Acid oceans: the risk from carbon emissions

Some species 'may not last the century' as rich eco-systems are threatened by industrial emissions

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(Image credit: 2009 AFP)

The acidity of the world's oceans has increased by 25 per cent since the industrial revolution, according to Sir Mark Walport, the government's chief scientist.

He said the change, which he attributed to manmade carbon emissions, could affect the biological diversity sustained by seawater.

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