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Acidification and Animal Behavior - 11/25/14

Imagine if the air you breathed changed your behavior. You may become reckless or disoriented, even see or hear less effectively.

But you have to breathe it—you need air to survive. Fish and other aquatic animals could actually face this scenario in the future, as the problem lies in the very water they need to live.

As chief executive officer, John Racanelli leads a team of 600 full and part-time employees and 1,000 volunteers in pursuing the National Aquarium’s mission to inspire conservation of the world’s aquatic treasures. More than 1.5 million people annually visit the Aquarium’s venue in Baltimore, Maryland, while millions more are touched by the Aquarium’s education programs, outreach activities, social media campaigns and conservation initiatives.