February 29, 2012 | 10:06 AM | By

Ocean acidification hits Alaskan coast

I’m not the only NPR reporter on the local climate change beat this week. This is the first of two stories about how the ocean acidification story is developing in Alaska. Very interesting.


This summer scientists began to see acidic waters of the deep ocean moving ashore along the west coast. It’s still uncertain what this means for Alaska, where the ocean circulation is different. But measurements made here so far are not encouraging.

Read more at: www.alaskapublic.org