More acidic seas pose new threat - Fossil Fuels Said to Damage Ocean Life
Scientists warn
They warn that, by the end of the century, the trend could devastate coral reefs and creatures that underpin the sea's food web.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003105114_oceans05.html
From Information Clearing House
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Fossil Fuels Said to Damage Ocean Life
A science panel convened by the National Science Foundation, NOAA and the USGS reports that the ocean is absorbing CO2 from burning fossil fuels and turning more acidic than it has been for possibly millions of years. Researchers called the pH changes "truly extraordinary." Corals, plankton and other marine life are threatened.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/070506T.shtml
They warn that, by the end of the century, the trend could devastate coral reefs and creatures that underpin the sea's food web.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003105114_oceans05.html
From Information Clearing House
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Fossil Fuels Said to Damage Ocean Life
A science panel convened by the National Science Foundation, NOAA and the USGS reports that the ocean is absorbing CO2 from burning fossil fuels and turning more acidic than it has been for possibly millions of years. Researchers called the pH changes "truly extraordinary." Corals, plankton and other marine life are threatened.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/070506T.shtml
rudkla - 6. Jul, 11:11
