Posted on the Eugene Register Guard: 22 Sep 2013 — By Diane Dietz — Changing chemistry of seawater poses lethal threat to marine life Dwight Collins, owner of Newman’s Fish Co., shucks Pacific oysters he sells at his shop in Eugene. The oysters—these from Yaquina Bay—could be the proverbial
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Cantwell questions NOAA nominee about ocean acidification
Posted on OA: 20 Sep 2013 U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell on Thursday sought a commitment from the Obama administration’s nominee to head the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that she would make ocean acidification a significant priority. But the exchange briefly turned, albeit obliquely, to an issue at
Ocean Acidification Threatens Tiny ‘Sea Butterflies’
Posted on PBS Newshour: SCIENCE WEDNESDAY — SEPTEMBER 18, 2013 — By April Brown Rising levels of ocean acidity is bad news for pteropods or “sea butterflies”, a species that plays a critical role in its ecosystem. Photo by Nina Bednarsek/NOAA SEATTLE – It’s a sunny and mild summer’s
Ocean acidification threatens marine life
Posted on SF Gate: 15 Sep 2013 — By CRAIG WELCH, The Seattle Times (Excerpts from the Seattle Times article posted 14 Sep 2013) To understand how [ocean acidification] will alter the seas, The Seattle Times crisscrossed the Pacific Ocean from Papua New Guinea to Alaska, interviewed nearly 150 experts
Unprecedented Rate and Scale of Ocean Acidification Found in the Arctic
Posted on USGS Newsroom: 11 Sep 2013 Acidification of the Arctic Ocean is occurring faster than projected according to new findings published in the journal PLOS ONE. The increase in rate is being blamed on rapidly melting sea ice, a process that may have important consequences for health of the Arctic ecosystem.