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Advantage for algae species in changing oceans [1]

Contrary to expectations, a microscopic plant that lives in oceans around the world may thrive in the changing ocean conditions of the coming decades, a team of scientists reported on Thursday. The main threat to many marine organisms is not global warming but ocean acidification, as carbon dioxide from the air dissolves into the water and turns into carbonic acid.

Publication Date: 
20/04/2008
Indian Express (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Marine Research [3], Oceans and Seas [4], Climate Change [5], Scientists [6]
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