The Ocean is Getting More Acidic: Why We Should Care

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By Megan WinklerJun 24, 2014, 10:25 am33 pts
One tenth of one pH unit. Doesn’t sound like much, does it? What about 30 percent? That sounds a bit more significant, right? What if I told you they were the same thing? Since the Industrial Revolution, the acidity of the world’s ocean has risen by 0.1 pH units, or 30 percent. We can’t talk about the…

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