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Explainer: The latest science on ocean acidification | In 2025, scientists warned the ‘planetary boundary’ for ocean acidification had been crossed. This is what that means and why it matters (dialogue.earth)

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[–] DriftingLynx@lemmy.ca 4 points 10 months ago

These articles never like to mention how dire ocean acidification can get. Like we can deal with heat (maybe) but if we acidify the oceans the atmosphere could become simply too toxic for human life:

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