ApocaDocs: Acid oceans, the 'evil twin' of climate change, overlooked in climate talks

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Posted Fri Dec 18 2009: from Associated Press:


	Acid oceans, the 'evil twin' of climate change, overlooked in climate talks http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1261159899 Far from Copenhagen's turbulent climate talks, the sea lions, harbor seals and sea otters reposing along the shoreline and kelp forests of this protected marine area stand to gain from any global deal to cut greenhouse gases. These foragers of the sanctuary's frigid waters, flipping in and out of sight of California's coastal kayakers, may not seem like obvious beneficiaries of a climate treaty crafted in the Danish capital. But reducing carbon emissions worldwide also would help mend a lesser-known environmental problem: ocean acidification.... Another way to think of ocean acidification is as osteoporosis of the seas...

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