As Ocean Warms, Coral Loses Anchor in Acidic Waters [News]

A new study confirms that coral reefs could become yet another casualty of climate change if something is not done to cool the warming globe. The reason: marine cements that bind together reefs can't form in waters full of dissolved carbon dioxide (CO2). Those off the west coast of Central America, particularly around the Galapagos Islands, are kept soft by the more acidic waters in that region--and may provide an early look at how coral reefs will fare in the rest of the world as atmospheric CO2 levels rise. [More]

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