Base of Ocean Food Chain Threatened by Acidification; Pennsylvania Golf Course Bee Refuge

(Before It's News)

Plankton threatened by ocean acidification: Why that matters. The balance of various plankton species will radically change as the world’s oceans increase in acidity over the next 85 years, according to a new study.

Pennsylvania golf course joins movement to help the honeybees. The quarter-acre of wildflowers, adjacent to the 15th green at Allentown Municipal Golf Course, used to be a pile of dirt. Once an eyesore, this plot of land now is part of an international program to restore the honeybee population.

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