Sentences with phrase «ocean acidity weakens»

Warming seas and increased ocean acidity weakens corals and reduces their ability to withstand other threats.

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Scientists have long suspected that volcanoes dumped trillions of tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and that some of it dissolved in the oceans, leading to an acidity that can weaken sea creatures» ability to make calciferous shells.

Rising temperatures in conjunction with heightened ocean acidity (a consequence of rising C02 levels) weakens the symbiotic partners of coral - the algae that help make reefs strong and give corals their vibrant colors - in what some scientists call a doomsday «double whammy.»