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Ocean acidification

Posted on EPOCA: 16 Oct 2012     University of Washington Department of Atmospheric Sciences Outreach Presents… Ocean Acidification Did you know that carbon dioxide can acidify water? Did you know that this is happening today to our oceans? Find out how you can do a demo at your own

A bi-partisan move to save Washington shellfish

Posted on CrossCut.com: October 15, 2012 — By John Stang — Gov. Gregoire’s ocean acidification panel is wrapping up its recommendations for deterring an oyster apocalypse and lawmakers aren’t wasting any time. Hstender/Flickr: A large oyster at Dabob Bay.  Lawmakers will introduce a new bill to tackle Washington’s ocean acidification troubles

High temporal and spatial variability of dissolved oxygen and pH in a nearshore California kelp forest (update)

Posted on EPOCA: 15 Oct 2012  Predicting consequences of ocean deoxygenation and ocean acidification for nearshore marine ecosystems requires baseline dissolved oxygen (DO) and carbonate chemistry data that are both high-frequency and high-quality. Such data allow accurate assessment of environmental variability and present-day organism exposure regimes. In this study, scales