Rising acidity levels could trigger shellfish revenue declines, job losses

Thursday, June 18, 2009 - 05:00 in Earth & Climate

Changes in ocean chemistry - a consequence of increased carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from human industrial activity - could cause U.S. shellfish revenues to drop significantly in the next 50 years, according to a new study by researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)...

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