Ocean acidification can negatively affect marine life, causing organisms' shells and skeletons made from calcium carbonate to dissolve. The more acidic the ocean, the faster the shells dissolve. By ...

Ocean acidification seems to affect corals' ability to produce new colonies as well. Corals can, in effect, clone themselves, and an entire colony is likely to be made up of genetically identical ...

There are numerous effects on fisheries, including impaired growth and survival of shellfish; loss of essential nursery grounds such as reefs; and shifts in prey abundance. On the current path, ocean ...

Rising carbon dioxide levels affect more than just the climate; they also affect the chemistry of the oceans. When saltwater absorbs carbon dioxide, it becomes acidic, which alters the aquatic animal ...

We're already seeing the effects as coral reefs collapse, oyster beds disappear and tiny creatures that are important food sources get smaller and weaker. Sign our petition to help protect ocean life ...

The Winter School brought together 12 participants from 11 countries—Argentina, Bangladesh, Costa Rica, Croatia, Ghana, Italy, Namibia, Nigeria, Malaysia, the Philippines and Portugal—for two weeks of ...

Like most aquatic vegetation, kelp is being negatively impacted by climate change. Warming ocean temperatures have led to ...

The rising CO 2 levels and ocean acidification also reduce ... warning us of the drastic effects that warming and acidification have on marine ecosystems." Complex interactions between climate ...

Dungeness crab, Pacific herring, and red abalone are among the marine species most vulnerable to the changing climate's effect on California's coastal waters, a new study led by UC Santa Cruz ...

Ocean acidification is often described as the evil twin of climate change. Prof Richard Twitchett explains what ocean acidification is and what it could mean for the planet. Earth's oceans are ...

Rising carbon dioxide levels affect more than just the climate ... by Xin Dang and Vengatesen Thiyagarajan has examined how ocean acidification could impact the sex ratio of oysters across ...