Posted on Crosscut: 14 Feb 2013 — By John Stang — [Businesses] say the first-in-the-nation effort to reduce ocean acidification is premature. Environmental groups want to move forward. The Northwest’s native Olympia oyster.. Feet Wet / Wikimedia Commons Business interests say a proposal to deal with the rising acidity of
Month: February 2013
WA’s first ocean acidification legislation
Posted on EPOCA: 08 Feb 2013 On the heels of Washington State’s pioneering efforts to identify local steps to slow ocean acidification, Sen. Kevin Ranker (D-Orcas Island) has introduced legislation to begin coordinating that response. SB 5547 would create a new council of elected and tribal representatives and affected industries to oversee research and
The List of Explanations for Ocean Acidification Keeps Getting Smaller
Posted on University of Chicago Science Life: February 6, 2013 — Posted by Matt Wood in ecology Tatoosh Island, Washington (photo from the Pfister Lab) Over the past 20 years, Cathy Pfister and her husband Tim Wootton, both biologists in the Department of Ecology and Evolution, have been traveling to Tatoosh Island off
An automated system for spectrophotometric seawater pH measurements
Posted on EPOCA: 04 Feb 2013 — Carter B. R., Radich J. A., Doyle H. L. & Dickson A. G., 2013. Limnology and Oceanography Methods — A new approach for using purified dyes at a range of temperatures and salinities (Liu et al. 2011) stands to greatly reduce uncertainty (currently
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