Feature: Acid oceans
Monday, May 5, 2008 - 18:56
in Earth & Climate
International scientists are now in little doubt about the cause of a threat confronting up to one-third of all marine life: the 27 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide released each year by human activity are gradually dissolving into the ocean’s upper layers, turning them more acidic. Julian Cribb reports.
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