Posted on EPOCA: 23 Jun 2011 Scientists have pinpointed they way the cells of ubiquitous marine algae are affected by ocean acidification. The discovery, published this week in the journal PLOS biology, represents a breakthrough in understanding in exactly how ocean acidification will impact marine organisms. The team, led by
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Trouble on the Half Shell
Baby oysters and carbon dioxide don’t mix. Jennifer Langston on June 22, 2011 gautsch.net-flickr Four summers ago, Sue Cudd couldn’t keep a baby oyster alive. She’d start with hundreds of millions of oyster larvae in the tanks at the Whiskey Creek Shellfish Hatchery in Netarts, Oregon. Only a handful would
Marine life facing mass extinction, report says
By Thair Shaikh, CNN — Posted on EPOCA, June 22, 2011 A coral reef in Honolulu, Hawaii Marine life is under severe threat from global warming, pollution and habitat loss, with a high risk of “major extinctions” according to a panel of experts. These are the conclusions of
Economic costs of ocean acidification: A look into the impacts on shellfish production
Posted on EPOCA : 21 Jun 2011 Ocean acidification is increasingly recognized as a major global problem. Yet economic assessments of its effects are currently almost absent. Unlike most other marine organisms, mollusks, which have significant commercial value worldwide, have relatively solid scientific evidence of biological impact of acidification
Effects on marine algae of changed seawater chemistry with increasing CO2
Posted on EPOCA: 12 Jul 2011 The acid–base relations of plant (including algal) environments are complex, comprising geological processes as modified by biology including, especially over the last 200 years, man. Some habitats (e.g. high intertidal rockpools and some freshwater bodies) have pH variations of up to three units over