Brussels, 11/06/2008 (Agence Europe) - An EU-funded research programme to study the acidification of the oceans was launched in Nice on Tuesday 10 June. The EPOCA (European Project on Ocean Acidification) programme brings together 27 partners from nine European countries: Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Iceland, Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland. The EU is providing total funding of €6.5 million over four years from its seventh research framework programme (7th...