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Science 23 January 2009:
Vol. 323. no. 5913, p. 459
DOI: 10.1126/science.323.5913.459a
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FALL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION:
The Many Dangers of Greenhouse Acid

Richard A. Kerr

Geochemists reported at the American Geophysical Union meeting that most sorts of calcifying organisms--creatures that grow calcium carbonate skeletons or shells--suffered when pH sank much below the 8.2 of surface ocean seawater, not just the iconic coral reefs.

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