Scientists find the "smoking gun" that's killing Northwest oysters. | Simply put, this ocean acidification news coming out of Oregon State University is huge. Scientists have solved the mystery of what’s been killing baby oysters at the Whiskey Creek Shellfish Hatchery, proving that elevated carbon dioxide is the culprit. It’s the first concrete evidence that ocean acidification–-a phenomenon caused by pollution from cars, coal plants and other machines that burn fossil fuel-–is harming commercially valuable species and Northwest businesses. And...
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