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Coral reefs unlikely to survive in acid oceans
Date:12/14/2007

existing coral reef will remain in such an environment. The chemical changes will impact some regions sooner than others. At greatest risk are the Great Barrier Reef and the Caribbean Sea.

Carbon dioxides chemical effects on the ocean are largely independent of its effects on climate, so measures to mitigate warming short of reducing emissions will be of little help in slowing acidification, the researchers say. In fact, impending chemical changes may require emissions cuts even more drastic than those for climate alone.

These changes come at a time when reefs are already stressed by climate change, overfishing, and other types of pollution, says Caldeira, so unless we take action soon there is a very real possibility that coral reefs and everything that depends on them will not survive this century.


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Contact: Ken Caldeira
kcaldeira@stanford.edu
650-704-7212
Carnegie Institution  
Source:Eurekalert

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