Arctic Ocean Acidifying Rapidly

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In satellite images, the glaciers look like smooth rivers of ice. This photo shows that the melting river isn’t so smooth. Crevassed area near the front of the Jakobshavn Glacier, West Greenland. Captions and Photo source: NASA Earth Observatory / © Konrad Steffen/CIRES

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Scientists from the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) monitored widespread changes in ocean chemistry in the region.

They say even if CO2 emissions stopped now, it would take tens of thousands of years for Arctic Ocean chemistry to revert to pre-industrial levels…

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