Increasing CO2 and decreasing oxygen make it harder for deep-sea animals to 'breathe'
Saturday, April 18, 2009 - 11:01
in Earth & Climate
New calculations made by marine chemists from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) suggest that low-oxygen 'dead zones' in the ocean could expand significantly over the next century. These predictions are based on the fact that, as more and more carbon dioxide dissolves from the atmosphere into the ocean, marine animals will need more oxygen to survive...