Acidic oceans could drastically reduce one of the world’s largest producers of oxygen
New research suggests that small floating organisms that supply our world with up to one-fifth of their oxygen will be in an extreme situation as our oceans become more acidic. Creatures, called diatoms, will be deprived of the building blocks of silica they need to build their protective shells, which have all sorts of dazzling …
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