Ocean acidification emerges as new climate threat

Washington Post: Kris Holderied, who directs the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Kasitsna Bay Laboratory, says the ocean's increasing acidity is "the reason fishermen stop me in the grocery store.' "They say, 'You're with the NOAA lab, what are you doing on ocean acidification?' ' Holderied said. "This is a coastal town that depends on this ocean, and this bay.' This town in southwestern Alaska dubs itself the Halibut Fishing Capital of the World. But worries about the changing chemical...

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