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AUDIO Coral Reefs: One Species at a Time Coral reefs are bustling cities of marine life, until rising ocean temperatures turn them into ghost towns. Can reefs spring back from devastating bleaching events? In this episode of the Po...MORE AUDIO


	ARTICLE MORE STORIES Reef Rescue: Protect Coral Reefs with Your Actions Coral reefs are beautiful, vibrant ecosystems that house roughly one quarter of...
	VIDEO MORE VIDEOS Ocean Acidification with Dr. Francisco Chavez Dr. Francisco Chavez of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute estimates t...
	VIDEO MORE VIDEOS World Oceans Day 2012 - Live Webcast On World Oceans Day - June 8th, 2012 - the Living Oceans Foundation hosted...

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					Ocean Acidification with Dr. Francisco Chavez Apr 30, 2013 - 9:29AMDr. Francisco Chavez of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute estimates that a million tons of CO2 enter the ocean hourly. His studies in Peru explore the phenomenon of ocean acidification, which occurs when waters have...

Corals Threatened by Acid Seas

Apr 5, 2011 - 4:18PM

Much of the carbon dioxide we emit into the atmosphere ends up in the ocean...

Ocean Acidification in the Puget Sound

Feb 14, 2011 - 4:13PM

Scientists predict that ocean acidification will impact communities around...

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Searching for the Ocean Acidification Signal It’s not an easy question to answer. In the lab, scientists can set up a series of seawater tanks with a variety of pH...

Searching for the Ocean Acidification Signal Dec 12 2012 - 1:00pm It’s not an easy question to answer. In the lab, scientists can set up a series of seawater tanks with a variety of pH levels to figure out how different species react to more acidic water, observing the structure of their shells, their metabolism, or their behavior. Or researchers can go to areas...	A Healthy Coral Reef Aug 2 2012 - 2:30pm Far away from the volcanic CO2 seeps, the water is unaffected and a healthy coral reef flourishes with a diversity of coral species. Closer to the seeps where the water is acidic, the corals barely even grow. Read more about how reef scientist Laetitia Plaisance uses carbon dioxide seeps to study...
Two Views of Coral Reefs: Thriving and Threatened Dec 15 2009 - 12:19pm Coral reefs are beautiful, vibrant ecosystems that house roughly one quarter of all marine species and provide billions of dollars in products and services to humans each year. But they are also vulnerable to human activities – both direct disturbances and small, indirect effects that build up over...	Will Coral Reefs Survive Acidification? Aug 2 2012 - 3:34pm Nestled among the beautiful coral reefs of Papua New Guinea (PNG) is a place that could provide the key to our understanding of one of the biggest threats to coral reef survival: Ocean Acidification. Here cool carbon dioxide naturally bubbles out of volcanic cracks in the shallow sea floor and...
Coral Reefs: One Species at a Time May 11 2010 - 3:27pm Coral reefs are bustling cities of marine life, until rising ocean temperatures turn them into ghost towns. Can reefs spring back from devastating bleaching events? In this episode of the Podcast of Life, Ari Daniel Shapiro and researcher Dr. Randi Rotjan of the New England Aquarium, journey to the...