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Is Global Warming Cooking an Acidic Sea Urchin Soup?

It’s no secret that we’re all doomed but now scientists have found that the underwater world isn’t having such a fab time either. Since the sea sequesters carbon dioxide from the Earth’s atmosphere its pH levels are rising. This means sea animals whose shells or skeletons are made of calcium carbonate are literally dissolving due to the increased acidity in the water, and in some cases failing to reproduce.

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