Ocean acidification may reduce sea scallop fisheries
(World News Science)

Turns out, each year, fishermen harvest more than USD 500 million worth of Atlantic sea scallops from the waters off the east coast which might be affected by ocean acidification. A new model created by scientists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), however, predicted that those fisheries may potentially be in danger. As levels of carbon dioxide increase in the Earth's atmosphere, the upper oceans become increasingly acidic--a condition that could reduce the sea scallop population by more than 50...