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The Oceans’ SOS
Tony Haymet and Andrew Dickson – Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec 2010

Our stubborn addiction to burning coal, oil and natural gas is changing not only the composition of the atmosphere but the composition of the ocean as well. The carbon dioxide those fuels pour into the air inexorably dissolves into the oceans, causing a process known as ocean acidification. The oceans have absorbed 30% of the carbon dioxide that humans have ever produced, and they continue to absorb more each year. This force-feeding has changed ocean chemistry.

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