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Posted Tue Jul 19 2011: from
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Study: Changes to ocean expected to damage shellfish around world http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1311036100
Massive global greenhouse gas pollution is changing the chemistry of the world's oceans so much that scientists now predict it could severely damage shellfish populations and the nations that depend on the harvests if significant action isn't taken.
A new study from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts shows that ocean acidification is becoming a very serious problem. The study was published in July online in the journal Fish and Fisheries....Ocean acidification, or the changing chemical make-up of seawater, has occurred since the industrial revolution as ocean waters absorbed too much carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide is a by-product of human industrial activities, mainly the burning of fossil fuels.
The Woods Hole study found that many marine animals like mollusks and corals that build hard shells and skeletons are most at risk from this.
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Seems the shelflife of shellfish is deteriorating.
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