A survey by Nature Climate Change has revealed that only 20% of the UK public has heard of ocean acidification which is the result of carbon pollution caused by burning fossil fuels and deforestation. The process threatens entire ecosystems and has the potential to damage a huge number of marine species, particularly those dependent on shells such as crustaceans, corals, molluscs and some plankton. Acidification could also damage the ability of some species of fish to hear and smell. Recent research also indicates that ocean acidification probably contributed to the world’s largest mass extinction, the Permian-Triassic extinction 252the past thirty years. The acidity of the oceans has increased by 30% over m years ago. However, the problem can be tackled by rejecting fossil fuels and restricting carbon emissions.
A survey by Nature Climate Change has revealed that only 20% of the UK public has heard of ocean acidification which is the result of carbon pollution caused by burning fossil fuels and deforestation. The process threatens entire ecosystems and has the potential to damage a huge number of marine species, particularly those dependent on shells such as crustaceans, corals, molluscs and some plankton. Acidification could also damage the ability of some species of fish to hear and smell. Recent research also indicates that ocean acidification probably contributed to the world’s largest mass extinction, the Permian-Triassic extinction 252m years ago. The acidity of the oceans has increased by 30% over the past thirty years. However, the problem can be tackled by rejecting fossil fuels and restricting carbon emissions.