Crosscut: One way to measure the urgency of the scientific response to ocean acidification is by its carbon footprint. In 2004, 125 marine scientists gathered in a single room in Paris to ponder the effects that surging loads of human-generated carbon dioxide into the atmosphere might have on the sea below. They heard 24 research presentations, nearly the sum total of papers published on the subject worldwide that year. That they were discussing "ocean acidification' at all was somewhat serendipitous: The...
URL: http://crosscut.com/2012/10/09/environment/110889/science-faces-fate-sea/
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