04/15/2013
https://www.congress.gov...
"Senator Snowe and I and Senator Lautenberg, along with 20 of our colleagues, are calling for Fiscal Year 2011 funding for ocean acidification and monitoring and research."
"We live on a blue planet. And on this day, the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, it's no coincident that we are focusing our attention on our oceans."
"Statement of Senator Cantwell"
"As sea water becomes more acidic, it begins to withhold the basic chemical building blocks needed by marine organisms."