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Big trouble ahead for oceans tiny microbes
2015-07-22 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: It`s never good when a scientist says "I try not to be an alarmist, but ..." Unfortunately, that`s exactly what MIT`s Stephanie Dutkiewicz recently said about how ocean acidification and warming waters could massively disrupt the world`s phytoplankton populations, aka the base of the entire marine food web. For a refresher on ocean acidification, check out this short Grist video featuring our office beta fish and a soda maker. Otherwise, here`s the gist: As the ocean absorbs CO2, it becomes...
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