Daily Archives: July 9, 2018

What’s for Dinner in an Acidified Ocean?

June 21, 2018 

Caroline Schwaner, Teresa Schwemmer, Stony Brook University.

Though we may not feel ocean acidification just by swimming in the ocean, it will affect many of the plants and animals living in the water full time. Find out how the shellfish and fish you like to eat may be harder to find as the ocean continues to be more acidic, and how marine plants such as seagrass could help relieve some of the stress on our marine ecosystems around Long Island.

 

photo credit: https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/co2/story/What+is+Ocean+Acidification%3F