Acid Test: Are the Oceans Already Lost?

This video describes the threat that climate change and ocean acidification will have on marine life, especially coral reefs, if we do not transition to a low carbon economy. The continued use of fossil fuels is making our oceans more acidic, making it difficult for marine life such as corals, crabs, lobsters, clams, oysters and others to make their calcium carbonate skeletons and shells. Oceana has provided guidance for how much we need to reduce our carbon emissions and laid a framework for how to do it. Developed countries need to substantially reduce carbon emissions in the next decade as a start.

To learn more about ocean acidification and how to help stop it, visit http://na.oceana.org/en/our-work/climate-energy/ocean-acidification/overview.

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• Oceana
• coral reefs
• marine life
• fossil fuels
• crabs
• lobsters
• clams
• oysters
• ocean acidification
• climate change
• ocean conservation
• marine conservation

[imatelly]

sorry but i dont believe that at all,back when blue green algi were the only thing on earth,the planet was full of co2 and it did nothing to the oceans wrather it made life come onto land,so this is stupid.also when the blue green algi died in a mass extinction,the blue green algi fell to the bottom of the ocians makeing nowadays oil feilds,but now we have plants so co2 is ok,so stupid vid