Rising carbon dioxide and ‘acidified’ waters found in Puget Sound, off Seattle US
Posted by ScienceDaily: Oceanography News on 19 July, 2010
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Scientists have discovered that the water chemistry in the Hood Canal and the Puget Sound main basin is becoming more "acidified," or corrosive, as the ocean absorbs more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. These changes could have considerable impacts on the region's shellfish industry over the next several decades....