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
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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
Island Wildlife Decline, Linked To Ocean Acidification, ‘Could Prove A Bellwether For Oceanic Change Globally’
Posted on ThinkProgress: 15 Oct 2012 — By Joe Romm The NY Times published a sobering piece recently about Tatoosh Island off the coast of Washington state. Tatoosh is a global “warming bellwether”: But for over four decades, with the blessing of Makah leaders, Tatoosh has been the object of intense biological scrutiny, and
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
Christopher Sabine at Nobel Conference 48
Posted on EPOCA: 12 Oct 2012 Christopher Sabine presenting “What does midwest coal have to do with the price of shellfish in Seattle? Understanding how fossil fuels contribute to ocean acidification” at Nobel Conference 48: Our Global Ocean. Gustavus