SANTA CRUZ, Calif., May 9 (UPI) --On the dinner table, acid and shellfish pair nicely -- in the ocean, not so much. Determining the exact effects of ocean acidification on shellfish has proven ...

BOSTON - As a result of climate change and direct human factors, the waters of the Atlantic Ocean off Massachusetts are becoming more acidic, making them a less friendly habitat for the shellfish that ...

Shellfish farmers face a growing crisis due to ocean acidification. How it affects oyster farming and what future consumers ...

A recent NOAA study pegged 2040 as the date for the potential end of Alaskan shellfish hatcheries. That is, unless serious mitigation efforts are put in place to combat ocean acidification. Last week ...

At Whiskey Creek Shellfish Hatchery on the Oregon coast, baby oysters are hatched, raised, then sold to oyster farms throughout the Pacific Northwest. “Our pumps pump in about 200 gallons a minute of ...

New research paints an unsettling picture of the future of shellfish in coastal Alaska. The effects of ocean acidification are worsening and could mean the end of hatcheries in the next 25 years if ...

If you’re an oyster aficionado living in the Pacific Northwest, you’ve likely tasted Chris Langdon’s scientific handiwork. Since 1996, his Molluscan Broodstock Program at Oregon State University has ...

Relatively minor increases in ocean acidity brought about by high levels of carbon dioxide have significant detrimental effects on the growth, development, and survival of hard clams, bay scallops, ...

As a result of climate change and direct human factors, the waters of the Atlantic Ocean off Massachusetts are becoming more acidic, making them a less friendly habitat for the shellfish that drive a ...