Tuesday, January 24, 2012

ACID OCEANS: IN SOME AREAS ACIDIFICATION IS A HUNDRED TIMES GREATER THAN THE NATURAL VARATION

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CORAL REEFS ARE AT RISK
  
Emissions of carbon over the last two centuries have raised the acidity of the oceans to the highest levels in 21,000 years and likely beyond, according to a new study in Nature Climate Change.   This change threatens marine reefs and a host of aquatic invertebrates.

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