Increasingly acidic ocean conditions are threatening U.S. shellfish populations, with the Pacific Northwest and Alaska expected to be affected first, and the Northeast likely to be hit the hardest, researchers said.
More acidic waters have already cost the oyster industry almost $110 million in the Pacific Northwest, and conditions in the Northeast will cut into the $300 million annual mollusk harvest in southern Massachusetts, according to an article published Monday in the journal Nature Climate Change.
The results are further examples that climate change is having a significant impact on both the planet and the global economy, and will continue to threaten the environment even if greenhouse-gas emissions are significantly curtailed.
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