The study's results will make a significant contribution to understanding the carbon cycle in Arctic waters and will help in developing strategies to mitigate the climate change effects ...

Ocean models and observations play a key role in keeping people safe at sea, supporting emergency services, and helping scientists understand our changing climate. Ocean forecasting predicts aspects ...

New clues from ancient seas are reshaping what we know about mass extinction and the future of our oceans. In a recent ...

A prehistoric carbon spike turned oceans deadly and wiped out marine life. Scientists say today’s CO₂ rise could cause the ...

WE’VE BEEN free to pollute ever since we started using fossil fuels more than 145 years ago. Since then, we have been ...

Ocean health is moving into a danger zone, with rampant human-caused carbon dioxide emissions having already pushed ocean acidification levels beyond safe limits in large swaths of the marine ...

A new assessment finds that the world’s oceans crossed the safe threshold for acidification in 2020, breaching a key planetary boundary and posing serious threats to marine life. Ocean acidification ...

That boundary, they suggest, is ocean acidification, and it happens when the amount of calcium carbonate in seawater hits a 20% reduction relative to levels present before the Industrial Revolution.

A new assessment finds that the world’s oceans crossed the safe threshold for acidification in 2020, breaching a key planetary boundary and posing serious threats to marine life. Ocean ...

Another is ocean acidification, also caused by burning fossil fuels. In 2023, researchers determined that six of these boundaries had already been crossed. The new research adds a worrying seventh.

Ocean acidification happens when atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) is absorbed into the ocean, forming carbonic acid and increasing acidity. Coastal acidification results from a mix of this process and ...