Ocean acidification

First scientific study on a natural coral reef shows the effect of acidification caused by global warming, rather than common factors in reef decline

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Letter from 2000 delegates at International Coral Reef Symposium in Honolulu urges Australia to "lead-not-follow" on coal exports.

Ocean acidification poses an increasing threat to the sediments that form the framework of coral reefs - within around 30 years, these carbonate sands may no longer be able to form.

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Australia's Great Barrier Reef is in decline from Ocean Acidification

Important ecosystems could be massively damaged by 2050 unless greenhouse gas emissions and localised pollution is drastically reduced, researchers say

Ocean acidification, caused by the addition of huge amounts of carbon dioxide to the marine environment, is a problem that has come to the fore relatively recently. Jason Hall-Spencer, Professor of Marine Biology at Plymouth University, places it within the context of the myriad other threats that face the world’s oceans.

A report from MIT determined that the increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has affected the acidity level of the ocean. This may have an adverse effect on how sea animals form their shells, and possibly other nasty effects in the future.