Ocean Acidification

Can marine life adapt to ocean acidification? Well, first we need to understand if these favourable characteristics (survival under elevated…

Researchers from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden found that ocean acidification may cause hyperactivity in catfish sharks.

As a novelist writing about oceanography, I spend a decent amount of time parsing scientific studies. Over the past several…

How will increased atmospheric carbon dioxide affect your dinner? Larval dolphinfish (or, 'mahi mahi') are apparently very sensitive to increased…

Some catfish aren't just limited to the traditional five senses - instead, they have a unique adaptation to sense pH…

From the very first sentence of the abstract, these scientists make clear they are not messing around, "Ocean acidification is…

Chemistry

Has the pH of our oceans decreased significantly? Lauvset and Gruber say yes, for the North Atlantic Subpolar Gyre.

Nearly every scientific report concerning the effects of ocean acidification on coral reefs describes changes in calcification as a function…

While calcifying organisms like corals and bivalves are projected to struggle under future levels of carbon dioxide (CO2), non-calcifying seaweeds…

Chemistry

Ship emissions of sulfur and nitrogen oxides (SOx, NOx) can be deposited and form sulfuric and nitric acid in surface…

Researchers investigated natural trends in carbonate chemistry of the Davies Reef flat in the central Great Barrier Reef on diel…