Rising acidity levels could trigger shellfish revenue declines, job losses

		IMAGE: Ocean acidification could harm a wide range of marine organisms and the food webs that depend on them. Mollusks -- including mussels and oysters, which support valuable marine fisheries --... Click here for more information.

Changes in ocean chemistry — a consequence of increased carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from human industrial activity — could cause U.S. shellfish revenues to drop significantly in the next 50 years, according to a new study by researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI).