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40. We lost so much when we lost him. On the environmental front, have you seen this important news:

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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2017961101_oceanacidification12m.html
New research shows acidic ocean waters contribute to oyster deaths
Posted by Craig Welch on April 11, 2012 at 2:51 PM


Researchers said Wednesday they can definitively show that ocean acidification is at least partly responsible for massive oyster die-offs at the hatchery in Netarts Bay, Ore.

It's the first concrete finding in North America that carbon dioxide being taken up by the oceans already is helping kill marine species.

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The most significant part of their work, scientists said, was that they were using real marine water under normal conditions, not seawater manipulated based on computer models.

"This is not just some lab experiment," Barton said. "This is real ocean water — from today, not from some predicted future — impacting shell formation. It's a pretty important finding."

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