Posted on Northwest Public Radio — By Ashley Ahern Christopher Krembs, an oceanographer with the Washington Department of Ecology, photographs algae in Puget Sound. Photo by Ashley Ahearn / Northwest News Network The ocean absorbs a large portion of the CO2 that we release into the atmosphere from
Month: May 2012
Goodbye Fish and Shellfish? Meet the Biggest Threat to Our Oceans
As emissions continue to rise, the world’s oceans are becoming corrosive, threatening shellfish, corals and the entire ocean food web — By Brita Belli, E Magazine — Posted on May 23, 2012 on AlterNet — This story first appeared in E Magazine. Photo Credit: Steve Lovegrove via Shutterstock.com On
May 23 Ocean acidification blue ribbon panel meeting open to public and online
Posted 18 May, 2012: San Juan Islander — Environment Washington’s shellfish growers are seeing an increase in the deaths of juvenile shellfish larvae, which has been linked to acidic marine waters. In December 2011, Washington became the first state in the nation appoint a panel of leading science and policy
The time for oysters
Posted 16 May, 2012: High Country News — by Danielle Venton Next time you find yourself in the San Francisco Bay Area, which for your own sake will be soon, I hope, there are a few things you ought to do. Walk across the Golden Gate, go one of
Public invited to May 23 meeting of ocean acidification panel
University of Washington Department of Ecology News Release – May 16, 2012 OLYMPIA – The public is invited to attend the next meeting of the Governor’s Blue Ribbon Panel on Ocean Acidification. The meeting is set for 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., May 23, in NHS Hall of the University