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Oceanic Acidification Ruining Digestion of Sea Urchins
2013-11-16 14:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Researchers from Sweden and Germany have found that climate change and ocean acidification is ruining the digestive systems of marine animals. They conducted the study on a larval stage of green sea urchins Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis. The research shows that marine animals can't digest food in acidic environment. Ocean acidification is an unfortunate consequence of the industrial revolution. Burning fossil fuels has resulted in the release of a billion tons of carbon dioxide in the environment....
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