Thursday, January 7, 2010

Lobsters and ocean acidity


All you lobster lovers can breathe a sigh of relief. Lobsters actually fare better in more acidic water. This was even a surprise to the scientists who conducted the experiments, which did in fact show that 10 of 18 marine calcifiers had more difficulty building their exoskeleton as sea water became more acidic, but lobsters, crabs and shrimp were better able to build their shells.

The article is in Nature Reports - Climate Change, and from this link you can access other articles, issues and a blog, all focused on climate change.

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