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Rising ocean acidity threatens islands [1]

Rising acidity in the ocean caused by seas absorbing greenhouse carbon dioxide could make low-lying island nations like Kiribati and the Maldives more vulnerable to storms as their coral reefs struggle to survive, say scientists. Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is at its highest level in the past 650,000 years and half of it has now been dissolved into the oceans making them more acidic.

Publication Date: 
03/06/2008
Times Of India (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Oceans and Seas [3], Carbon Dioxide [4], Green House Gases [5], Storms [6], Kiribati [7]
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