Tag Archives : ocean acidification

Carl Zimmer of environment360 writes about some current studies whose findings point to the alarming reality of ocean acidification. The figures are clearly a warning sign. If stomach acid has a pH of approximately 2 and pure water has 7, seawater at the ocean’s surface has a pH of about 8 to 8.3 pH units. But ‘when carbon dioxide enters the ocean, [...]

Oceans becoming more acidic and warmer due to emissions of carbon dioxide would cause the death of coral reefs around the world by the end of the century, according to a warning from several experts that recently gathered in London. More than twenty experts on coral reefs and climate change came together on behalf of several universities, government [...]

Coral reefs are some of the most battered life forms due to global warming. Coral bleaching and collapse of entire reef ecosystems are occurrences largely blamed on imbalances in the equilibrium of marine environments such as changes in ocean temperature, pollution, overfishing, unsustainable fishing practices, sedimentation, acidification, and oxidative [...]

The island nation of Kiribati, located in the central tropical Pacific Ocean, is composed of 32 atolls and one raised coral island. Straddling the equator and lying on both sides of the 180th meridian and the International Date Line, Kiribati is the only country in the world that is located in all four hemispheres. Kiribati has been facing rising waters [...]