Posted on California Academy of Sciences – Science Today: 28 Aug 2013 — By Molly Michelson Coccolithophore image: Alison R. Taylor/PLoS Biology What’s going on with the oceans and what can we do? As carbon dioxide (CO2) rises in our atmosphere, the oceans absorb roughly a quarter of the amount.
Month: August 2013
Ocean acidification will make climate change worse
Posted on OA: 27 Aug 2013 As we emit more carbon dioxide, the oceans will become more acidic. That will be bad for sealife—but it may also speed the rate of global warming Given that they cover 70% of the Earth’s surface—and provide about 90% of the planet’s habitable space
How ocean acidification harms sealife and worsens climate change
Posted on OA: 27 Aug 2013 A spate of new research looks at the impact of the ocean’s lowered pH both above and below the surface It’s been a busy weekend for the study of ocean acidification, bringing mostly bad news from an area we normally don’t hear too much
Ocean acidification: Making new discoveries through National Science Foundation research grants
Posted on National Science Foundation: 26 Aug 2013 — Press Release 13-148 With increasing levels of carbon dioxide accumulating in the atmosphere and moving into marine systems, the world’s oceans are becoming more acidic. The oceans may be acidifying faster today than at any time in the past 300 million
Ocean Acidification Will Make Climate Change Worse
Posted on Time.com Science & Space: 26 Aug 2013 — By Brian Walsh — As we emit more carbon dioxide, the oceans will become more acidic. That will be bad for sealife—but it may also speed the rate of global warming Given that they cover 70% of the Earth’s surface—and