Sentences with phrase «chemistry on coral»

This study also highlights the impact of fine - scale variation in coastal ocean chemistry on coral reefs.

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Increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide could also significantly alter ocean temperatures and chemistry over the next century, which could lead to increased and more severe mass bleaching and other stressors on coral reefs.

Measurements of 13C / 12C on corals and sponges — whose carbonate shells reflect the ocean chemistry just as tree rings record the atmospheric chemistry — show that this decline began about the same time as in the atmosphere; that is, when human CO2 production began to accelerate in earnest.

Rising levels of carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere will cause significant changes to ocean temperatures and chemistry over the next 100 years, thereby increasing the frequency and severity of mass bleaching and other stresses on coral reefs and reef systems, scientists say.

Washington, DC — A team of scientists led by Carnegie's Rebecca Albright and Ken Caldeira performed the first - ever experiment that manipulated seawater chemistry in a natural coral reef community in order to determine the effect that excess carbon dioxide released by human activity is having on coral reefs.