'biofouling community' - tiny creatures that attach themselves to ships' hulls and rocks in the ocean around the world - shows how they adapt to changing ocean acidification. Reporting in the journal Global Change Biology, the authors examine how these communities may respond to future change. There is overwhelming evidence to suggest the world's oceans are becoming, and will continue to become more aci…
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Eyeing lobster impact, Maine committee urges ocean acidification action
2014-12-02 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Press Herald: Maine should increase research and monitoring into how rising acidity levels in oceans could harm the state`s valuable commercial fisheries while taking additional steps to reduce local pollution that can affect water chemistry. Those are two major recommendations of a state commission charged with assessing the potential effects of ocean acidification on lobster, clams and other shellfish. The Legislature created the commission this year in response to concerns that, as atmospheric carbon dioxide...
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Real-Time Ocean Acidification Data Now Available for U.S. Pacific Coast
2014-11-20 20:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Researchers, coastal managers, and shellfish farmers along the U.S. Pacific coast can now get real-time ocean acidification data through an online tool developed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The data which includes measurements of pH, carbon dioxide concentrations, salinity, and water temperatures at various sites should help organizations and businesses make decisions about managing coastal resources and craft adaptation strategies, NOAA researchers say. The...
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