Wednesday, December 10, 2008

quantum change

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From:
Marine life faces "acid threat"
by Julian Siddle
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"...It's going down 10 to 20 times faster than the previous models predicted..."
~Professor Timothy Wootton, University of Chicago [re pH]
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news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7745714.stm
earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=36073

Man-made pollution is raising ocean acidity at least 10 times faster than previously thought, a study says.

Researchers say carbon dioxide levels are having a marked effect on the health of shellfish such as mussels.

They sampled coastal waters off the north-west Pacific coast of the US every half-hour for eight years.

The results, published in the journal PNAS, suggest that earlier climate change models may have underestimated the rate of ocean acidification....
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