News tagged with acidification

10 million years needed to recover from mass extinction

(Phys.org) -- It took some 10 million years for Earth to recover from the greatest mass extinction of all time, latest research has revealed.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 27, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 18 | with audio podcast

Rapid coral death by a deadly chain reaction

(Phys.org) -- Most people are fascinated by the colorful and exotic coral reefs, which form habitats with probably the largest biodiversity. But human civilisation is the top danger to these fragile ecosystems ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Research discovers impact of ocean acidification on marine life

A Plymouth University academic researching the impact of ocean acidification on marine life is finding out exactly what we can expect as our seas soak up more and more carbon dioxide.

Biology / Ecology

created May 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists sound acid alarm for plankton

The microscopic organisms on which almost all life in the oceans depends could be even more vulnerable to increasingly acidic waters than scientists realised, according to a new study.

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created May 15, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (10) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Ocean acidification changes the behaviour of baby coral

(Phys.org) -- Ocean acidification caused by human development can alter the behaviour of baby corals, a new study shows.

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Ocean acidification linked to larval oyster failure

Researchers at Oregon State University have definitively linked an increase in ocean acidification to the collapse of oyster seed production at a commercial oyster hatchery in Oregon, where larval growth had ...

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created Apr 11, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (12) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Evolution in the oceans: Long-term study indicates phytoplankton can adapt to ocean acidification

Fossil fuel derived carbon dioxide has a serious impact on global climate but also a disturbing effect on the oceans, know as the other CO2 problem. When CO2 dissolves in seawater it forms carbonic acid and ...

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created Apr 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Some corals could survive a more acidic ocean

Corals may be better placed to cope with the gradual acidification of the world's oceans than previously thought – giving rise to hopes that coral reefs might escape climatic devastation.

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created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Ocean climate change damage to cost $2 trillion

Greenhouse gases are likely to result in annual costs of nearly $2 trillion in damage to the oceans by 2100, according to a new Swedish study

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created Mar 21, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (12) | comments 12

Earth's past is warning for the future

When the Earth’s carbon dioxide level increased at a rapid rate during the Triassic-Jurassic period 200 million years ago, nearly half the ocean’s marine life became extinct. USC Dornsife geologists ...

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created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (15) | comments 51

Present ocean acidification rates are unprecedented: research

The world's oceans may be turning acidic faster today from human carbon emissions than they did during four major extinctions in the last 300 million years, when natural pulses of carbon sent global temperatures ...

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created Mar 01, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (25) | comments 43 | with audio podcast

World's oceans get an acid bath

Among the repercussions of global climate change, the effect of ocean acidification on marine life is one of the least-understood variables.

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created Feb 22, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (11) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Climate change study warns against one-off experiments

(PhysOrg.com) -- Climate change research conducted by the University of Aberdeen and Marine Scotland Science highlights the risks of conducting an experiment only once.

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created Feb 22, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Ocean acidification turns climate change winners into losers: research

Adding ocean acidification and deoxygenation into the mix of climate change predictions may turn “winner” regions of fisheries and biodiversity into “losers,” according to research released today by University ...

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created Feb 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

British scientist warns AAAS of the threat posed by ocean acidification

One of the UK’s leading voices on ocean acidification has addressed a prestigious conference in Canada with a warning that marine biodiversity is at risk due to the corrosive effects of carbon ...

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created Feb 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Acidification

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