Posted on LA Times: 6 Oct 2012 — By Kenneth R. Weiss — As carbon dioxide continues to build up in the atmosphere as a result of burning fossil fuels, the seas absorb much of it. The full effects have yet to be felt. Workers harvest oysters in Samish Bay,
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Researchers Struggle to Assess Responses to Ocean Acidification
Posted on SCIENCE News This Week: 05 October 2012 — By David Malakoff Bubble bath. Carbon dioxide seeps off Italy give scientists a peek at what a more acidic ocean could mean for marine life. CREDIT: KRISTY JEAN KROEKER MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA—Unlike many areas of global change, there’s no argument that
Professor explores marine ecosystem’s response to ocean acidification
Posted on EPOCA: 04 Oct 2012 The OMEGAS (Ocean Margin Ecosystems Group for Acidification Studies) Consortium has received a grant of nearly $1.1 million from the National Science Foundation to analyze the ecological and biological responses of marine organisms to ocean acidification in the California Current System. Margaret McManus, an
OSU to lead project exploring ocean’s response to increasing acidification
Posted on EPOCA: 04 Oct 2012 CORVALLIS, Ore. – A West Coast network of researchers has received a grant of nearly $1.1 million from the National Science Foundation to analyze the ecological and biological response to ocean acidification in the California Current System. Oregon State University is the lead institution
Sea creatures in a warming world: winners and losers
Posted on EPOCA: 02 Oct 2012 MONTEREY, Calif. — The world’s oceans are getting more acidic, a phenomenon predicted to wreak havoc on most sea life. But some organisms are performing better in these caustic conditions than researchers had anticipated, raising questions about what the oceans will look like in