Featured+Animals

Northern Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris)


 * Sea otter's diet includes clams, crabs sea urchins, mussels and snails.
 * Many of the animals in  sea otter’s diet need calcium carbonate (CaCO3) to build shells.
 * Ocean acidification reduces the amountof available CaCO3.



Kittlitz’s Murrelet (Brachyramphus brevirostris)


 * The Kittlitz's murrelet is a rare species without much research having been done about them.
 * They have the potential to be impacted by both climate change and ocean acidification.
 * They feed on shelled animals including crustaceans and fish. Less calcium carbonate available means less food for the Kittlitz’s murrelet.