article_snippet.sent: The study, led by the University of Edinburgh, is the first to show that highly acidic oceans were to blame.
article_snippet.sent: pH deactivated the destructive enzymes .
article_snippet.sent: This is a worrying finding, considering that we can already see an increase in ocean acidity today that is the result of human carbon emissions.'
article_snippet.sent: The study is published in the journal Science and was carried out in collaboration with the University of Bremen, University of Exeter and the Universities of Graz, Leeds, and Cambridge.
article_snippet.sent: And the findings are now helping scientists understand the threat posed to marine life by modern-day ocean acidification.
article_snippet.sent: Scientists recently used satellite data to map the alkalinity of the world's oceans for the first time.
article_snippet.sent: The image above shows the average level of alkalinity over the past five years with blue marking water that is more acidic.
article_snippet.sent: By using satellite data, scientists can obtain live information as the ocean changes .