An Ominous Warning on the Effects of Ocean Acidification by Carl Zimmer: Yale Environment 360
Um, this isn’t good. In an article published in Nature Geoscience by Andy Ridgwell and Daniela N. Schmidt from the University of Bristol, the world’s oceans are acidifying 10x faster than they did 55 million years ago when there was a mass marine species extinction event. You’ll never guess what’s causing it… In his summary […]
Acidic oceans are coming
On 30 January more than 150 leading marine scientists from 26 countries warned that without immediate action by the world’s politicians, catastrophic damage to the world’s marine ecosystems is highly likely. This is not theoretical, ocean acidification is already detectable – and is accelerating. “The chemistry is so fundamental and changes so rapid and severe that […]