Ocean Acidification Reaches Critical Levels, Study Warns of Global Marine Crisis
Ocean acidification, a key indicator of planetary health, has exceeded safety thresholds on a global scale, according to a major new study published in Global Change Biology.
The research, led by an international team from the Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) in the UK, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Oregon State University, and the University of Maryland, presents compelling evidence that the world’s oceans passed a critical “planetary boundary” for acidification around five years ago.
This threshold is defined as a 20% drop in...
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