Factoid/2006/04/04
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Increased Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Is Acidifying the Oceans
- "The pH of the saltwater has dropped 0.025 units since the early 1990s. The number seems unremarkable, but the pH scale is exponential, so a one-unit drop is a 10-fold decrease. The new measurement also puts the ocean on track for a dramatic decline by the end of the century." - excerpt from this seattlepi.com article.
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