Article Archive for 12 July 2007
C02 Hurts Reef Growth; ‘Dissolving Instead Of Growing
Posted in Climate, Coral Reefs on 12 July 2007
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Posted in Climate, Coral Reefs on 12 July 2007
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underwatertimes Coral reefs are at risk of going soft, quite literally turning to mush as rising carbon dioxide levels prevent coral from forming tough skeletons, according to UQ research. UQ marine scientists have shown that too much carbon dioxide absorption turns seawater acidic which may prevent corals building their skeletons which make up reefs. : [...]
