Shell-forming animals like corals, crabs, oysters and urchins are getting hit first because ocean acidification robs seawater of the compounds these creatures need to build shells and skeletons, ...

Acidification makes it more difficult for marine animals to produce skeletons and shells, and puts the essential ocean habitat, coral reefs, at risk of eroding faster than they can be rebuilt.

The oceans are becoming more acidic, and it could affect some of the food we eat. There is growing concern among the scientific community that ocean acidification is reaching a critical point and has ...

Another is ocean acidification, also caused by burning fossil fuels. In 2023, researchers determined that six of these boundaries had already been crossed. The new research adds a worrying seventh.

Scientists have warned of an environmental crisis threatening to destroy a $300billion global industry critical to coastal communities worldwide. A new study revealed that ocean acidification has ...

The new study found four of the world’s seven ocean basins have crossed the planetary boundary for ocean acidification. Polar regions have been most widely affected: Nearly 87 per cent of the Southern ...

Another is ocean acidification, also caused by burning fossil fuels. In 2023, researchers determined that six of these boundaries had already been crossed. The new research adds a worrying seventh.

Ocean acidification has emerged as one of the biggest modern threats to coral reefs across the world. New evidence indicates ocean acidification once also caused the worst mass extinction in history.

B.C.’s ocean acidification and hypoxia action plan, released in 2023, notes that ocean acidification and the related phenomenon of hypoxia (low oxygen zones in the ocean) “poses a significant ...

Rising carbon dioxide emissions are not only increasing global temperatures, but are also making the oceans more acidic, threatening marine organisms. Here is a videographic explaining ocean ...