Ocean Acidification: The Other CO2 Problem

  • Posted on: Tue, 03/29/2016 - 14:50
  • By: petert

Rising atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2), primarily from human fossil fuel combustion, reduces ocean pH and causes wholesale shifts in seawater carbonate chemistry. The process of ocean acidification is well documented in field data, and the rate will accelerate over this century unless future CO2 emissions are curbed dramatically. Acidification alters ...

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