More on ocean acidification and climate change. I actually think that this issue will shortly overtake global warming as the focus of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Why do I say that?

Because it’s happening rapidly, has definite and measurable ecological and economic effects, and is harder for the climate change deniers to disprove (although I’m sure that they’ll try and think of something!).

Watch this space – Remember you heard it here first!!!

Polar bears increasingly endangered by the polar impacts of climate change

Polar bears increasingly endangered by the Arctic impacts of climate change

Arctic seas turn to acid putting vital food chain at risk

Carbon-dioxide emissions are turning the waters of the Arctic Ocean into acid at an unprecedented rate, scientists have discovered. Research carried out in the archipelago of Svalbard has shown in many regions around the north pole seawater is likely to reach corrosive levels within 10 years. The water will then start to dissolve the shells of mussels and other shellfish and cause major disruption to the food chain. By the end of the century, the entire Arctic Ocean will be corrosively acidic.

Oceans May Soon Be More Corrosive Than When The Dinosaurs Died

Increased carbon dioxide emissions are rapidly acidifying the world’s oceans and, if unabated, could cause a mass extinction of marine life similar to one that occurred when the dinosaurs disappeared. By comparing computer model predictions of changes in ocean chemistry with evidence from the fossil record, researchers have found a glimpse of the possible future for ocean life if society does not drastically curb carbon dioxide emissions.

Ocean Becoming More Acidic, Potentially Threatening Marine Life

A dramatic increase in carbon dioxide levels is making the world’s ocean more acidic, which may adversely affect the survival of marine life and organisms that depend on them, such as humans.

Corals And Climate Change

A modest new lab at the Rosenstiel School is the first of its kind to tackle the global problem of climate change impacts on corals. Fully operational this month, this new lab has begun to study how corals respond to the combined stress of greenhouse warming and ocean acidification. The lab is the first to maintain corals under precisely controlled temperature and carbon dioxide conditions while exposing them to natural light conditions.

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