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Today, with sea-surface temperatures on the rise, the oceans are acidifying, and some shelled animals are already showing signs of their shells dissolving.

From New York Times • Nov. 18, 2020

Now, a new study has found that waters off the California coast are acidifying twice as fast as the global average.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2019

Some bacteria are acidifying their neighborhood, while others turn it alkaline and still others expel politely neutral waste.

From New York Times • Apr. 30, 2018

The current rate at which oceans are acidifying has been unseen in 300 million years and the consequences could be costly.

From Scientific American • Feb. 18, 2015