An Alert on Ocean Acidity

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/08/an-alert-on-ocean-acidity/?ref=science

Okay obviously no one is understanding the seriousness of this situation. Maybe this can help open people's eyes now. According to a new United Nations report, Carbon dioxide emissions from man-made sources are causing the acidity levels in all the world's oceans to skyrocket. This rate is the fastest it has been in 65 milion years. Roughly 25 percent of the carbon dioxide generated by the combustion of fossil fuels enters the oceans, and as the gas dissolves in seawater it changes into carbonic acid. The report also states that at current emissions rate, ocean acidity could be 150 percent higher by the end of the century. Also, the acidity of the ocean has grown 30 percent since the Idustrial Revolution. According to Carol Turley, senior scientist at Britain’s National Oceanography Center, marine life and coral reefs have already shown vulnerability to rising levels of acidity, and the changes expected in coming decades are severe enough that they could have a serious impact on the ability of people around the world to harvest needed protein from the seas. Even though some corals will learn to be more tolerate of these acids, the damage that will be done will be permanent and irreversible. The fact that this affects people and their "harvests", maybe people will want to help lower these emissions because right now the rates are only increasing not decreasing.