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Fri Mar 18, 2016, 09:37 PM Mar 2016

Ocean Acidification Takes a Toll on California's Coastline at Nighttime

http://www.sciencenewsline.com/summary/2016031815360003.html
Washington, DC-- A new study, based on the most-extensive set of measurements ever made in tide pools, suggests that ocean acidification will increasingly put many marine organisms at risk by exacerbating normal changes in ocean chemistry that occur overnight. Conducted along California's rocky coastline, the study from Carnegie's Ken Caldeira and Lester Kwiatkowski shows that the most-vulnerable organisms are likely to be those with calcium carbonate shells or skeletons. It is published by Scientific Reports. …

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