Pacific Ocean Now So Acidic That it’s Dissolving Shells of Dungeness Crabs, Study Finds

January 30, 2020 Scripps National

The Pacific Ocean is now so acidic that it’s dissolving the shells of crabs, according to a new study published in the journal Science of the Total Environment.

New Federal Report Points to Major Potential Losses in Key Fisheries Due to Ocean Acidification

Ocean acidification threatens to cause billions of dollars in damage to the U.S. economy, harming everything from crabs in Alaska to coral reefs in Florida and the Caribbean, NOAA researchers said in a new report.