The US ocean acidification threat

Acidifying waters make it more difficult for creatures with calcium carbonate shells or skeletons to grow and survive Credit: NOAA

The first nationwide vulnerability assessment for ocean acidification shows that coastal communities in 15 American states which depend on the nation’s US$1bn shelled mollusc industry are at long-term economic risk from ocean acidification.

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