Posted on EPOCA: 10 Jan 2012 In its water-quality report to the Environmental Protection Agency, the state of Washington classified the entire Puget Sound as “waters of concern” because of ocean acidification’s threat to local shellfish and fish resources. This means the data show that ocean acidification is threatening the
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End-Permian mass extinction in the oceans: An ancient analog for the twenty-first century?
Posted on EPOCA: 09 Jan 2012 The greatest loss of biodiversity in the history of animal life occurred at the end of the Permian Period (~252 million years ago). This biotic catastrophe coincided with an interval of widespread ocean anoxia and the eruption of one of Earth’s largest continental flood
Ocean acidification and the future of native oysters in California estuaries
Posted on EPOCA: 26 Dec 2011 Ocean acidification and the future of native oysters in california estuaries Seminar by Eric Sanford, Bodega Marine Laboratory, UC Davis When: Friday, February 24, 2012. 12:00 PM. Approximate duration of 1 hour(s). Where: Hopkins Marine Station, Monterey Boatworks Lecture Hall, Pacific Grove (Map) Audience: Faculty/Staff, Students Contact: 831-655-6200, information@marine.stanford.edu
Ocean Acidification: Some Organisms Already Experiencing Ocean Acidification Levels Not Predicted to Be Reached Until 2100
Posted on ScienceDaily (Dec. 22, 2011) Ocean acidification research with SeapHOx sensor in the Line Islands. (Credit: Image courtesy of University of California – San Diego) A group of 19 scientists from five research organizations have conducted the broadest field study of ocean acidification to date using sensors developed at
Comprehensive Study Makes Key Findings of Ocean pH Variations
Posted on Scripps News, 19 December 2011 — Some organisms already experiencing ocean acidification levels not predicted to be reached until 2100 Scripps Institution of Oceanography / University of California, San Diego A group of 19 scientists from five research organizations have conducted the broadest field study of ocean acidification