Ocean Acidification: Carbon Dioxide Makes Life Difficult for Algae
The acidification of the world’s oceans could have major consequences for the marine environment. New research shows that coccoliths, which are an important part of the marine environment, dissolve when seawater acidifies. Continue
Paper:
Tracking single coccolith dissolution with picogram resolution and implications for CO2 sequestration and ocean acidification
T. Hassenkam, A. Johnsson, K. Bechgaard, and S. L. S. Stipp
Published online before print May 6, 2011, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1009447108
Tags: ocean acidification
