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Ocean acidification slowing coral reef growth
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-02/uos-oas022216.php[font face=Serif]Public Release: 24-Feb-2016
[font size=5]Ocean acidification slowing coral reef growth[/font]
University of Sydney
[font size=3]New findings from fieldwork undertaken at the University of Sydney's One Tree Island Research Station provide evidence ocean acidification resulting from carbon dioxide emissions is already slowing coral reef growth.
Their findings were published in Nature today.
It is estimated that 40 percent of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere as the result of human activities - including the burning of fossil fuels - is absorbed by the ocean. There, the chemistry of seawater becomes more acidic and corrosive to coral reefs, shellfish, and other marine life. This process is known as 'ocean acidification'.
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"Our work provides the first strong evidence from experiments on a natural ecosystem that ocean acidification is already causing reefs to grow more slowly than they did 100 years ago," Dr Albright said.
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[font size=5]Ocean acidification slowing coral reef growth[/font]
University of Sydney
[font size=3]New findings from fieldwork undertaken at the University of Sydney's One Tree Island Research Station provide evidence ocean acidification resulting from carbon dioxide emissions is already slowing coral reef growth.
Their findings were published in Nature today.
It is estimated that 40 percent of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere as the result of human activities - including the burning of fossil fuels - is absorbed by the ocean. There, the chemistry of seawater becomes more acidic and corrosive to coral reefs, shellfish, and other marine life. This process is known as 'ocean acidification'.
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"Our work provides the first strong evidence from experiments on a natural ecosystem that ocean acidification is already causing reefs to grow more slowly than they did 100 years ago," Dr Albright said.
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