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You Know Ocean in Trouble When Your Shell Starts Melting

2014-05-18 15:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Environmental News Network: Things are getting really dicey for a little ocean creature called a pteropod. Better known as the "sea butterfly," this delicate little sea snail is serving as an unfortunate bellwether of the deteriorating state of our oceans. Why? Conditions in the Antarctic ocean and along the West Coast of the U.S. have become so unnaturally acidic that the shells of sea butterflies are literally dissolving away. "We did not expect to see pteropods being affected to this extent in our coastal region for several...

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