Ocean acidification is affecting our state’s oyster industry, and has been for seven years. That’s why Governor Gregoire put together a Blue Ribbon Panel for Ocean Acidification, which met on Wednesday to discuss the nature and implications of ocean acidification in Washington. Many of our CoEnv scientists sit on the panel. Read more here.
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Researchers for the first time have found definitive evidence that changing ocean chemistry from increased carbon-dioxide emissions are at least partially responsible for massive oyster die-offs in the Pacific Northwest. The School of Oceanography affiliated professor Dick Feely is quoted. Read more here. The challenges detailed by the first-ever Symposium on Ocean Acidification Acidification, convened by Washington Sea Grant at the Center for Urban Horticulture, are now being tackled by a new Blue Ribbon Panel on Ocean Acidification. Read more here. In an op-ed piece, Elizabeth Tobin, graduate student in oceanography, writes, “scientists and the media must avoid hyperbolic language when describing crucial environmental issues.” Read more here. The Spokesman-Review profiles the work UW’s Friday Harbor Laboratories is doing to understand ocean acidification. Read more here. Researchers have evaluated ocean sediment cores that suggest that the rate of ocean acidification we’re currently experiencing is the most rapid event in the past 300 million years, including the last 4 major extinction events. Read more here. Puget Sound may be more susceptible to ocean acidification than other places throughout the globe. Scientists at the College of the Environment’s Friday Harbor Labs on San Juan Island are looking into the myriad effects of ocean acidification on the marine organisms that inhabit our waters. Check it out. |
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