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Can Marine Life Adapt to Worlds Acidifying Oceans?
2014-05-14 17:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: As the worlds oceans grow more acidic from increased absorption of atmospheric carbon dioxide, marine scientists are confronting a key question: How well can organisms like mollusks, crustaceans, and corals adapt to these more corrosive conditions? One of the leading authorities in this field is University of California, Santa Barbara marine biologist Gretchen Hofmann. Her work in recent years has shown, in fact, that some sea organisms that build shells do seem to have some ability to acclimate...
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