A new study suggests climate change may be reshaping reef life in a subtle but serious way — not only by damaging coral ...

A UW-led study found that waters along the Pacific Northwest are experiencing high rates of acidification that outpace the ...

The levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases like methane and nitrous oxide have been steadily rising for many years due to a variety of human activities, like the burning of fossil fuels ...

A new study from Adelaide University has found that when ocean acidification makes reef habitat less complex, the fish living ...

MAYOTTE, INDIAN OCEAN - NOVEMBER 2017: Diver from the Mayotte Marine Natural Park carry out a survey on the reef, called REEFCHECK, on November 27, 2017, Mayotte, Comoros archipelago, Indian Ocean.

Scientists at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego and the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) have for the first time shown that increased acidification of ...

The ocean absorbs the vast majority of the excess heat generated by human activity. Average ocean temperatures have risen by ...

An international research team develops a rubric for governments and policymaking bodies to evaluate preparedness for ocean acidification. In a paper published today in the journal Environmental ...

Playing a key role in the Earth’s climate and weather systems, as well as in the global carbon cycle, the ocean is an immeasurable force of nature. However, human activities have fundamentally altered ...

Over the last century, the rapid increase of carbon dioxide concentrations in our atmosphere thanks to the combustion of fossil fuels has led to an observed increase in acidity and surface temperature ...

The oceans have absorbed a significant portion of all anthropogenic (CO 2) emissions (approximately a third of the CO 2 emitted from fossil fuel emissions, cement production and deforestation; Sabine ...