We already know that climate change is warming, acidifying, and expanding the oceans. We just didnt know how fast, or how drastically. We still dont, exactly, but we know this: Things are looking as grim below the ever-rising waves as they are above. This week brought an onslaught of bad news for the planets oceans—no fewer than four major scientific studies and reports were released detailing the deleterious effect humanitys relentless carbon habit is having on the marine world. Every time I sat down to write about one of them, it seemed, another one was already making headlines (in the tiny, green corner of the internet where people read about things like the impending collapse of vast ecosystems, anyway). So our oceans havent exactly turned into hot acid baths—but theyre a lot closer to that than they used to be. - Brian Merchant
Posted on: Sat, 11 Oct 2014 13:17:44 +0000
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