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Global warming causes 'acid indigestion' for sea urchins

2013-11-20 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

LiveScience: Spiny green sea urchins face a new challenge from climate change: As the oceans become more acidic, urchin larvae struggle to digest their food, new research finds. The study is the first to prove that ocean acidification can cause digestive problems for marine animals, though scientists have long been alarmed at the trend for other reasons. Ocean acidification has threatened oyster farms, slowed coral growth and caused common marine snails to shrink, among other effects. Earlier studies have...

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