Communications Earth & Environment (Nov 2022)

Tropical cyclone-induced coastal acidification in Galveston Bay, Texas

  • Tacey L. Hicks,
  • Kathryn E. F. Shamberger,
  • Jessica N. Fitzsimmons,
  • Christine C. Jensen,
  • Steven F. DiMarco

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00608-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Extreme precipitation over the coastal Gulf of Mexico following Hurricane Harvey led to calcium carbonate undersaturation and ecosystem-level acidification, according to observational analyses from Galveston Bay, Texas, in 2017 and 2018.