An international study suggests greenhouse gases are acidifying the Arctic Ocean at a faster rate than any of the world’s southern seas.
“What we know is that ocean acidification is actually stronger in the Arctic than in southern waters,” said Rashid Sumalia, a University of British Columbia researcher, who is one of 60 authors of the report released Monday in Bergen, Norway.
That makes the Arctic an early warning system for the planet’s other oceans, the report concludes. But so little is known about northern waters that educated guesswork is the only tool scientists have to predict the impact.
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