Environmental consequences of ocean acidification: a threat to food security

  Available online: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11822/25399

Launched by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the report confirms concerns that some organisms, such as corals and shellfish may find it increasingly difficult to form their skeletons in the decades to come making it harder to survive let alone thrive. It also shows that ocean acidification can react together with ocean warming so that animals such as crabs have a reduced range of temperatures they can thrive in.

Language(s): English

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