How acidification of Oceans is transforming marine ecosystems and destroying oysters and other shellfish in the U.S

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The world’s oceans are absorbing carbon dioxide at an unprecedented rate and the resulting acidification is transforming marine ecosystems. Hari Sreenivasan reports on how ocean acidification is already affecting oysters and other shellfish in the U.S.

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