About: [The Project] [The ApocaDocs] [Equal Share]

The Six Scenarios: [Species Collapse] [Infectious Disease] [Climate Chaos] [Resource Depletion] [Biology Breach] [Recovery]

Explore:

Play: It's weekly, funny, and free!

---

SEARCH More than 6,000 stories! A great gift for crisis deniers! Humoring the Horror of the Converging Emergencies 94 color pages $24.99 now $15! Or read FREE online! Twitter Ping this story in social media: del.icio.us Digg Newsvine NowPublic Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon

Posted Mon Apr 8 2013: from Washington Post: Crabs, supersized by carbon pollution, may upset Chesapeake's balance http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1365439301 It is the dawn of the super crab. Crabs are bulking up on carbon pollution that pours out of power plants, factories and vehicles and settles in the oceans, turning the tough crustaceans into even more fearsome predators. That presents a major problem for the Chesapeake Bay, where crabs eat oysters. In a life-isn't-fair twist, the same carbon that crabs absorb to grow bigger stymies the development of oysters. [Read more stories about: carbon emissions, health impacts, koyaanisqatsi] This item will appear in our PANIQuiz! New!: No reader quips yet -- be the first! Got a PaniQuip? Your Quip (limit 140 characters, no links, just wit): First name: The text shown in the Web image to the right: We reserve the right to reuse, remove, or refuse any entry.

'Doc Jim says: Oy, this soooooo makes me crabby. NEXT> More stories: Sea urchins evolving to cope with ocean acidification Smog-eating pavement on greenest street in America (Crabs, supersized by carbon pollution, may upset Chesapeake's balance) Engineering Algae to Make the 'Wonder Material' Nanocellulose for Biofuels and More Is the Keystone XL Pipeline the "Stonewall" of the Climate Movement? Want to explore more? Try the PaniCloud!

Copyright 2010 The Apocadocs.com