Grist: It`s never good when a scientist says "I try not to be an alarmist, but ..."
Unfortunately, that`s exactly what MIT`s Stephanie Dutkiewicz recently said about how ocean acidification and warming waters could massively disrupt the world`s phytoplankton populations, aka the base of the entire marine food web.
For a refresher on ocean acidification, check out this short Grist video featuring our office beta fish and a soda maker. Otherwise, here`s the gist: As the ocean absorbs CO2, it becomes...