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Air date:
Thu, 07/26/2012 - 9:30am to 10:00am
Oregon Oysters & Ocean Acidification: CO2 Turns Seas Corrosive
Oregon Oysters! So Popular on Summer Menus! At risk from Carbon Dioxide in the waters off our coast! Ocean Acidification is damaging sea life across the globe, now it’s putting the future of Oregon fisheries at risk. Join host, Linda Olson-Osterlund on A Deeper Look this Thursday morning. Dr. George Waldbusser of OSU’s College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences will be on hand to talk to us about Oysters and Ocean Acidification. How driving our cars and heating our homes contributes to killing our seas. What steps can be taken by the fisheries to mitigate the damaged caused by the changing ph level?