The Gulf of Maine—home to commercial fisheries for oysters, clams and mussels—has unexpectedly avoided an increase in ...

Researchers and hatcheries are exploring new ways to protect shellfish in the Pacific Northwest, although Trump budget cuts ...

Scientists studied the annual bands built by crustose coralline algae to help determine a history of seawater chemistry in ...

Ocean acidification threatens shell-building marine life. A study reveals mussels have a natural protective layer on their shells, like a varnish, that significantly reduces breakdown in acidic water.

Many coastal communities that harvest shellfish could soon be hurt by ocean acidification, a study finds. The Pacific Northwest and New England are hot spots, as are estuaries along the East Coast.

"Ocean acidification scares debunked," reads the text over a May 21, 2025 video posted to X by The Heartland Institute, a US free-market think tank (archived here), which AFP has investigated in ...

While ocean acidification is not something you'll immediately notice as you gaze out across the sea from the shoreline, it has a profound effect. It damages coral reefs, makes waters inhospitable ...

More information: Helen S. Findlay et al, Ocean Acidification: Another Planetary Boundary Crossed, Global Change Biology (2025). DOI: 10.1111/gcb.70238 Journal information: Global Change Biology ...

Man- made CO2- emissions are acidifying the world's oceans. A web- based visualisation tool shows how ocean acidification has developed over the last forty years. These "OceanAcidificationStripes ...

Earth Ocean acidification is reaching deeper waters Rising carbon dioxide levels are driving an increase in the ocean’s acidity – and this change is sinking deeper as emissions increase ...

More information: L. Hošeková et al, Patterns of Ocean Acidification Emergence in the Hawaiian Islands Using Dynamically Downscaled Projections, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans (2025).

Ocean acidification reduces thallus strength in a non-calcifying foundation seaweed. Current Biology, 2023; 33 (18): R941 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.07.056 ...