ocean acidification
A Massive Amount of Death Is Plaguing the World's Oceans
Nearly half of marine vertebrates have disappeared in the past forty-five years, according to the World Wildlife Fund, and human activity is to blame.
By 2100, Earth Will Have an Entirely Different Ocean
A complete guide to the hotter, higher, trashier, fish-free oceans of the near future.
"Look Down at Your Body. You Have Become a Coral."
Can virtual reality make us care about ocean acidification?
A Small Team of Scientists Won $1.5 Million for Making the World's Top pH Sensor
The small team took home more than $1 million in prize money at a competition promoting ocean health.
The Last Time Oceans Got This Acidic This Fast, 96% of Marine Life Went Extinct
The greatest extinction event in the history of the planet was driven by oceans acidifying about as fast as they are today.
Here's What Burning Fossil Fuels Is Doing to the World's Oceans
New satellite imagery will help scientists better analyze the world's acidifying oceans, which are absorbing about 25 percent of the carbon dioxide emitted by fossil fuel burning.
A Government Science Agency Had To Redo Its Graphs Because Ocean Temperatures Went Off the Charts
The world's oceans are warming as much as 100 times faster than at any time during the past 800,000 years.
Humans Are Destroying the Environment at a Rate Unprecedented in Over 10,000 Years
The Earth has crossed four out of nine planetary boundaries that scientists say could trigger abrupt and irreversible environmental changes and put human life in jeopardy.
The Underwater Industrial Revolution Is Driving Ocean Life to Extinction
Humans have pushed hundreds of land animals into extinction. Is it too late to save marine wildlife from the same fate?
Climate Change Is Probably Going to Make Your Shrimp Cocktail Taste Disgusting
The oceans absorb a quarter of all carbon dioxide emissions, which makes them more acidic and, according to Swedish taste testers, is souring the flavor of the popular shellfish.
This Is Where Humans Have Made Our Oceans Most Acidic
Is an ocean near you dissolving sea bones? The most comprehensive study yet of the globe's acidifying oceans will tell you.
The Oceans Are Warming, Expanding, and Becoming Dangerously Acidic
Climate change is ensuring that things look as grim below the ever-rising waves as they do above.