Posted 11 Oct 2012 — By Alan McStravick for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Image Credit: Photos.com Professor Deborah Steinberg of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) has dedicated her professional life to investigating crustaceans and their role in the “biological pump,” which is the process by which marine life
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Changing climate hurting shellfish market
Posted on CBS News: 11 Oct 2012 By John Blackstone Dewey described the oyster die-off to hundreds of scientists gathered in Monterey, Calif., to study rising acid levels in world’s oceans. They call it “ocean acidification” and with Google, showing the long-term impact. The deepening red illustrates the expected rise
Oysters’ Future Imperiled as Oceans Acidify
Posted on Live Science: 11 Oct 2012 — By Katharine Gammon, LiveScience Contributor The combination of high temperatures and water pollution could be lethal to oysters. CREDIT: Inna Sokolova, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Monterey, Calif. — Oysters, those slimy mollusks whose juices are thought to boost sexual desire,
Scientists adopt tiny island as a warming bellwether
Posted on EPOCA: 08 Oct 2012 TATOOSH ISLAND, Wash. — From a stretch of rocky shoreline on this tiny island, one can, on any given morning, watch otters floating on their backs, elephant seals hauling out of the water and a bald eagle flying past murres huddled along a cliff
International coordination to address ocean acidification
Posted on EPOCA: 08 Oct 2012 Ocean acidification experts expressed increasing concerns with how marine organisms will adapt to new ‘corrosive’ conditions during an international symposium on the subject last week, warning that life throughout the world’s oceans will have to adapt rapidly to changing conditions. A new ocean acidification