Science Needed in Search for Solutions to Help Troubled Oceans
05 Sep 2013 | by feedproxy.google.com
Swimmers, surfers and sunbathers might not notice, but our oceans are in deep trouble. Levels of acidity are increasing, creating a hostile environment in which calciferous plankton, crustaceans, molluscs and coral reefs are stressed and the resilience of entire ecosystems is threatened.
This process, which is taking place at a more rapid pace than has been observed in the past, is a consequence of the oceans taking up more than a quarter of the carbon dioxide produced from the burning of fossil fuels.
