SYDNEY (Reuters) -Rising carbon dioxide levels in the world's oceans due to climate change, combined with rising sea temperatures, could accelerate coral bleaching, destroying some reefs before 2050, ...

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — Most people realize that carbon dioxide is not a good thing in the atmosphere, but all that gas in the air is also being absorbed by the ocean. "They call it the Evil Twin ...

Rising CO2 levels may affect most of the world's coral reefs and the populations which depend on them by 2050, according to a study published November 9, 2016 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by ...

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A dramatic shift from vibrant coral communities to carpets of algae has been documented by researchers in remote Pacific Ocean waters where an underwater volcano spews carbon dioxide. Scientists from ...

According to a paper published in the November issue of the journal Nature Climate Change, coral reefs may respond to ocean acidification in ways that will partially offset expected changes in ...

Several studies have shown that increased atmospheric carbon dioxide levels are acidifying the world’s oceans. This is significant for coral reefs because acidification strips carbonate ions from ...

Back in the lab, the researchers cleaned and analyzed their now-complete 130-year coral record. After three years of research, Gagnon and his colleagues concluded the natural acidic conditions off the ...

Rising ocean temperatures and ocean acidification could have negative cumulative effects that slow the growth of tropical coral reefs, according to a UCLA-led study published in early January. The ...

MIAMI - Scientists from NOAA and the Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (UM) have documented a ...