Drought, ocean acidification will create obstacles for business.
REGISTER-GUARD: Oyster growers are worrying about the effects of climate change.
Three quarters of oyster growers surveyed said they were either “extremely” or “very” concerned about ocean acidification, according to the study published this week in Journal of Shellfish Research.
Only 1 percent said they were “not at all concerned” about the process that turns seawater corrosive to shellfish.
“We got in big trouble with that” in the mid-2000s said Oregon grower Lilli Clausen. “We bought two years worth of larvae that didn’t make it after we paid for it.”
STATESMAN JOURNAL: Two-thirds of the state is in extreme drought.
Sixty-seven percent of the state — now including the entire northeast corner — is in extreme drought, up from 50 percent last week. The rest of the state remains in severe drought.
The federal tracking site has a six-level scale: no drought, abnormally dry, and moderate, severe, extreme and exceptional drought.
It’s the fourth consecutive year of drought for Oregon and the West.
