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Mitigating ocean acidification to protect mussels

Mitigating ocean acidification to protect mussels

Professor Cliff Law from NIWA describes research to protect mussels from ocean acidification. New Zealand has a $300 million mussel industry that is under threat from climate change, as coastal waters become increasingly acidic due to increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide.