Acidic Oceans Threatening Sea Life, UN Panel Says
Rising carbon dioxide emissions are making the world's oceans more acidic, particularly closer to the poles, heralding disaster for marine life, a major U.N. report on climate change impacts says. Research showed a high take-up of carbon dioxide by polar oceans was producing marked changes in several species. There appears to be no practical way to remove the additional carbon dioxide from oceans after it had been absorbed, nor any realistic way to reverse its widespread chemical and biological effects.