Their goal: What can we do about acidifying seas? — By Jennifer Langston on Sightline Daily, 29 March 2012 oysters-flickr-cswtwo Washington State has become the first in the nation to convene an expert panel to tackle ocean acidification—a phenomenon driven by fossil fuel emissions and polluted runoff that threatens
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Carbon dioxide and our oceans
Posted on EPOCA: 23 Mar 2012 — Jean-Pierre Gattuso & Lina Hansson, OUPblog The impact of man’s fossil fuel burning and deforestation on Earth’s climate can hardly have escaped anyone’s attention. But there is a second, much less known, consequence of our carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. A large part of
Ocean Acidification — Science & Actions in Washington State
Information about the Washington State Blue Ribbon Panel on Ocean Acidification and shellfish initiative Ocean acidification threatens shellfish and other marine life. Governor Gregoire has convened a Blue Ribbon panel to study OA, and Washington State has launched a shellfish initiative to restore and expand Washington’s shellfish resources, promote clean-water
On the front lines of ocean acidification
Posted on EPOCA: 15 Mar 2012 Carin Bondar is a biologist, TV host and science communicator with a PhD in population ecology from the University of British Columbia. She blogs for Scientific American and Huffington Post and has appeared in a scientific capacity on various international television networks. Her writing
Study finds ocean acidification rate is highest in 300 million years, CO2 is culprit
Posted on EPOCA: 14 Mar 2012 — … studies and monitoring in the Arctic Ocean, the Puget Sound, shellfish hatcheries in the Pacific Northwest and elsewhere have concluded that acidification is already having impacts on marine life, such as compromising the ability of oysters and other organisms to build the