Coral reef cement hurt by CO2

Great Barrier Reef / Richard Ling image, Wikimdedia Increased CO2 levels may be harming coral reefs. One reason the atmosphere isn't more overloaded with carbon dioxide is that the oceans absorb much of it. The problem for coral reefs is that more CO2 in the oceans makes them more acidic and the natural cement that binds coral reefs together gets weaker. When this happens the reef erodes faster than it builds. The effects of acidification are showing first at coral reefs in the eastern Pacific near Central America. Read the full story from Scientific American. Set as favorite Bookmark Email This Hits: 182 Trackback(0) TrackBack URI for this entry Comments (0) Subscribe to this comment's feed Write comment Name Email Comment smaller | bigger I have read and agree to the Terms of Usage. Write the displayed characters Add Comment

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