Posted on EPOCA: 27 Jun 2012 Ocean acidification, or the increased uptake of CO2 by the ocean due to elevated atmospheric CO2 concentrations, may variably impact marine early life history stages, as they may be especially susceptible to changes in ocean chemistry. Investigating the regulatory mechanisms of early development in an environmental
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Decadal changes in the CaCO3 saturation state along 179°E in the Pacific Ocean
Posted on EPOCA: 27 Jun 2012 To assess degrees of ocean acidification, we mainly investigated decadal changes in the saturation state of seawater with respect to aragonite (Ωarg), which is a more vulnerable mineral form of CaCO3, along the 179°E meridian (WOCE P14N) in the Pacific Ocean. We found a
Californication: Acid Surf
Posted on Discovery News: 25 Jun 2012 — Analysis by Kieran Mulvaney IMAGE: Bixby Creek Bridge, Big Sur, Calif. (James Randklev, Corbis) Roughly one-third of the carbon dioxide that enters the atmosphere as a result of human activities eventually finds its way into the surface waters of the ocean –
Willapa Bay oyster grower sounds alarm, starts hatchery in Hawaii
Posted on EPOCA: 22 Jun 2012 A Willapa Bay shellfish company is shifting some of its business to Hawaii because of ocean acidification that scientists believe is killing tiny oyster larvae in shellfish farms along Washington’s coast. After 34 years rearing shellfish in Willapa Bay, Dave Nisbet was in
Sour future for Californian waters?
Posted on EPOCA: 21 Jun 2012 The waters of the California Current System contain some of the most productive ecosystems in the world. But they already have low-carbonate saturation, making them vulnerable to ocean acidification as the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere rises. Now high-resolution eddy-resolving model