Acidifying oceans add urgency to CO2 cuts


	Acidifying oceans add urgency to CO2 cuts

kmcolo

7-5-2008 5:17 PM

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co2, carbon, oceans, climate change, global warming

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7-6-2008 12:09 PM

Oortcloud

I'm sure it will all be passed off as natural ecological changes brought about by periodic patterns caused by sunspot activity.

9-15-2008 9:11 AM

lifecyce1898

the same thing can occur in the body. a small pH change can be disastrous.

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