Posted on Stanford Report, September 12, 2012 — By Bjorn Carey — Hard-shelled marine creatures that are threatened by the ocean’s ongoing acidification might also face pressure from other species, according to new work by a Stanford biologist. One of the greatest threats to wildlife on the planet is the
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An acidic ocean threatens shellfish farms
Posted 6 Sep 2012: BRENNAN CLARKE, VICTORIA — SPECIAL TO THE GLOBE AND MAIL Island Scallops Ltd. CEO Rob Saunders looks at 90-day old juvenile scallops in a nursery in Qualicum Bay, 50 kilometres north of Nanaimo, B.C. (Chad Hipolito for The Globe and Mail /Chad Hipolito for The
Puget Sound Marine Waters 2011: Year in Review
The Puget Sound Marine Waters workgroup of the Puget Sound Environmental Monitoring Program, part of the collaborative effort of the Puget Sound Partnership, released the first annual report on marine water conditions in Puget Sound. The report combines a wealth of data from comprehensive monitoring programs and provides a concise
Marine biodiversity: its history, present status and future threats
Posted on EPOCA: 05 Sep 2012 While the measured rise in atmospheric CO2 levels and global temperatures are dramatic, these increases would have been even greater were it not for the fact that almost half of all the anthropogenic CO2 emitted over the last 250 years has been taken up
Hypoxic Conditions Found Off Southern Washington Coast (UPDATE)
Message from Liam Antrim (Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary) On Aug 30th, 2012 the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary (OCNMS) crew on the R/V TATOOSH found hypoxic conditions over a large area in the southern portion of the sanctuary. Hypoxic conditions are considered to exist when the dissolved oxygen (DO) is <2 mg/l