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1. m0llusk ◴[] No.37372871[source]
Nice, but this really doesn't cover the most important aspects of carbon pollution. From the start the oceans have been absorbing CO2 from the atmosphere which causes acidity to increase. At this point the oceans are so acidic that around the arctic some hard bodied creatures are dissolving faster than they can grow. The last time the oceans became this acidic there was a mass extinction. We really need to bear in mind the scope of impacts of massive scale carbon pollution extend well beyond the atmosphere into the oceans and the chemistry of topsoil and so on.
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2. deely3 ◴[] No.37372969[source]
> At this point the oceans are so acidic that around the arctic some hard bodied creatures are dissolving faster than they can grow.

Whoa, could you point me to the source?

I found only this statement so far:

> If the pH gets too low, shells and skeletons can even begin to dissolve.

src: https://www.noaa.gov/education/resource-collections/ocean-co...