Ocean acidification takes a toll on California’s coastline at nighttime

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Photograph: © SAF – Coastal Care.

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A new study, based on the most-extensive set of measurements ever made in tide pools, suggests that ocean acidification will increasingly put many marine organisms at risk by exacerbating normal changes in ocean chemistry that occur overnight.

Conducted along California’s rocky coastline, the study shows that the most-vulnerable organisms are likely to be those with calcium carbonate shells or skeletons…

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