Acidic Oceans Are Dissolving Tiny Snails' Shells

Wednesday, April 30, 2014 - 16:51 in Biology & Nature

Ocean acidification — a phenomenon in which the world's oceans become more acidic as they absorb higher levels of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere — is causing the shells of tiny marine snails to dissolve, according to a new study.

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