Bruce Lieberman, Union Staff writer, reports about acidification of the oceans caused by human activities in the SignOnSanDiego.com science section.
Though using only 15% total capacity today most carbon dioxide has been absorbed from the upper oceans. The pH there has dropped further to 8.05 and any species like plankton, sponges and corals relying on calcium to build up an skeleton will fail more in more in the future.
Via: Environmental Journalism Today
Picture Credit: OAR/National Undersea Research Program (NURP); Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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