Trouble in paradise: Ocean acidification this way comes
Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and caldron bubble.---Shakespeare, Macbeth
Environment
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News tagged with ocean reefs
Deep diving scientists discover bubbling CO2 hotspot
Diving 200 feet under the ocean surface to conduct scientific research can lead to some interesting places. For University of Texas at Austin Professor Bayani Cardenas, it placed him in the middle of a champagne-like environment ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 22, 2020
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Double-checking the science: Ocean acidification does not impair the behavior of coral reef fishes
Sometimes it helps to check the facts. You may be surprised what you find.
Ecology
Jan 8, 2020
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Greenland ice sheet melting can cool subtropics, alter climate
A new study finds evidence that the last time Earth was as warm as it is today, cold freshwater from a melting Greenland ice sheet circulated in the Atlantic Ocean as far south as Bermuda, elevating sea levels and altering ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 9, 2017
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Acid oceans will dissolve coral reef sands within decades
Carbonate sands on coral reefs will start dissolving within about 30 years, on average, as oceans become more acidic, new research published today in Science shows.
Environment
Feb 23, 2018
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Ocean acidification and coral reefs
(PhysOrg.com) -- Natural carbon dioxide (CO2) seeps in Papua New Guinea have given scientists rare insights into what tropical coral reefs could look like if human-induced atmospheric CO2 concentrations continue to rise unabated. ...
Environment
Jun 2, 2011
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Scientists get early look at hurricane damage to Caribbean coral reefs
When hurricanes Maria and Irma tore through the Caribbean, they not only wreaked havoc on land, but also devastated ocean ecosystems.
Environment
Dec 26, 2017
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Ocean acidification will likely reduce diversity, resiliency in coral reef ecosystems: new study
A new study from University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science scientists Chris Langdon, Remy Okazaki and Nancy Muehllehner and colleagues from the Australian Institute of Marine Science and the ...
Environment
May 29, 2011
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'We'll never be done': The growing challenge to remove thousands of car tires from ocean floor
Officials for years have been cleaning up tire after tire from the ocean floor off Broward County—removing what was once meant to create a fish habitat but turned out to be an environmental mess. Hundreds of thousands of ...
Environment
Jun 7, 2023
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Increase in acidity may not be harmful to coral reefs after all
(Phys.org)—A combined team of researchers affiliated with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences has found, via a five year study, that increased ocean acidification may not ...
