Acidification due to climate change – Impacts for oceans and coral reefs

As carbon concentrations in the atmosphere increase from land use changes and emissions from fossil fuels – so do concentrations in the ocean, with resultant acidification as a natural chemical process. The skeletons of coldwater coral reefs may dissolve, perhaps already within a few decades. The impacts will be greatest at high latitudes. This will…

  • Produced by:
    Hugo Ahlenius, UNEP/GRID-Arendal
  • Year:
    01/02/2008

Acidification due to climate change – Impacts for oceans and coral reefs

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