OSU researcher Sally Hacker warns that climate-related changes to ocean upwelling “could have potentially profound effects on the future production” of Oregon’s estuaries.
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South Slough
Anne and Philip Matthews have explored every twist and tangle of the South Slough, which became the nation’s first national estuarine research reserve in the 1970s.
“The changing climate will likely have significant impacts along the coast and estuarine shorelines of Oregon. Changes associated with global climate change include rising sea levels, storminess, rising water temperatures and ocean acidification.”
– Oregon Climate Assessment Report