Posted on OA: 6 Jul 2016 Scientists from The University of Washington have found evidence that ocean acidification caused by carbon emissions can prevent mussels attaching themselves to rocks and other substrates, making them easy targets for predators and threatening the mussel farming industry. “A strong attachment is literally a
Month: July 2016
Northwest Ocean Acidification
Sightline Institute, a sustainability policy center working across the Pacific Northwest, announced their latest blog series, written by Sightline researcher and former Seattle P-I reporter Jennifer Langston, looking at the problem of ocean acidification in the Pacific: Oceans–and their salt-water extensions, like Puget Sound,–play an enormous role in our region’s