Puget Sound and the Salish Sea are on the leading edge of an ocean acidification crisis that could devastate West Coast fisheries within decades, UW research says.
SEATTLE —
The waters off the Pacific Northwest are becoming more acidic at a faster rate than the rest of the world’s oceans, a global problem exacerbated by the region’s unique geography, according to a University of Washington study.
Researchers found the California Current System, which runs along the West Coast from British Columbia to Baja California, and the Salish Sea, which includes Puget Sound, have experienced amplified acidification over the past 130 years, outpacing the rise in atmospheric
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