About twelve years ago, operators of oyster hatcheries along the Oregon coast noticed something strange. Oyster larvae were dying. By the billions. In short order, climate-change alarmists posited a cause: “ocean acidification” driven by manmade carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from burning fossil fuels. Suddenly it wasn’t only warming of the atmosphere that struck fear into people's hearts. Now it was a vision of "acidic" oceans playing havoc with all sorts of marine life. Shellfish … [Read more...]