More acidic seas pose new threat, scientists warn
I’ve collected a long list of issues that I consider to be part of my Perfect Storm hypothesis but this was not an issue I was previously aware of.
By Juliet Eilperin
Washington Post
The escalating level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is making the world’s oceans more acidic, government and independent scientists say. They warn that, by the end of the century, the trend could devastate coral reefs and creatures that underpin the sea’s food web. Although scientists and some politicians have just begun to focus on the question of ocean acidification, they describe it as one of the most pressing environmental threats facing Earth.
“It’s just been an absolute time bomb that’s gone off both in the scientific community and ultimately, in our public policymaking,” said Rep. Jay Inslee, D-Wash., who received a two-hour briefing in May with five other House members. “It’s another example of when you put gigatons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, you have these results none of us would have predicted.”
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