The Pacific Ocean is becoming caffeinated:

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The Pacific Ocean is becoming caffeinated:

Photo courtesy of Shutterstock . The whole “people in the Pacific Northwest drink too much coffee” thing has gotten to be a pretty crusty, lazy old joke. But it turns out they drink so much coffee that in areas where waste systems are less regulated, the ocean is becoming a mildly caffeinated beverage, National Geographic News reports . Caffeine levels off the potentially polluted areas were below the detectable limit, about 9 nanograms per liter. The wilder coastlines were comparatively highly caffeinated, at about 45 nanograms per liter … “Caffeine is pretty darn ubiquitous, and there is growing evidence that this and other understudied contaminants are out there,” said [hydrologist Dana] Kolpin, of the USGS’s Toxic Substances Hydrology Program in Iowa City, Iowa. Who’s laughing now, huh? These concentrations aren’t exactly espresso-level, writes Bill Chameides , dean of...

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@surfurbian » 05 Aug '12, 10pm
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@rote_fahne » 01 Aug '12, 12pm
#US #Pacific Ocean is becoming caffeinated. [link] blame Seattle
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