Posted on EPOCA: 30 Nov 2012 — Appendix 7 to the Blue Ribbon Panel on Ocean Acidification report released on Tuesday is a scientific summary report. Read the executive summary, full report and more. Feely R. A., Klinger T., Newton J. A. & Chadsey M., 2012. Scientific summary of ocean
Month: November 2012
Orcas Island senator eyes a carbon tax to protect NW shellfish
Posted on EPOCA: 30 Nov 2012 After a jarring report from Gov. Gregoire’s panel on ocean acidification, state Sen. Kevin Ranker takes aim at the Northwest’s biggest culprit: Carbon dioxide emissions. State Sen. Kevin Ranker is considering an industrial carbon tax to curb carbon dioxide emissions in Washington and to
Tackling an ocean menace
Posted on EPOCA: 29 Nov 2012 The challenge of galvanizing support for cleaning Puget Sound is undercut by the illusion of beauty. Like a tossed sheet, the waves of Port Gardner Bay obscure what lies below. And the corrosive effects of ocean acidification are all but invisible, except for the
Acidifying water takes toll on Northwest shellfish (text, audio and video)
Posted on EPOCA: 29 Nov 2012 SEATTLE — Rescuing shellfish from the rising acidity in Puget Sound will require a wide-ranging response: Everything from curbing greenhouse gases and controlling water pollution to growing more seaweed and putting restaurant-discarded oyster shells into shallow bays. Those are among the recommendations in a
U.S. evicting Point Reyes oyster farmer
Posted on SFGate: 29 Nov 2012 — By Peter Fimrite and Justin Berton Sean Lunny, (left) one of the sons of the owner of the Drakes Bay Oyster Company, helps to process the oysters in Point Reyes, Calif. on Thursday Nov. 29, 2012. Photo: Michael Macor, The Chronicle / SF