Researchers struggle to assess responses to ocean acidification
In: Science (Washington). American Association for the Advancement of Science: New York, N.Y. ISSN 0036-8075; e-ISSN 1095-9203, meer
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Acidification
Chemical compounds > Carbon compounds > Atmospheric gases > Carbon dioxide
Emissions
Water bodies > Oceans
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| Abstract |
Unlike many areas of global change, there's no argument that rising CO2 emissions will make the world's oceans more acidic. Average pH in surface waters is now 8.1—a 30% increase in acidity since the start of the industrial revolution—and forecasters say it could drop to 7.8 by 2100 if carbon emissions continue unabated. But how fisheries and other marine life will respond is far from clear. |
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