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Oysters are disappearing from the Washington Coast. They first suspected a bacteria. Now they're starting to think it might be a change in the ocean with CO2 to blame.

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Now, as the oyster industry heads into the fifth summer of its most unnerving crisis in decades, scientists are pondering a disturbing theory. They suspect water that rises from deep in the Pacific Ocean — icy seawater that surges into Willapa Bay and gets pumped into seaside hatcheries — may be corrosive enough to kill baby oysters
Oysters In Deep Trouble - US News and World Report
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