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New York Times: States bordering water bodies that are becoming more acidic from the absorption of carbon dioxide should list them as impaired under the Clean Water Act, the Environmental Protection Agency declared in a memo this week.
Carbon dioxide emissions are considered a threat not only because of their heat-trapping properties in the atmosphere but also because of their ability to change ocean chemistry. The world`s oceans act as a sponge for carbon dioxide, and as the gas dissolves in seawater, it changes......
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A call to action on ocean acidity
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on November 19th, 2010
Posted in Water Conservation