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Rising carbon dioxide levels affect more than just the climate; they also affect the chemistry of the oceans. When saltwater absorbs carbon dioxide, it becomes acidic, which alters the aquatic animal ...

Marine heat waves and extreme ocean acidification events are each damaging on their own. But when both stressors hit ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A long-spined sea urchin is seen attached to a rock off Lebanon's north coast in 2021. Urchins are among the shelled creatures ...

Sharks are known for their razor-sharp teeth, but a new study warns that rising ocean acidity could leave even the sea's fiercest predators with weaker, more brittle bites. At the heart of the problem ...

Chemical clues preserved in tiny shells reveal that ocean acidification doomed a group of planktonic organisms that have ...

The effects of ocean acidification on larval oysters can be dramatic. In 2009, hatcheries in the Northwest U.S. were experiencing an 80 percent drop in production. Highly acidic ocean water turned out ...

New research suggests volcanic eruptions 252 million years ago deposited considerable quantities of carbon dioxide into the oceans, causing a rise in acidification that subsequently led to mass ...