Climate Change: Can Marine Life Adapt to More Acidic Seas?

KQED: Scientists are concerned about the future of marine speices on the California coast, like this mussel bed. Marine scientists from around the world are gathering in Monterey this week to discuss what is sometimes a little-noticed climate change problem: ocean acidification. The oceans have become about 30 percent more acidic since the start of the Industrial Revolution – the result of soaking up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Today, oceans absorb about a million tons of carbon an hour....

URL: http://blogs.kqed.org/newsfix/2012/09/26/scientists-grapple-with-local-impacts-of-globally-acidifying-seas/
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