Wednesday, November 28, 2012

United States: Acidifying water takes toll on Northwest shellfish

KUOW: Rescuing shellfish from the rising acidity in Puget Sound will require a wide-ranging response: Everything from curbing greenhouse gases and controlling water pollution to growing more seaweed and putting restaurant-discarded oyster shells into shallow bays. Those are among the recommendations in a long-awaited report on ocean acidification that was delivered today to Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire by a blue-ribbon panel. At a media event to unveil the report, the governor announced she...

URL: http://earthfix.kuow.org/water/article/acid-water-take-toll-on-puget-sound-shellfish/

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