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Ocean acidification is detrimental to coral reefs

29.01.2018

Ocean acidification is increasing every year and complicates the development of coral reefs. Scientists make predictions by the year 2100.

The coral reef ecosystem is endangered due to global climate change on the planet. Scientists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) conducted a study that found that ocean acidification makes it harder for coral skeletons to grow and compact.

Climate change, sea level rise and significant warming in all parts of the ocean interfere with the natural development of coral reefs, because this marine animal reaches for the Sun, therefore, requires compaction, which is becoming less and less possible for him. But sea warming only causes coral bleaching, while acidification is more damaging and difficult to detect.

According to scientists, by 2100 the density of reefs in the Coral Triangle region will decrease to 20%, and in the Caribbean, the Red Sea and towards the Hawaiian Islands the situation will be slightly better, the seals will decrease by 10%.

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