Sep 03 2009
Acid Grip
By James Wright, SeaFood Business associate editor, SeafoodSource.com
A change in the chemistry of the oceans was once thought impossible. But now a consensus of oceanographers worldwide now believes it is true — and that little can stop it from progressing. Ocean acidification, a direct result of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from human industrial activity, is now part of the public consciousness and may be the impetus world leaders need to adopt stricter environmental standards. If dying oceans aren’t enough to effect change on a global scale, perhaps nothing will be.