Standing on the shores of Netarts Bay in Oregon on a sunny fall morning, it’s hard to imagine that the fate of the oysters being raised here at the Whiskey Creek Shellfish Hatchery is being determined by what came out of smokestacks and tailpipes in the 1960s and ‘70s. But this rural coastal spot and [...]
The NOAA Ocean Acidification Program and the NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science have released a new competitive grants announcement for availability of grant funds for Fiscal Year 2012. An announcement of opportunity has been published to submit proposals to: Impacts of Ocean Acidification. Proposals under the Regional Ecosystem Prediction Program: Impacts of Ocean Acidification closes [...]
Are we loving our coasts to death? Part I—Introduction and Overview Our coastal ocean ecosystems provide us inestimable ecological, recreational, and economic benefits. Our populations flock to these coastal areas, both as full–time residents and as vacationers. The notion that we as a species yearn to return to the sea is one familiar to all [...]