Global ocean acidification has passed safe planetary boundary threshold: Study

Mongabay
Jun 11, 2025, 2:38 pm187 ptsTop
A new assessment finds that the world’s oceans crossed the safe threshold for acidification in 2020, breaching a key planetary boundary and posing serious threats to marine life. Ocean acidification is caused when excess atmospheric carbon dioxide, resulting from human activities like burning fossil fuels,…

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