More information: Jens D. Müller et al, Progression of ocean interior acidification over the industrial era, Science Advances (2024). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.ado3103 Journal information: Science Advances ...

These changes are stressing a variety of animals and plants in the oceans. Scientists have now developed a three dimensional model of the world's oceans to learn more about how deeply ocean ...

From 2011 to 2013, the model showed a strong phase of the gyre resulted in an extreme ocean acidification event in the center of the Gulf of Alaska. This event preceded the 2014-2016 "blob" of ...

When carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere about 25% of it will end up in the oceans where it dissolves, and makes the water more acidic. This change in pH is as drastic a change in the ...

A more acidic ocean The ocean has absorbed about 30% of all the new carbon dioxide that humans have added to the atmosphere, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

The ocean is slightly basic. Prior to the Industrial Revolution of the 18th to 19th centuries, the ocean’s average pH was about 8.2. Today, the ocean’s average pH is 8.1. This means that the ocean ...

Wei-Jun Cai, an expert in marine chemistry at the University of Delaware, is sounding new alarm bells about the changing chemistry of the western region of the Arctic Ocean, where he and an ...