Ocean Ecology

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View In: Ocean AcidificationThe ocean has become more acidic over the past century because of an increase in the amount of carbon dioxide it is absorbing from the atmosphere, leading to a lower pH and greater acidity. This is causing a fundamental change in the chemistry of the ocean from pole to pole. See NOAA, What is Ocean Acidification?  The...

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View In: Ocean EcologyJoint military and industry efforts to develop new ocean technologies and infrastructure—which engineers and advocates call the “smart ocean”—will have lethal consequences for whales, significantly undermining their “indispensable role” in… The post #13 “Smart Ocean” Technology Endangers Whales and Intensifie...

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Ocean warming and ocean acidification driven by climate change decrease the nutritional quality of some marine organisms, causing disruptions to the ocean food web

Coccolithophores are a very important marine organism. Although they are microscopic, they play a large role in the carbon cycle, and they're an important food source in the ocean

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