Like all the world’s oceans and seas, the Southern Ocean is becoming more acidic. The cause is CO2 emissions linked to human activities. Acidification could, however, reach dramatic proportions by the end of the century. Image: Heiner Kubny By 2100, the acidity...
The decline in sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is no fiction anymore, despite annual fluctuations. This leads to larger areas of water that are in exchange with the atmosphere. This again puts more CO2 into the water and changes the pH value in the direction of...