Posted on EPOCA: 10 Jan 2012 Humans are continuing to add vast amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) to the atmosphere through fossil fuel burning and other activities. A large fraction of the CO2 is taken up by the oceans in a process that lowers ocean pH and carbonate mineral saturation state.
Month: January 2012
Puget Sound, under threat from ocean acidification, put on ‘Waters of concern’ list
Posted on EPOCA: 10 Jan 2012 In its water-quality report to the Environmental Protection Agency, the state of Washington classified the entire Puget Sound as “waters of concern” because of ocean acidification’s threat to local shellfish and fish resources. This means the data show that ocean acidification is threatening the
End-Permian mass extinction in the oceans: An ancient analog for the twenty-first century?
Posted on EPOCA: 09 Jan 2012 The greatest loss of biodiversity in the history of animal life occurred at the end of the Permian Period (~252 million years ago). This biotic catastrophe coincided with an interval of widespread ocean anoxia and the eruption of one of Earth’s largest continental flood