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Topic: Ocean acidification

Dead Dungeness crabs on Kalaloch Beach in Washington on June 14, 2022.

Hypoxic area off Pacific Northwest Coast has grown since 1950s

April 17, 2024

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harmful algal blooms (HABs)

ocean acidification

Dead Dungeness crabs on Kalaloch Beach in Washington on June 14, 2022.

Photo of commercial fishing in Valdez, Alaska.

Biden-Harris Administration announces $20 million for regional fishery management councils as part of Investing in America agenda

October 25, 2023

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Inflation Reduction Act

ocean acidification

Photo of commercial fishing in Valdez, Alaska.

Photo of a school of red snapper.

Biden-Harris Administration announces $20 million to boost red snapper science in the Southeast as part of Investing in America agenda

October 25, 2023

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Inflation Reduction Act

recreational fishing

ocean acidification

Photo of a school of red snapper.

Dr. Courtney Couch prepares to take digital photographs of the reef surface in the shallows off Swains Island in the South Pacific.

5 facts about NOAA’s 2023 Pacific survey mission

June 29, 2023

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ocean acidification

habitat restoration

Dr. Courtney Couch prepares to take digital photographs of the reef surface in the shallows off Swains Island in the South Pacific.

Scientists from NOAA and the University of Connecticut will work with the scallop industry to study the effects of ocean acidification on scallops as pictured here at NOAA's Northeast Fishery Science Center lab in Milford, Connecticut.

Scientists and scallop industry team up to study effects of ocean acidification

January 26, 2021

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ocean acidification

Scientists from NOAA and the University of Connecticut will work with the scallop industry to study the effects of ocean acidification on scallops as pictured here at NOAA's Northeast Fishery Science Center lab in Milford, Connecticut.

Coral reef nursery in NOAA Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary

NOAA unveils 10-year roadmap for tackling ocean, Great Lakes acidification

July 29, 2020

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ocean acidification

Coral reef nursery in NOAA Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary

Dungeness crab harvested alongside some fish on the deck of a fishing boat.

Popular crab might feel the pinch from ocean acidification

January 23, 2020

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ocean acidification

published research

Dungeness crab harvested alongside some fish on the deck of a fishing boat.

These colorful specs are actually shells of microscopic animals known as foraminifera that were taken from the mud of core samples off the coast of California.

Tiny shells reveal waters off California acidifying twice as fast as the global ocean

December 16, 2019

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ocean acidification

These colorful specs are actually shells of microscopic animals known as foraminifera that were taken from the mud of core samples off the coast of California.

University of Delaware researcher Baoshan Chen (pictured left) takes water samples from a melting pond on ice in the northern Arctic Ocean basin with a Chinese collaborator.

New research shows ocean acidification is spreading rapidly in the Arctic

March 9, 2017

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ocean acidification

University of Delaware researcher Baoshan Chen (pictured left) takes water samples from a melting pond on ice in the northern Arctic Ocean basin with a Chinese collaborator.

Mook oyster farm.

New tool helps oyster growers prepare for changing ocean chemistry

January 26, 2017

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ocean acidification

Mook oyster farm.

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