2006-07-06

Seawater Chemistry Altered

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Lead authors: Richard Feely, Joan Kleypas
Human activities, chiefly the burning of fossil fuels, have upset a natural balance in ocean acidity ... We have very clear evidence, and there is no doubt this is occurring ... Ice core measurements show that oceans have not been as acidic as they now are for at least 650,000 years, and probably millions of years beyond
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