Rising carbon dioxide confuses brain signaling in fish

ScienceNews: A new study may explain how rising carbon dioxide concentrations -- and the ocean acidification they induce -- can cause topsy-turvy changes in the behavior of fish. Like a flipped switch, the normal response of nerve cells can reverse as acidifying seawater perturbs how a fish regulates acids and bases in its body, including the brain. “This could be a big deal,” says neurobiologist Andrew Dittman of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Northwest Fisheries Science Center in Seattle.......

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