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 soaring, says a new study in Science. The study is the first of its kind to survey the geologic record for evidence of ocean acidification over this vast time period.
If industrial carbon emissions continue at the current pace, we may lose organisms we care about -- coral reefs, oysters, salmon...
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