Ocean Acidification

Ocean Acidification

Source: Thomas Shahan, CC 2.0

Over the past 250 years, rapid growth in fossil fuel burning and land use changes have caused a dramatic rise in CO2; emissions. As a result the average acidity of the surface ocean has increased about 30% since 1750.

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The Chemistry is Changing in West Coast Oceans
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Responding to Ocean Acidification in Oregon
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Ocean Acidification
Over the past 250 years, rapid growth in the burning of fossil fuels and changes in land use have...

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