4.12.15 - Triassic Mass Extinction May Give Clues on How Oceans Will Be Affected by Climate Change
... history repeats... ancient mass extinctions such as the end-Triassic inform us of the possible consequences of our own CO2 crisis
4.10.15 - Oceans Facing Carbon Rates Which Spurred Mass Die-Off 250 Million Years Ago
... "released at a rate similar to modern emissions" .... "This fast rate of release was a critical factor driving ocean acidification."
5.01.14 - Oceans in Trouble - Tiny Pteropods' Shells are Dissolving in increasingly acidic ocean water
... the oceans food chains will be disrupted in catastrophic ways. Hundreds of millions of people depend on the roughly 160 million tons of fish caught worldwide.
National Geographic - Ocean Acidification.. putting all shelled animals at risk
... all signs indicate unless humans are able to control and eliminate fossil fuel emissions, ocean organisms will find themselves under increasing pressure to adapt to their habitat's changing chemistry... or perish.
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