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Appears in Collections: | Aquaculture Newspaper/Magazine Articles |
Title: | The world's shellfish are under threat as our oceans become more acidic |
Author(s): | Fitzer, Susan |
Keywords: | Carbon emissions Scotland shellfish ocean acidification |
Issue Date: | 28-Jan-2019 |
Date Deposited: | 30-Jan-2019 |
Citation: | Fitzer S (2019) The world's shellfish are under threat as our oceans become more acidic. The Conversation. 28.01.2019. |
Abstract: | First paragraph: For the past few million years the world’s oceans have existed in a slightly alkaline state, with an average pH of 8.2. Now, with carbon emissions escalating, there is more CO₂ in the world’s atmosphere. This dissolves in the oceans, altering the chemistry of the seawater by lowering the pH and making it more acidic – up to 30% more in the past 200 years. This growing acidification of the oceans is becoming a serious problem for the production of shellfish around the world. |
Rights: | The Conversation uses a Creative Commons Attribution NoDerivatives licence. You can republish their articles for free, online or in print. Licence information is available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/ |
Notes: | https://theconversation.com/the-worlds-shellfish-are-under-threat-as-our-oceans-become-more-acidic-103868 |
Licence URL(s): | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/ |
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