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I live in Seattle and in just the past few years, beaches which used to be absolutely covered in oysters are now barren because of acidification. And by covered, I mean you need a path through them to walk (they are sharp), and the most difficult thing when picking them was to pick up a single one rather than cluster. This was on the Hood canal for anyone in the area.

http://apps.seattletimes.com/reports/sea-change/2013/sep/11/...

It absolutely amazed me how fast everything disappeared. It really shocked me.




Playing devil's advocate here: how is this change in a specific location any more "proof" of ocean acidification than especially cold weather in a different location "disproves" global warming?

Aren't both of these cases instances of cherry-picking?


Local insignificant event.


The appearance of multiple local effects is a clear indicator or a global trned.




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