Ocean acidification

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First scientific study on a natural coral reef shows the effect of acidification caused by global warming, rather than common factors in reef decline

CLIMATE CHANGE -- "The Great Barrier Reef of Australia passed away in 2016 after a long illness. It was 25 million years old." That startling first sentence leads a must-read obituary by Rowan Jacobsen for Outside Magazine online. "For most of its life, the reef...

Australia's Great Barrier Reef is in decline from Ocean Acidification

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Ocean acidification poses an increasing threat to the sediments that form the framework of coral reefs - within around 30 years, these carbonate sands may no longer be able to form.

Important ecosystems could be massively damaged by 2050 unless greenhouse gas emissions and localised pollution is drastically reduced, researchers say

Ocean Acidification

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Ocean acidification, caused by the addition of huge amounts of carbon dioxide to the marine environment, is a problem that has come to the fore relatively recently. Jason Hall-Spencer, Professor of Marine Biology at Plymouth University, places it within the context of the myriad other threats that face the world’s oceans.