Carbon Dioxide Emissions Could Violate EPA Ocean-quality Standards Within Decades
This is the first recognition that atmospheric CO2 emissions will cause ocean waters to violate EPA water quality criteria.The paper also says that carbon-dioxide induced “changes in ocean chemistry within the ranges predicted for the next decades and centuries present significant risks to marine biota” and that “adverse impacts on food webs and key biogeochemical process” would result.
An international team of twenty five leading researchers described the evidence to date regarding the effects of CO2 emissions on the acidity of the world’s oceans.