Researchers find widespread acidified water along US West Coast

Climate change is altering the planet in ways we might not often think about, such as in the acidification of the world's oceans. A team of 20 scientists from institutions around the United States discovered acidified ocean water in the California Current Large Marine Ecosystem. Study lead author Francis Chan of Oregon State University said, "The threat of ocean acidification is global and though it sometimes seems far away, it is happening here right now on the West Coast of the United States and...

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